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Agencies Warn of Pro-Russia Hackers Targeting OT Control Systems

SecureWorld News

According to a new joint cybersecurity alert , the hacktivists have been observed gaining remote access to small-scale industrial control systems used in water/wastewater, dams, energy, and food and agriculture by exploiting internet-exposed human-machine interfaces (HMIs) and using default or weak passwords.

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Tech Moves: Adriane Brown joins KKR board; AI2 adds HR exec; Ossia and LevelTen hire CFOs; more

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F5 Networks named Equinix Chief Information Security Officer and Microsoft alum Michael Montoya to its board of directors. Prior to joining Equinix, he was SVP and chief information security officer at Digital Realty. Absolute Software recently acquired Seattle-based security startup NetMotion for $340 million.

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Seattle-area inventor wins global COVID hackathon for tech that alerts public about crowded spaces

GeekWire

The hardware for the basic set up costs $54, and Mercer suggested different options for signs to let people know if a space is safe to enter. Mercer ultimately created an algorithm that sifted out duplicate signals to give an accurate read on the crowd. Photos courtesy of Ian Mercer). The technology has uses beyond the COVID pandemic.

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SMU Continues To Innovate In Cyber Security Innovation: Launches new institute and innovation gym

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“My business career was built on technology services, so clearly the issue of cyber security is something I take very seriously,” Deason said. The work of the institute will have a far-reaching impact, spanning retail, defense, technology, healthcare, energy, government, finance and transportation – everything that makes our world work.”.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

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And again, smart meters were positioned squarely as making the environment more friendly by knowing how and when energy is being used by individual customers. UK: To transition to a renewable energy system, we need to be smarter in the way we use our energy in our communities and in our homes. I'm Robert Vamosi.

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Exploring the Advantages of Deploying DPUs in the Data Center

CIO Business Intelligence

As VMware has observed , “In simple terms, a DPU is a programable device with hardware acceleration as well as having an ARM CPU complex capable of processing data. We see the same trend in hardware: DPUs allow you to move the center of decision-making to the periphery and provide reduced loads on critical infrastructure areas.”.

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Savvis Announces Availability of Rebuilt Cloud Data Center » Data.

Data Center Knowledge

“We vetted many providers with great solutions in specific types of service offerings, but chose Savvis Cloud Data Center based upon its ability to provide top-tier services across many different service classes,” said Roger Hale, vice president of cloud services and chief information security officer at Cloudswell. June 2005 (7).