January 26, 2021
Via: Threat PostHackers linked to North Korea are targeting security researchers with an elaborate social-engineering campaign that sets up trusted relationships with them — and then infects their organizations’ systems with custom backdoor malware. That’s according to Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), […]
January 15, 2021
Via: CNBCCorporate money has flooded U.S. elections ever since 2010, when the Supreme Court ruled in the Citizens United case that business donations amounted to protected free speech under the First Amendment. But the steady stream of cash slowed this week, […]
Infrastructure, Unified Communications
January 7, 2021
Via: Tech CrunchToday’s historic and terrifying coup attempt by pro-Trump extremists in Washington, D.C. played out live the same way it was fomented — on social media. Once again Twitter, streaming sites and other user-generated media were the only place to learn […]
January 6, 2021
Via: ArsTechnicaWith the days counting down to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the Trump administration has been undertaking a series of actions that will make it more difficult for its replacements to reverse any of its policies or pursue new […]
December 30, 2020
Via: Natalie DunnThe COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis that followed have transformed 2020 into a year of change, unrest, and anxiety. Like most of the world, U.S. experienced protests, police brutality, elections, demands for change, and hope for a brighter future. […]
December 18, 2020
Via: CNBCSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will receive Covid vaccinations in coming days, after the attending physician in Congress urged lawmakers to sign up. The physician, Dr. Brian Monahan, cited federal guidelines designed to ensure the […]
December 14, 2020
Via: FortuneCongress is now truly down to the wire with only one week left to put pen to paper on a relief package. On Friday, Congress passed a one-week spending bill to avert a government shutdown and to give leaders another […]
December 11, 2020
Via: BGREscalating the chaos in what has already been a busy week on Capitol Hill, two senators are currently threatening to obstruct a continuing resolution that would temporarily fund the government until a more comprehensive spending bill can be agreed upon […]
November 30, 2020
Via: Rachel OldfordThe feasibility of remote working for government employees has always been a questionable subject. Although both pros and cons to this alternative are plausible, the digital workplace of 2020 has put a lot of strain on IT and security […]
November 16, 2020
Via: FortunePresident Donald Trump is coming to grips with his re-election defeat, according to aides and advisers, even as he continues to publicly discredit the outcome and delay the start of the official transition to President-elect Joe Biden’s administration. Trump began […]