Tim Greene
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Boston, MA, United States
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World’s fastest supercomputer is still Frontier, 2.5X faster than #2
The top 10 of the semiannual TOP500 list of supercomputers for November 2022 has just one new entrant, Leonardo, which jumped in at #4. → Read More
About a third of cloud users need to learn resiliency lessons from Ian
While the Florida hurricane damage has your attention, it's time to plan for and implement redundant cloud and on-prem network infrastructure and strengthen backup and recovery capabilities. → Read More
Report: Cloud services can be made more resilient but at a premium
Uptime Institute says enterprises should beware that some cloud services that may appear more resilient may actually provide few guarantees of better availability. → Read More
The ‘Cisco’ gear you bought from these companies could be counterfeit
US charges: A years-long conspiracy has taken in $100M+ selling used Cisco devices disguised as new, more recent models → Read More
Weekly internet health check, US and worldwide
ThousandEyes, which tracks internet and cloud traffic, provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of three categories of service provider: ISP, cloud provider, UCaaS → Read More
How networking pros can help make better IT buying decisions
Knowing how smart buying teams make good choices adds to the value IT pros bring to the task of purchasing new hardware, software, and services. → Read More
VMware embraces cloud during VMWorld, CEO Gelsinger says
VMware is rolling out services worldwide in the AWS cloud over the next 15 months, starting in the U.S. → Read More
What to do about WannaCry if you’re infected or if you’re not
Tips on protecting computers against WannaCry and remediating ones already infected. → Read More
England hospitals hit by coordinated ransomware attack
Hospitals across England have fallen victim to what appears to be a coordinated ransomware attack that has affected facilities diverting patients to hospitals not hit by the malware. → Read More
Another IoT botnet with pieces of Mirai embedded can do DDoS from 100k devices
Bot-herding software called Persirai, which incorporates pieces of the Mirai botnet code, can commandeer significant chunks of a known 150,000 IP cameras that are vulnerable to Mirai and use them to fire off distributed denial-of-service attacks. → Read More
Check Point boosts cloud-security education to help IT security pros stay relevant
Check Point is investing heavily in educating IT pros about the cloud, not only to promote their own cloud security products but to give potential customers the skills they’ll need to keep their jobs as their employers move more and more resources to public cloud providers. → Read More
Cloud security startup RedLock automates public-cloud protection
Cloud security startup RedLock comes out of stealth mode today with a service that helps defend business resources that reside in pubic clouds, gives customers visibility into how these resources are being used and stores records of that activity for auditing and forensics. → Read More
Fatboy ransomware adjusts demands based on local price of a Big Mac
A new ransomware-for-hire scheme called Fatboy adjusts the ransom it charges based on international exchange rates so it’s more likely the victims get hit for the largest amount they can reasonably pay. → Read More
It’s World Password Day but passwords may be headed for extinction
A range of alternative authentication methods could spell end for passwords → Read More
U.S. military wants white-hat hackers to target its cyber security systems
The U.S. Air Force is seeking vetted hackers to probe its public Web sites while a top Pentagon official is considering a similar program to test sensor networks used for HVAC and other physical systems. → Read More
Next-gen IoT botnet Hajime nearly 300K strong
The Hajime botnet is nearly 300,000 strong, making it a latent threat nearly as powerful as the notorious Mirai botnet that devastated some high-profile websites last fall, leading some to think the internet had been broken. → Read More
Travelers enlists Symantec to advise cyber insurance customers
The Travelers insurance company is offering free risk assessment advice from Symantec as a way to help lower their liability and get lower premiums. → Read More
Synack: Hackers wanted after firm gets $21.25M funding from Microsoft, HPE
Synack gets $21.25 million in Series C funding from Microsoft, HPE and Singtel to hire more white-hat hackers and expand its territory. → Read More
6 vulnerabilities to watch for on the factory floor
Industrial control systems (ICS) that run the valves and switches in factories may suffer from inherent weaknesses that cropped up only after they were installed and the networks they were attached to became more widely connected. → Read More
Fortinet upgrades for better cloud, SD-WAN protection
Fortinet has rolled out a new version of its FortiOS operating system that gives customers the ability to manage security capabilities across their cloud assets and software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) environments. → Read More