Apple tells Congress it found no signs of hacking attack

The Apple Inc. store is seen on the day of the new iPhone 7 smartphone launch in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Apple Vice President for Information Security George Stathakopoulos wrote in a letter to the Senate and House commerce committees that the company had repeatedly investigated and found no evidence for the main points in a Bloomberg Businessweek article published on Thursday, including that chips inside servers sold to Apple by Super Micro Computer Inc about such concerns.

Section 230 Helps Malware Vendor Avoid Liability for Blocking…

I'd rather post cat photos, but this blog post is about PUPs [photo by Anik Shrestha, We rarely see cases like this any more, so I think it's worth blogging this April ruling even though it just showed up in Westlaw. PC Drivers makes software designed to speed up users' computers, an industry niche that's known to be filled with sketchy vendors.

Avenatti would base his 2020 campaign in St. Louis

Bruce Ohr notes contradict Glenn Simpson on Donald Trump, Russia collusion theory - Fusion GPS founder Glenn R. Simpson pushed a conspiracy theory to the Justice Department that posited Donald Trump maintained a computer server in 2016 directly linked to the Kremlin-connected Alfa Bank in Moscow How WhatsApp Destroyed A Village - In July, residents of a rural Indian town saw rumors of child kidnappers on WhatsApp. Then they beat five strangers to death.

How The Russian Government Used Disinformation And Cyber Warfare In…

The Soviet Union and now Russia under Vladimir Putin have waged a political power struggle against the West for nearly a century. Spreading false and distorted information - called " dezinformatsiya " after the Russian word for "disinformation" - is an age-old strategy for coordinated and sustained influence campaigns that have interrupted the possibility of level-headed political discourse.

How Exactly the Russian GRU and Troll Disinformation Campaign Worked: By an Ethical Hacker

The Soviet Union and now Russia under Vladimir Putin have waged a political power struggle against the West for nearly a century. Spreading false and distorted information - called " dezinformatsiya " after the Russian word for "disinformation" - is an age-old strategy for coordinated and sustained influence campaigns that have interrupted the possibility of level-headed political discourse.

Leidos (Ldos) & Caci International Inc Common Stock (Caci) Critical Analysis

Leidos and CACI INTERNATIONAL INC Common Stock are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends. Leidos has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

DigitalGlobe Appoints Mike Edwards as Vice President to Provide…

DigitalGlobe , a Maxar Technologies company , announced today that Mike Edwards has joined as Vice President, Senior Advisor Defense Programs, to provide strategic leadership on various defense programs, including the company's work with the U.S. Department of Defense and collaboration with aero-defense companies. Edwards joins the company's senior leadership team and will report to DigitalGlobe President Dan Jablonsky.

Monroe man pleads to $25M – cookie jar’ fraud

Monroe resident Edward J. DiMaria pleaded guilty in June 2018 to a "cookie jar" scheme in which he cooked the books of Bankrate while chief financial officer to boost the financial information website's earnings, resulting in investors losing $25 million. less Monroe resident Edward J. DiMaria pleaded guilty in June 2018 to a "cookie jar" scheme in which he cooked the books of Bankrate while chief financial officer to boost the financial information website's ... more Monroe resident Edward J. DiMaria pleaded guilty to a "cookie jar" scheme in which he cooked the books of Bankrate while chief financial officer to boost the financial information website's earnings, resulting in investors losing $25 million.

AT&T wins court approval to buy Time Warner over Trump opposition

AT&T Inc won court approval on Tuesday to buy Time Warner Inc for $85 billion, rebuffing an attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to block the deal and likely setting off a wave of corporate mergers. The deal, which could close next week, is seen as a turning point for a media industry that has been upended by companies like Netflix Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google which produce content and sell it online directly to consumers, without requiring a pricey cable subscription.

Supreme Court sides with employers in class action arbitration cases

In a victory for employers and the Trump administration, the Supreme Court on Monday said that employers could block employees from banding together as a class to fight legal disputes in employment arbitration agreements. Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered the opinion for the 5-4 majority, his first major opinion since joining the court last spring and a demonstration of how the Senate Republicans' move to keep liberal nominee Merrick Garland from being confirmed in 2016 has helped cement a conservative court.

Outsourcing at Kansas revenue department imperils dozens of IT jobs

Dozens of information technology employees face layoffs at the Kansas Department of Revenue in conjunction with a $50 million, 10-year contract to outsource development and operation of a new tax management computer system. The technical services deal with CGI, which has not previously been reported, would require a portion of agency employees targeted for layoffs to work side-by-side with CGI consultants prior to dismissal in August.

Turlay an exception to city of Vancouver’s policy regarding email

Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, from left, talks with City Councilor Bill Turlay as fellow City Councilor Bart Hansen sits nearby before announcing the final candidates for an open council position in February. Turlay often uses his personal email account to communicate with the city council, an exception to city policy and routine practice.

Feds like risky data cloud as alternative to their creaky computer systems

The federal government is willing to store data in the internet cloud as an alternative to its own aging computers The federal government is willing to accept the privacy and security risks of storing data in the internet cloud as an alternative to its own aging computers that are "at risk of breaking down," says an internal policy paper. The federal paper on "data sovereignty," obtained through the Access to Information Act, fleshes out the government's plan to embrace the cloud as a solution to its file management woes.

Feds see internet data cloud as alternative to their creaky computer systems

The federal government is willing to accept the privacy and security risks of storing data in the internet cloud as an alternative to its own aging computers that are "at risk of breaking down," says an internal policy paper. The federal paper on "data sovereignty," obtained through the Access to Information Act, fleshes out the government's plan to embrace the cloud as a solution to its file management woes.

This day in history, April 28, 2018

In 1789, there was a mutiny on the HMS Bounty as rebelling crew members of the British ship, led by Fletcher Christian, set the captain, William Bligh, and 18 others adrift in a launch in the South Pacific. In 1918, Gavrilo Princip, 23, the assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the archduke's wife, Sophie, died in prison of tuberculosis.

Is Lenovo a security risk? Old concerns resurface as trade war heats up.

Amid the mounting trade tussles between the U.S. and China, Lenovo is once again coming under fire in Washington, being called a "cyberespionage risk" and one of the Chinese-controlled companies the U.S. government ought to keep a closer eye on when buying computer gear. The company is "a similar case" to two other Chinese tech firms, Huawei and ZTE , that a U.S. House committee has urged both the federal government and companies to steer clear of, consultants hired by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said in a new report.