Introduction The Cisco Telemetry Broker celebrated its release earlier this month on April 1st. In my previous blog, The Rise of Telemetry Architecture, I discussed how the Cisco Telemetry Broker can help you develop a healthy telemetry architecture. This time around, I’ll be taking a look at what went into creating the product, how its roots in the Stealthwatch UDP Director … [Read more...] about Meet the Cisco Telemetry Broker Team: Sunil Amin
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Apple Fitness+ introduces new workouts, trainers, and Time to Walk guest
Apple Fitness+, the first fitness service built around Apple Watch, is introducing even more ways to make fitness welcoming and inclusive to all with brand new workouts geared specifically toward pregnancy and older adults, as well as several new Yoga, High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), and Strength workouts for beginners. These workouts are designed to help users build … [Read more...] about Apple Fitness+ introduces new workouts, trainers, and Time to Walk guest
The Integral Role AI Plays in Intelligent Automation
In this special guest feature, Tony Higgins, CTO at Blueprint Software Systems, discusses the integral role AI plays in intelligent automation and the level of growth intelligent automation (which combines AI and RPA) is likely to see in 2021. Tony is responsible for the vision and evolution of Blueprint’s Enterprise Automation Suite, a powerful digital process design and … [Read more...] about The Integral Role AI Plays in Intelligent Automation
Severe Bugs Reported in EtherNet/IP Stack for Industrial Systems
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued an advisory warning of multiple vulnerabilities in the OpENer EtherNet/IP stack that could expose industrial systems to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, data leaks, and remote code execution. All OpENer commits and versions prior to February 10, 2021, are affected, although there are no known … [Read more...] about Severe Bugs Reported in EtherNet/IP Stack for Industrial Systems
Industry Recognition for Cisco Secure Email Cloud Mailbox
CRN has released its list of the Ten Hottest New Cloud Security Tools of 2020 and I am incredibly proud to say that Cloud Mailbox is featured on the list. After all of the work I’ve seen poured into the project in the lead-up to the launch, it is wonderful to see industry recognition and to share it with the talented group of Cisco folks who made it happen. One small step for … [Read more...] about Industry Recognition for Cisco Secure Email Cloud Mailbox
Apple and partners launch first-ever $200 million Restore Fund
To ensure that the carbon stored in forests is being accurately quantified, and permanently locked out of the atmosphere, the Restore Fund will use robust international standards developed by recognized organizations such as Verra, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the UN Climate Convention. And it will prioritize investments in working forests that improve … [Read more...] about Apple and partners launch first-ever $200 million Restore Fund
Interview: Prat Moghe, CEO of Cazena
I recently caught up with Prat Moghe, CEO of cloud data lake leader Cazena to get his take on how getting off the ground with cloud data lakes continues to be a major frustration for enterprises. We’re seeing such deployments taking at least six months and millions of dollars of annual spend for in-house development and management. There’s got to be a better way. Gartner has … [Read more...] about Interview: Prat Moghe, CEO of Cazena
1-Click Hack Found in Popular Desktop Apps — Check If You’re Using Them
Multiple one-click vulnerabilities have been discovered across a variety of popular software applications, allowing an attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code on target systems. The issues were discovered by Positive Security researchers Fabian Bräunlein and Lukas Euler and affect apps like Telegram, Nextcloud, VLC, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, Bitcoin/Dogecoin Wallets, … [Read more...] about 1-Click Hack Found in Popular Desktop Apps — Check If You’re Using Them
Desktop Window Manager vulnerability CVE-2021-28310 exploited ITW
Kaspersky researchers have found a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-28310) in a Microsoft Windows component called Desktop Window Manager (DWM). We believe several threat actors have already exploited the vulnerability. Microsoft just released the patch, and we suggest applying it immediately. Here’s why. What is Desktop Window Manager? Pretty much everyone is familiar with the … [Read more...] about Desktop Window Manager vulnerability CVE-2021-28310 exploited ITW
New JavaScript Exploit Can Now Carry Out DDR4 Rowhammer Attacks
Academics from Vrije University in Amsterdam and ETH Zurich have published a new research paper describing yet another variation of the Rowhammer attack. Dubbed SMASH (Synchronized MAny-Sided Hammering), the technique can be used to successfully trigger the attack from JavaScript on modern DDR4 RAM cards, notwithstanding extensive mitigations that have been put in place by … [Read more...] about New JavaScript Exploit Can Now Carry Out DDR4 Rowhammer Attacks