Taiwanese chip-making giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), whose customers include Apple, Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm, and Broadcom, was hit with a WannaCry infection last weekend that knocked out production for a few days and will cost the firm millions of dollars. Most chip companies are fabless, meaning they don’t make their own chips. It’s a […]
Archives for August 2018
An inside look at hybrid Office 365 phishing attacks | Salted Hash Ep 41
In this episode, Steve Ragan shows what a hybrid phishing attack looks like as it starts off on one service, and quickly moves to another.
JDA completes acquisition of Blue Yonder to boost AI tech
News 8 Aug, 2018 Clare Hopping Blue Yonder's AI and machine learning platform will be implemented on top of JDA's supply chain software
What is a phishing kit? Watch this in-depth explainer | Salted Hash Ep 39
What is a phishing kit? In this video, Steve Ragan offers an answer and a look at some of the kits Salted Hash has collected.
Apstra Offers Intent-Based Networking Taxonomy and Maturity Model
News Apstra Offers Intent-Based Networking Taxonomy and Maturity Model By David Ramel 08/06/2018 Intent-based networking (IBN) pioneer Apstra has offered up a taxonomy and maturity model for the young, game-changing technology, described by many as the next big thing in the networking industry. The model seeks to objectively define maturity levels of IBN implementations, Apstra […]
SAP expands S/4HANA’s AI tools
News 6 Aug, 2018 Keumars Afifi-Sabet The 1808 release offers new functionality to manufacturing and professional services firms
An introduction to Kit Hunter, a phishing kit detector | Salted Hash Ep 40
Kit Hunter, a basic Python script written by host Steve Ragan, searches on common tag elements to find hidden phishing kits on a web server.
Is your VAT registered business ready for MTD?
From April 2019 VAT registered businesses who have a turnover over the VAT registration threshold (currently £85,000) must use accounting software to file their VAT returns. If your turnover is over £85,000 you will no longer be able to use the Government Gateway to file a return. The only businesses which will be exempt from complying […]
Arm acquires Treasure Data to boost Pelion IoT platform
News 3 Aug, 2018 Bobby Hellard Company want to give businesses the "superpower" of dealing with any kind of data
Cisco pays cool $2.3 billion for hot security company Duo
Cisco today laid out $2.35 billion in cash and stock for network- identity, authentication and security company Duo. According to Cisco, Duo helps protect organizations against cyber breaches through the company’s cloud-based software that verifies the identity of users and the health of their devices before granting access to applications with the idea of preventing […]