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The article talks about a cyberattack on the airline company British Airways PLC website and mobile application which impacted 380,000 customers. The topic addressed include information stolen by the hackers comprising names, addresses and payment card details of customers who used the website or mobile application between August 21, 2018 and September 5, 2018.

The article offers technology and business news briefs in the U.S. as of March 12, 2018. Google Inc. has urged webmasters to replace untrusted digital certificates that Symantec issued prior to June 1, 2016 starting with the April 17, 2018 release of Chrome 66 browser. Cybersecurity vendor Tenable Network Security Inc. has launched its Lumin cyber-exposure benchmarking platform. A growth of the worldwide server shipments by 3.1 percent and an increase of server revenue were recorded in 2017.

The article offers information about business merger of American telecommunication company Sprint with Wireless company T-Mobile. Topics discussed include comment of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on merger period which will end on December 4; mentions submission of economic and engineering models on September 5 by both the firms; and talks about review of U.S. Department of Justice on mergers.

The article reports on the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8) software and acquisition of software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) company Talari Networks. Topics include system performance improvement in RHEL 8 beta, the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux web console, and acquisition of Talari Networks by software company Oracle.

The article offers information on the Mobile Pwn2Own 2018 held in Tokyo, Japan in November 2018 which focuses on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the workforce. It mentions insights from the several technology specialists regarding the benefits and challenges provided by AI among employees who include Paul Daugherty of Accenture, Kai-Fu Lee of Sinovation, and Dustin Childs of ZDI. It discusses the Zero Day Initiative from Trend Micro which aims to award security researchers.

The article offers insight to a survey by Swagbucks anticipating shopping trends for this holiday season. It mentions that 32 percent of adults in the U.S. would choose a Samsung Galaxy S10 phone, while 51 percent of teens would pick an iPhone. It also reviews the upgraded Toughbook 31 laptop featuring faster central processing unit from Panasonic.

The article offers the information on the Infinity Flex Display Folding Phone from Samsung.

The article offers Internet of Things (IoT) trends. The topics discussed include the acquisition of startup company Heptio by VMware Inc., the information technology (IT) expo and symposium in Barcelona, Spain in November 7, 2018, and the multibillion dollars worth of deal between International Business Machines Corp. and Red Hat Inc.

The article reports that the technology company Apple released a series of critical security updates to its macOS, iOS and watchOS operating systems that fix high-impact flaws. It mentions views of Unni Ravindranathan, principal program manager and lead of the Visual Studio for Mac program management team, on Microsoft.

The article reports that Facebook Inc. is limiting inauthentic behavior as the part of renewed effort to restore confidence in social platform before upcoming midterm elections in the U.S. It mentions that Facebok has removed 82 pages, groups and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior. It mentions that the actions originated in Iran and targeted the users in the U.S. and Great Britain.

The article reports on the request by Tim Cook, chief executive officer (CEO) of technology company Apple Inc., to develop national privacy law in the U.S. similar to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe. Topics mentioned include the role of privacy law to technology companies, the expansion of bug bounty, a program that helps reduce computer security risk, by the U.S. Department of Defense, and the promotion of security measures to computers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the consumer electronics company Apple Inc. has unveiled its General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR)-like features for its customers following the tightening of its privacy restrictions on the information developers.

The article discusses announcement of Google to shut down the consumer version of Google+ while keeping the enterprise edition that is integrated with G Suite intact as of October 8, 2018. Topics include artificial intelligence (AI), cloud and security initiatives from IBM, Google+ shutdown triggered due to low usage, and launch of AI OpenScale by IBM.

The article evaluates workload assurance security products including Cloud Workload Assurance to secure configurations in the cloud, Cloud Workload Protection for Storage with data loss prevention capabilities, and CloudSOC Cloud Access Security Broker from Symantec.

The article offers information on the strategy of the smartphones manufacturer BlackBerry to address the security-related concerns on its quantum computing platform in the U.S. The topics discussed include the inclusion of quantum computing-resistant servers to the company's cyber-security platform, the detriments of quantum computing to corporate data, and the updates made on its Splunk Phantom 4.1 technology.

The article reports the statement of cyber-security researcher Keren Elazari at the SecTor conference held on October 2, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario where she emphasized business enterprises to appoint hackers for countering the cyber-security threats they face. It also reports the announcement of a major update to the Data Hub data orchestration software solution which was made by software company SAP at its annual SAP Tech-Ed conference held on October 2, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The article reports on the debate between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the state of California over net neutrality arguments.

The article focuses on the Facebook access of token data breach that affecting 90 million users and Oracle launching Java 11 with improved security and performance. Topics discussed including the revealing of additional technical details of Facebook about its data breach; and views of Pedro Canahuati, Facebook vice president of Engineering, Security and Privacy on data breach.

The article offers information on the LoJax, a Russian malware embedding itself in PC firmware and announcement of general availability of computer application, Kubernetes 1.12, by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation comprising a security capability Transport Layer Security (TLS) bootstrapping. It includes information on ESET LLC, information technology (IT) security company.

The article reports that the US Federal Communications Commission has imposed limits on restrictions which local governments can place on small-cell wireless infrastructure.

The article reports on the allegations made by telecommunications firm Qualcomm against technology giant Apple, accusing it of giving trade secrets to software company Intel in a California superior court filing submitted on September 25, 2018. It offers a brief history of the legal dispute between Apple and Qualcomm, and the evidence of Qualcomm to support its claims.

The article informs that technology company Apple and cloud computing company Salesforce's customer relationship management (CRM) will be brought together to facilitate new mobile apps for business. It is mentioned that working with Apple, Salesforce is redesigning its app to embrace the native mobile platform with exclusive new features on iOS. The article adds Salesforce will introduce a Trailhead Mobile App and will deliver iOS apps for industries and small business.

The article reports launching of cloud service that will detect bias in artificial intelligence, by the American technology company IBM, and talks of Trust and Transparency service in cloud computing, customizing facility, and digital certificates.

A review is presented on Nuage Platforms Connect Offices in Multicloud Environments from Talari.

The article reports on American technology company Google Inc.'s release of a whitepaper which details its cloud data deletion process. Topics discussed include the safe deletion of data requested by enterprises that are using Google's cloud services, the use of cryptographic erasure or a mark-and-sweep garbage collection process to overwrite the deleted data over time, and Google's decommissioning of physical storage media.

The article discusses the launch of UCS C480 ML Rack Server for artificial intelligence and machine learning by Cisco.

The article focuses on Enterprise Risk Index Report for the first half of 2018, where fileless malware attacks are growing in number and sophistication.It includes fileless malware, which antivirus software cannot find, makes up about 70 percent of executables that are unknown to reputation services and malware isn't an executable file, but rather a process delivered to a computer that takes over an existing service, loading software or following commands that carry out the activities normally.

The article evaluates the smartphone KEY2 LE from BlackBerry Ltd.

The article reports on the increase of the number of cryptojacking attacks in automation. Topics discussed include the trend of cryptojacking attacks, the slow ransomware attack growth, the changing crypto-currency values, the central data center, and the hyperconverged infrastructure market solution.

The article presents news briefs on gadgets and games. It informs that technology company has added upgrades to its products offering including Mac Mini small desktop computer, iPad Pro tablet and MacBook Air laptop. It also reports that technology company Google has announced on the vulnerabilities hold by video game company Epic Games' Fortnite on its play store.

The article evaluates the Galaxy Note 9 smartphone from Samsung.

The article focuses on a white paper released by U.S. politician Mark Warner expressing the need for social media regulation, and the release of Visual Studio 7.6 from Microsoft featuring performance updates and bug fixes. It mentions that Visual Studio 7.6 was launched by Dominic Nahous, senior product manager for Visual Studio for Mac. It also mentions that Microsoft Azure is also being expanded with new functions.

The article evaluates the AccountGuard service, a suite of free security services from Microsoft Corp.

The article focuses on Google tracking the location even when it is told to stop, and the DHS using its Red Team approach to improve national cyber-security. It includes investigation by the Associated Press and Princeton University, where some Google apps are still storing detailed location information in particular location history, even when someone changed the privacy settings to bar location tracking and location markers are stored in a setting called “Web and App Activity".

The article offers information on Google location tracking and the approach of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Red Team to improve national cybersecurity. Topics include the storage of location markers in the Web and App Activity setting of some Google apps, National Cybersecurity Assessments and Technical Services (NCATS) of the DHS, and security of the election systems in the U.S.

The article reports on the panel of election officials from across the country who spoke at the Defcon hacking conference in Las Vegas on August 10, 2018 to discuss voting system security to include the California State Secretary Alex Padilla. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers brief information on the Galaxy Note 9 smartphone from Samsung.

The article reports that new research has found multiple vulnerabilities in the inflight WiFi operating system WiNG OS in airlines that could have exposed users to risks.

The article reports that telecommunications company Motorola Solutions Inc. has released the Moto Z3 smartphone. Topics mentioned include the planned upgrade of the smartphone into fifth generation (5G), the graphics processing chip of the smartphone, and the study by information security vendor Code42 which reveals that several chief executive officers (CEO) and other business leaders attempt to destroy the intellectual property of businesses.

The article reports that HP is teaming up with Bugcrowd on a bug bounty program that will award selected researchers for finding security flaws in a range of printers and Microsoft will raise the prices of the upcoming Office 2019 suite for enterprise customers. Topics discussed include Bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure programs, on-premises and online services for government customers and private program will have to report the vulnerabilities to Bugcrowd.

The article discusses the report from Graz University researchers in Austria on how the Spectre CPU speculative execution vulnerability can be used over a remote network, dubbed as the NetSpectre attack method, and offers information on the Panasonic Toughbook FZ-T1 and FZ-L1 from Panasonic Corp.

The article discusses the Trust Fabric initiative launched by Oracle Corp. in July 2018 to better secure autonomous identity enabled by artificial intelligence and machine learning. Topics include the integration of cloud infrastructure security and monitoring elements and Identity and Access Management into the Oracle Identity Cloud, the identification of anomalous behaviors through identity and the Cloud Services Platform announced by Google.

The article reports that the American technology company Google is improving its cloud platform security by using machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to block suspicious messages and add security measures.

The article offers information on Millimeter Wave Antennas and Modem Chips from Qualcomm.

The article offers suggestions for business enterprises for protection against phishing including need for educating employees about phishing emails. It mentions need to avoid using public webmail services for critical communications and training employees to expect attempts to subvert your procedures through actions such as phony requests. It also mentions about the U.S. Democratic National Committee email leak.

The article reports on the vulnerabilities of DNS rebinding which are at risks from Domain Name Service rebinding attacks. It cites on the research released by security vendor Armis that almost half a million devices used by enterprises are at risk. The article also reports on the rework made by technology company Microsoft for its cost cutting cloud tiering technologies.

The article evacuates the narrowband Internet of Things (IoT) services from T-Mobile.

The article offers brief information on the Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse from Microsoft Corp. and reports on the improvements in Symantec Corp.'s email security using threat isolation technology.

The article informs that semiconductor company Broadcom is planning to buy software maker CA Technologies for 19 billion dollar after it failed in its bid to buy rival chip maker Qualcomm. It is noted that Broadcom is doing so by analyzing ability of CA to grow recurring revenues and earnings of the firm and broadening the size of Broadcom's addressable market. It also discusses launch of more powerful MacBook Pro laptop models by electronics firm Apple Inc. on July 12, 2018.

The article offers information on the Cost Forecast Tool cloud billing application from multinational technology company Google Inc.