Researchers are monitoring hacking group Chimera, which has been targeting Google and Microsoft cloud services without being detected for years, in at least one case. The group employs a series of tactics to perform password-spraying attacks and compromise admin accounts.
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Data stolen from the recent SolarWinds hack is now being sold online by a website called SolarLeaks, and that data includes the source code from Cisco, Microsoft and FireEye. SolarLeaks is offering to prove the validity of the source code through a file-hosting service.
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Cisco Systems has reached a new accord with Acacia Communications to buy the optical technology company for roughly $4.5 billion, a 64% premium over their original agreement after legal action by both sides had threatened the deal. Cisco hopes to leverage Acacia's coherent optics technology to support its "Internet for the Future" strategy.
IBM is looking to bolster its cloud migration and transformation services with the purchase of Taos, a cloud-focused managed services provider. IBM's John Granger says Taos will add "the deep expertise, public cloud partnerships and innovative solutions needed to drive growth and adoption of IBM's hybrid cloud platform throughout the Americas."
Microsoft President Brad Smith gave an impassioned presentation in the wake of the SolarWinds security breach, calling on the industry to protect the "technology supply chain." He also addressed the challenges that may arise from artificial intelligence as it relates to personal privacy and law enforcement.
An eighth-grade math teacher's suggestion that student Nashlie Sephus attend a hands-on engineering camp for girls at a nearby university led to a promising career path for Sephus, who now manages the Amazon Web Services machine-learning group. Sephus is giving back to her hometown of Jackson, Miss., by funding a tech hub, as well as a local nonprofit offering technical assistance to students.
A guide released by the National Security Agency encourages enterprise networks to use internally hosted DNS servers instead of turning to third-party DNS resolvers. The agency says this measure guarantees "proper use of essential enterprise security controls, facilitates access to local network resources and protects internal network information."
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