In July 2020, the FBI Cyber Division issued Flash Alert AC-000129-TT reporting that malware had been found in the software used to calculate China’s value-added tax (VAT). However, the Chinese State Taxation Administration requires companies to install this particular software to operate within China. Third-party applications are already risky, but here a pre-infected application was…
Read MoreIntroduction Much of the activity on the internet is automated, and quite a lot of it is specifically due to bots. Bots can be used for many purposes, but in this series of articles we’ll be looking at bots that create and use fake accounts. This first article looks at the motivations behind fake account…
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As part of IoT Week, CRN rounds up five satellite IoT connectivity solutions that can help organizations keep devices connected in remote areas where there is little to no cellular coverage. When IoT devices are deployed in areas where there is little to no coverage for cellular networks and other ground-based communications infrastructure, satellite connectivity…
Read MoreWelcome to the dedicated Executive Summary for our 2023 Identity Threat Report. Here we’ve brought together the bullet-list style summary that opens the full report, as well as a few curated selections and charts to get immediately to the “what do I need to know” of it all. And of course, if you want to…
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Salesforce’s biggest acquisition was the $28 billion purchase of Slack in 2021. Salesforce reportedly wants to buy artificial intelligence-powered cloud data management vendor Informatica, according to multiple news outlets, not long after its frequent acquisitions put Salesforce in the crosshairs of activist investors. Should Salesforce – a San Francisco-based customer relationship management software vendor –…
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In an interview with CRN, Intel’s Jason Kimrey says the Intel Partner Alliance Partner of the Year Awards recognize those are who not only driving revenue growth but who are also building innovative solutions and business models on top of embracing the chipmaker’s AI strategy. Intel has announced its top 27 partners in the Americas…
Read MoreWhat Is MITRE ATT&CK®? MITRE ATT&CK is a documented collection of information about the malicious behaviors advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have used at various stages in real-world cyberattacks. ATT&CK, which stands for Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge, includes detailed descriptions of these groups’ observed tactics (the technical objectives they’re trying to achieve), techniques…
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‘The combined power of the BMC Helix platform and Netreo solutions provides IT Operations, DevOps practitioners, developers, and network teams with comprehensive insights spanning applications, infrastructure, and networks, helping them increase the overall reliability and performance,’ wrote Margaret Lee, BMC’s senior vice president and general manager of digital service and operations management, in a blog…
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Tan says Broadcom expects double-digit revenue gains from its VMware Cloud Foundation as it is focused on providing resources, support and upselling for VMware’s ‘largest 2,000 strategic customers.’ Broadcom CEO Hock Tan expects his company’s VMware business to grow double-digits for the rest of the year as Broadcom’s sales teams work on upselling the 2,000…
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