Solar power is the largest source of new US electricity generation for the sixth month in a row, Microsoft is hiking prices on Dynamics 365 business apps by up to 16.7%, VMware’s Desktop Virtualization products rebranded as “Omnissa”, Tesla is laying off over 10% of global workforce amid delivery slump and the U.S. government gets some scathing criticism over Microsoft’s cybersecurity failures All this and more on the “price might not be right” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love. Let’s get into it. New data shows solar power is rapidly expanding its share of electricity gene ..read more

Solar power is the largest source of new US electricity generation for the sixth month in a row, Microsoft is Hiking Prices on Dynamics 365 Business Apps By Up to 16.7%, VMware’s Desktop Virtualization Products Rebranded as “Omnissa”, Tesla is Laying Off Over 10% of Global Workforce Amid Delivery Slump and the U.S. Government gets some scathing criticism over Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Failures All this and more on the “price might not be right” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love. Let’s get into it. New data shows solar power is rapidly expanding its share of electricity gener ..read more

Act fast to a plug hole in Palo Alto Networks firewall, Canadian comedy festival loses over $800K in email scam, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, April 15th, 2024. I’m cybersecurity reporter Howard Solomon. A critical vulnerability in the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS operating system has been exploited at several organizations at least as far back as March 26th. That’s the finding by researchers at Volexity who discovered the hole. A threat actor has in some cases deployed a custom backdoor written in the Python language by using the vuln ..read more

Early Saturday morning listeners may have missed my weekend interview segment with Senator Colin Deacon. If you did, it was totally my fault. A typo in my posting instructions meant we didn’t get it online til late Saturday morning. But if you didn’t get a chance to listen, it’s still there, and it’s really worthwhile. Google Enhances Browser Security with AI and announces a New Paid ‘Premium’ Version, Google users report account lock outs that beat their two-factor authentication. Google Blocks California News Access Amid Fight Over a Journalism Payment Bill and Gen Z Ditching Google for TikT ..read more

Welcome to Hashtag Trending The Weekend Edition. I’m your host, Jim Love. I can understand that many of you might get frustrated about politics. What we see for the most part is a lot of BS. Ask a politician a simple question. You get a lot of non answers, talking points, ways their political opponents have it wrong. Yep. That’s true. Even in Canadian politics. So what can we do? We can get involved and try to change the process. I’ve certainly done that. I worked for every political party at one point. I’ve worked for the NDP, Neil Young, not the musician, unfortunately. He was a great guy t ..read more

Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, April 12th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon. In a few minutes David Shipley, head of Beauceron Security, will be here to discuss recent news. We’ll talk about more hot water for Microsoft, a second look at the scare facing the Linux community, an alert to the healthcare sector on IT help desk scams and a warning to LG smart TV owners. Before we get to the discussion, here are other highlights from this week: LastPass released a report describing a deepfake audio call to an employee impersonating its CEO ..read more

A warning to Sisense customers, a new tactic for spreading the Raspberry Robin worm, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday April 12th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon. Organizations that use products from business analytics provider Sisense [SI-SENSE] are being told to reset user login credentials and digital keys. The warning comes from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency after the discovery by independent researchers of a compromise at Sisense. IT leaders are also urged to report suspicious access to their Sisense platform to the CISA. Sean Deuby, pr ..read more

US Internet providers must now display clear pricing and product information. HP Ink controversy continues to stain the company’s reputation with consumers. Is the EU’s competition legislation working? Early numbers seem to show it might be. And there’s a 10 million dollar bet that Elon Musk is wrong about AI. All this and more on the “all bets are off” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love. Let’s get into it. New regulations from the Federal Communications Commission have taken effect yesterday, mandating that all broadband internet service providers clearly display labels det ..read more

Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday April 5th, 2024. From Toronto, I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a few minutes Terry Cutler, head of Cyology Labs will be here to discuss some of the headlines from the past seven days. They include a highly critical report on Microsoft from the U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board, a case study of a ransomware attack and the narrow escape the Linux community faced after a researcher discovered a plot to infect a cr ..read more

A new program called CyberTowns is setting out to identify the best communities across Canada to start and grow a career in the cybersecurity and IT fields. Launched by the Canadian Cybersecurity Network and IT World Canada, the initiative will evaluate cities on factors like job opportunities, affordability, population growth, taxes, crime rates, weather, health amenities, community support, and internet access. The goal is to highlight the unique advantages different municipalities offer in attracting and retaining cyber and IT talent. With cybersecurity skills in high demand, CyberTowns aim ..read more