Category Archives: Business

Major Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Achieved by European Scientists

UK-based JET laboratory (https://ccfe.ukaea.uk/research/joint-european-torus/) greatly exceeded its own world record for the amount of energy it can extract by squeezing together two forms of hydrogen.

Report – Multi-Factor Authentication Failing For Many Organizations

A new report by HYPR (https://www.hypr.com/) reveals that despite the Zero Trust Initiative, many organizations are exposed to credential attacks due to insufficient multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods

Cloud Infrastructure Spending Rises 35% in 2021

Spending rose to $191B from $142B in 2020. Amazon still holds the largest market share with 33%, followed by Microsoft with 21% and Google with 10%.

Aerospace, Telecommunications Companies Victims of Stealthy Iranian Cyber-Espionage Campaign

(As reported by DARKReading on 10/6/2021)

Since at least 2018, “MalKamak” group has targeted firms in the Middle East, Russia, and other areas to steal sensitive data, security vendor says. A previously unknown advanced persistent threat group likely backed by the Iranian government has been quietly carrying out a sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign against aerospace and telecommunication companies since at least 2018.

Twitch confirms major data breach after its source code and secrets leak out

(As Reported By MSN on 10/6/2021)

Twitch has confirmed that it has suffered a major data breach. “We can confirm a breach has taken place,” says a Twitch spokesperson on Twitter. “Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this. We will update the community as soon as additional information is available.”