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Alibaba cannot block cryptocurrency firm from using similar name: U.S. judge

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday rejected Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd's bid for a preliminary injunction to block the Dubai cryptocurrency firm Alibabacoin Foundation from using the Alibaba name. from Reuters: Technology News https://ift.tt/2rbzGax

Mexico central bank says possible cyber attack targets payment systems

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank said on Monday it was investigating an apparent attempt to hack into the payment systems of at least three local financial institutions, but no funds were stolen. from Reuters: Technology News https://ift.tt/2raqhzV

WhatsApp co-founder to quit in loss of privacy advocate at Facebook

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The co-founder of WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Facebook Inc with more than 1 billion daily users, said on Monday he was leaving the company, in a loss of one of the strongest advocates for privacy inside Facebook. from Reuters: Technology News https://ift.tt/2HIeT4P

Facebook unit WhatsApp's co-founder Jan Koum to quit

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(Reuters) - WhatsApp Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Jan Koum is planning to leave the Facebook unit, according to his post on the social media network on Monday. from Reuters: Technology News https://ift.tt/2w2XGBE

U.S. jury convicts former Autonomy executive of fraud over HP deal

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Monday convicted the former chief financial officer of British software company Autonomy of wire fraud and other crimes related to claims by the government that he inflated the firm's value before its sale to Hewlett Packard, a Justice Department spokesman said. from Reuters: Technology News https://ift.tt/2KlYPqZ

Disney to create live sports, entertainment shows for Twitter

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(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co will create live sports, news and entertainment programing specifically for Twitter Inc's social media platform, the companies said in a statement on Monday. from Reuters: Technology News https://ift.tt/2I1gmGB

Panasonic unit settles U.S. criminal, civil charges of bribery

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A unit of Panasonic Corp agreed to pay about $280 million on Monday in a deal with the U.S. government to resolve criminal and civil charges that the company falsified its financial records to conceal payments to sales agents in China and other parts of Asia. from Reuters: Technology News https://ift.tt/2rcZV0n

Disney to create live sports, entertainment content for Twitter

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(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co will create live sports, news and entertainment programing specifically for Twitter Inc's social media platform, the companies said in a statement on Monday. from Reuters: Technology News https://ift.tt/2I5fFfq

Investors look to Apple's cash, services as iPhone sales seen stalling

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(Reuters) - Apple Inc's multi-hundred billion cash stockpile and stalling growth in services such as iCloud present an opportunity and a concern that some investors hope will be addressed in the company's quarterly earnings report on Tuesday. from Reuters: Technology News https://ift.tt/2Fukc5O

Don’t just add the Security “S” to your Managed Services

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Expanding and putting more focus on your current security offerings is a great way to find new business opportunities. Adding the “S” is the easy part; just ask any managed service provider that views security as just a “checkbox” and offers one of the cheaper or RMM-integrated security offerings without giving much thought to customers’ security needs or total cost of ownership. As a managed service provider though, you are in the business of taking on risk for your customers and security is one of the best ways to reduce and mitigate this risk and add value for your customers and for your business. 2017 was a noteworthy year for cyber security, with major incidents such as WannaCry, Not Petya, Spectre and Meltdown making worldwide news. As a result, security is now top of mind for your customers. The opportunity to expand and focus on building out your security services offering is greater than ever. According to Kaseya’s recent 2018 MSP Benchmark Survey , 33% of respondents cited

SB18-120: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of April 23, 2018

Original release date: April 30, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) / United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). For modified or updated entries, please visit the NVD , which contains historical vulnerability information. The vulnerabilities are based on the CVE vulnerability naming standard and are organized according to severity, determined by the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) standard. The division of high, medium, and low severities correspond to the following scores: High - Vulnerabilities will be labeled High severity if they have a CVSS base score of 7.0 - 10.0 Medium - Vulnerabilities will be labeled Medium severit