Month: March 2021
Chrome OS is getting a big redesign for its 10th birthday
To celebrate the 10th birthday of Chrome OS, Google is announcing a revamp today and a new set of tools to make the platform much more useful. Of note, it's adding a new clipboard that remembers the last five things you copied, a Phone Hub to make accessing your Android…
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More clues appear to link Supernova web shell activity to Chinese hackers Hacker Typing
Researchers from the Counter Threat Unit (CTU) at Secureworks have discovered a possible link to China while examining how SolarWinds servers were used to deploy malware. During the end of last year, a compromised internet-facing SolarWinds server was used as a springboard by hackers to deploy the .NET web shell…
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Jack Dorsey will convert NFT tweet auction proceeds to bitcoin and donate them to charity
Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey now plans to convert the proceeds from the NFT auction of his first tweet to bitcoin and donate them to charity. The highest bid for the tweet is currently $2.5 million. The auction will end on March 21st, and he plans to donate the…
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Linux Foundation is making it easier to verify the authenticity of software coding
In a bid to secure the open source software supply chain, the Linux Foundation, together with Red Hat, Google, and Purdue University have combined to launch a new project to help developers cryptographically sign their software. Considering the constant increase in the rate of industrial adoption of open source software,…
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Calixa raises $4.25M seed to manage ‘bottom up’ sales approach
Many companies have turned to self-serve sales, which may encourage people to try freemium or open source versions of a product. Some percentage of these users may turn into paying customers, and in the best case will act as leaders to bring a product into their organization. Calixa, an early…
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Twitter sues Texas AG alleging political retaliation for Trump ban
Twitter isn't happy that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into the company after it banned former President Trump. CBS News reports Twitter has sued Paxton in federal court, alleging the AG is violating the First Amendm… Source
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