Challenges around security are also daunting and appear to be getting worse. One reason is complexity. Our latest State of Application Services report highlighted the difficulty organizations have managing the security of their applications in today’s multi-cloud environments. This is heightened by the rapidly evolving cyber security threat landscape, where the cost of sophisticated attacks keeps dropping, but the cost of defense keeps increasing. In particular, the huge number of data breaches in the last decade have made it possible for nearly any cybercriminal in the world to take over application accounts by checking to see where users have reused passwords across websites. … [Read more...] about The role of adaptive apps in the wake of COVID-19
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Phishing scams: The new hotspots for fraud gangs
The research also identifies Eastern Europe and Russia as a region with a growing number of BEC scammers. Traditionally home to trojan malware and ransomware groups, the emergence of BEC groups in the region suggests the cyber-threat landscape could be changing as corporate phishing scams become more lucrative. … [Read more...] about Phishing scams: The new hotspots for fraud gangs
Amazon says nearly 20,000 US employees have contracted COVID-19
The release of this information may rekindle worker protests against the company, which occurred regularly at the beginning of the pandemic, and embolden regulators and lawmakers to look into Amazon's safety practices just before its critical holiday shopping season. This belated effort to provide more transparency may not get Amazon any plaudits from its critics even though few major companies have taken a similar step. Meatpackers and other major retailers have also been criticized for not releasing their own nationwide statistics. … [Read more...] about Amazon says nearly 20,000 US employees have contracted COVID-19
Not so quiet takeoff: A big month for electric aviation
MagniX will first retrofit small turbine-engine airplanes with its electric motors. The Pacific Northwest, home to aviation giant Boeing, has long been a hub of aviation innovation. Vancouver-based Harbour Air, North America's largest seaplane airline, is working with MagniX on an all-electric fleet, a move that's being watched a bellwether in the sector. … [Read more...] about Not so quiet takeoff: A big month for electric aviation
Google asks US judge to move states’ antitrust lawsuit to California
Alphabet Inc's Google has asked a U.S. judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states in December to a court in California, a state that has more relevant witnesses and documents needed by the company, it said. In December, Texas and nine other states sued Google LLC in a U.S. court in Sherman, Texas, accusing the search engine company of working with Facebook Inc in a way that violated antitrust law to boost its already-dominant online advertising business. Google said in a court filing that the first case alleging it monopolized online display advertising was filed in May by an advertiser, and that since then five other cases have been filed. All were filed in the Northern District of California, "the venue where Google is headquartered and where more relevant witnesses and documents are located than in any other district in the country," Google said in its request to move the case, which was filed late on Tuesday. Google adds that the states' lawsuit … [Read more...] about Google asks US judge to move states’ antitrust lawsuit to California