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Google is buying a company for half a billion dollars to boost cloud security
Google’s $500 million acquisition of Israel-based startup Siemplify is supposed to help the company bolster its own cloud security initiative, Chronicle, according to a report from Reuters. In a blog post announcing the deal, Google describes...
Mitigate SolarWinds Orion Code Compromise
Updated April 15, 2021: The U.S. Government attributes this activity to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). Additional information may be found in a statement from the White House. For more information on SolarWinds-related activity, go...
Top Universities Took Billions in Unreported Foreign Funds, U.S. Finds
Cornell University initially failed to report to U.S. authorities more than $1.2 billion in foreign funds it has received in recent years, including $760 million related to its campus in Qatar and about $1 million in contracts from Chinese telecom company Huawei...
Mounting Ransomware Attacks Morph Into a Deadly Concern
Hackers are increasingly targeting health-care institutions and threatening people’s well-being as their software attacks get more sophisticated and brazen. Ransomware attacks, in which hackers cripple a software system until they receive a bounty, have surged this...
ITAR
The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) defined by the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/ddtc_public?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&sys_id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987 ITAR Part 120 - Purpose and Definitions -...
Microsoft Says Its Systems Were Also Breached in Massive SolarWinds Hack
The massive state-sponsored espionage campaign that compromised software maker SolarWinds also targeted Microsoft, as the unfolding investigation into the hacking spree reveals the incident may have been far more wider in scope, sophistication, and impact...