Security
Alphabet launches a cybersecurity company called “Chronicle” — Ars Technica
Aplphabet's new company Chronicle wants to apply the usual Google tenets of machine learning and cloud computing to cybersecurity, writes Ron Amadeo of Ars Technica. Here is the link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/alphabets-chronicle-is-a-moonshot-company-for-cybersecurity/
Amazon buys cybersecurity startup Sqrrl
Amazon has acquired cybersecurity startup Sqrrl for an undisclosed sum.
Radware receives multi-million dollar expansion order
Radware, a provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, says that a major U.S. financial services company signed a $4 million deal for its Attack Mitigation Solution (AMS).
Intel needs to come clean about Meltdown and Spectre — The Verge
A lot more transparency is needed from Apple and AMD too; The Verge's Tom Warren writes.
Here is the link: https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/10/16871856/intel-cpu-meltdown-spectre-response-computer-slow-down-issues
WD My Cloud NAS devices have hard-wired backdoor — The Register
The Register's Richard Chirgwin writes Western Digital's network attached storage devices have hard-wired backdoor. The flaw was discovered by vulnerability researcher
James Bercegay.
Here is the link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/08/wd_mycloud_nas_backdoor/