An email Tesla sent staff in its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) offices on Monday revealed some of the ways the electric-vehicle maker has supported the Ukraine government in the wake of Russia’s invasion, by accelerating delivery of Starlink terminals and offering staff paid time off if called on to fight.
Source: Tesla email reveals how Starlink got to Ukraine days after Musk tweet said it would | Fortune
Today’s cloud strategies revolve around two distinct poles: the “lift and shift” approach, in which applications and associated data are moved to the cloud without being redesigned; and the “cloud-first” approach, in which applications are developed or redesigned specifically for the cloud.
By far the fastest approach is to lift and shift the whole environment, says Matthew Hon, CTO for public sector at technology services company Fujitsu Americas, as rewriting applications for the cloud could take more than two years to complete.
Source: The secrets of successful cloud-first strategies | CIO
A wireless network refers to a computer network that makes use of Radio Frequency (RF) connections between nodes in the network. Wireless networks are a popular solution for homes, businesses, and telecommunications networks.
It is common for people to wonder “what is a wireless network” because while they exist nearly everywhere people live and work, how they work is often a mystery. Similarly, people often assume that all wireless is Wi-Fi, and many would be surprised to discover that the two are not synonymous. Both use RF, but there are many different types of wireless networks across a range of technologies (Bluetooth, ZigBee, LTE, 5G), while Wi-Fi is specific to the wireless protocol defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) in the 802.11 specification and its amendments. For additional details on Wireless networks, see What is a Wireless Network?
The ubiquitous nature of wireless networks is a perfect environment for cyberattackers.
Source: 10 Ultimate Tips for Wireless Security – Wi-Fi Security | Fortinet
Many users don’t realize it, but their internet routers might be the most important electronic devices they have in their homes. Routers link most of their other devices together and to the outside world, so they have a highly privileged position that hackers often look to exploit.
Over the past several years, the number of botnets comprised of hacked routers has increased and those botnets have been used by both criminals and sophisticated state-sponsored attackers to launch attacks against businesses and organizations.
Source: How to secure your router and home network | CSO Online
Donald Trump’s new social media platform, Truth Social, has gone live in the Apple app store, with a number of right-wing figures already sharing their accounts.
It was previously reported that the launch date would be on Monday, February 21, to coincide with President’s Day, although a full rollout may not take place until March.
Source: Donald Trump’s Truth Social App Launches as Thousands Sign Up for Platform
Over the last year, cyber marauders perpetrated more complex and impactful ransomware attacks on a global scale. These attacks targeted critical infrastructure organizations, and in the United States, impacted 14 of 16 critical sectors, including defense, emergency services, food and agriculture, governmental facilities and information technology, according to a new advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
I glanced into my teenage daughter’s bedroom one spring afternoon last year, expecting to find her staring absentmindedly at the Zoom screen that passed for high school during the pandemic. Instead, she was laughing uproariously at a video she had found. I asked her what she was looking at. “It’s an old man dancing like a chicken and singing,” she told me.
Source: How Wanting Less Leads to Satisfaction – The Atlantic
Vodafone Portugal’s chief executive said on Tuesday that a cyber-attack carried out on the company was “a criminal act” that was “clearly” aimed at putting the network out of action in a serious manner, “to make [it] as difficult as possible” to use the company’s services.
Source: Cyberattack on Vodafone paralyses Portugal – EURACTIV.com
YouTube is facilitating the persecution of women and girls the Egyptian state deems too immodest by rewarding prominent male influencers whose inciting videos—viewed millions of times—target the very same young women in tandem with prosecutors.
As these YouTubers touted claims of a symbiotic relationship with Egyptian authorities, at least a dozen women, some of them only teenagers, have faced arrest and jail. It is a lucrative market for influencers and YouTube—one campaigners want the video-sharing giant to take action against.
Source: Exclusive: How YouTube Facilitates the Persecution of TikTok Women in Egypt
The United States, which leads the world in COVID-19 cases and deaths, could be closer to the pandemic finish line if it had better data collection, said Wharton statistics and data science professor Abraham (Adi) Wyner.
Vaccination status, drug efficacy, patient health, and a raft of other information related to the pandemic is scattered across fragmented systems. The lack of clarity has led to confusion, along with growing frustration in the government’s response to a disease that has killed nearly 900,000 Americans since its detection here in January 2020.
Source: Why the U.S. Needs Better COVID Data Collection – Knowledge@Wharton
