Iranian & Russian Networks Attacked Using Cisco’s CVE-2018-0171 Vulnerability

(Source: BleepingComputer) Last night, a hacker group going under the name “JHT” attacked foreign network infrastructure, including Russian and Iranian networks, using the Cisco CVE-2018-0171 Smart Install vulnerability. Using this vulnerability the hackers were able to reset the routers back to their default configuration and display a message to …

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Wrong for US to target China’s manufacturing upgrade

(Source: Global Times) Made in China 2025 is a plan to modernize the manufacturing sector with development targets for ten subsectors including information technology and robotics. The plan is in line with the new wave of global industrialization. “If such a plan is used as reason for trade friction, it is essentially an attempt to deprive China of its …

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Head in THE Cloud(s): What the U.S. v. Microsoft Case reveals about the Governmental Ramifications of Cloud Computing

(Source: Brown Political Review) As Cloud-based services gain traction and replace obsolete data infrastructure in all the major industries, information technology causes us to rethink approaches to governance, privacy, and security. By shattering the traditional barriers of time and space, Cloud storage transforms a localized storage system into one that is …

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Government partners Microsoft Corporation

(Source: The Zimbabwe Mail) Speaking at a training workshop of senior managers in his ministry by Microsoft Corporation officials, the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Professor Paul Mavima said information technology remains a global enabler to socio-economic transformation, hence the need for the country to roll out massive ICT …

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Rabobank Desensitizes Client Data for GDPR and DevOps with IBM

(Source: PR Newswire UK (press release)) For more than seven decades, IBM Research has defined the future of information technology with more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across six continents. Scientists from IBM Research have produced six Nobel Laureates, 10 U.S. National Medals of Technology, five U.S. National Medals of Science, six Turing …

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CTG to Announce First Quarter 2018 Financial Results on April 19

(Source: GlobeNewswire (press release)) BUFFALO, N.Y., April 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CTG (NASDAQ:CTG), a leading provider of information technology (IT) solutions and services in North America and Western Europe, today announced it will release first quarter 2018 financial results on Thursday, April 19, 2018, before the market opens, followed by a …

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Report: official knew of vehicle licensing system problems

(Source: Charlotte Observer) An outside investigator has found that the information technology official overseeing Minnesota’s troubled vehicle licensing system was aware of numerous issues but failed to address them. An investigation by Everett & VanderWiel law firm found that Paul Meekin didn’t fulfill expectations related to pre-launch testing and …

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Technology Sector Update for 04/05/2018: FB,AYI,MU,AVGO

(Source: Nasdaq) Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc ( HMNY ) retreated from a mid-day move higher Thursday afternoon, erasing a small, mid-day gain, after the information-technology company continued its transition into the movie business by announcing its purchase of the Moviefone entertainment service from Verizon ( VZ ) subsidiary …

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