Monthly Archives: October 2022

Dashlane expands enterprise offering, adds entry-level tier for small businesses and entrepreneurs

Dashlane has announced further security tools for its enterprise customers alongside a brand new small business tier to help slash the costs of secure password management. Business admins will now have greater dark web insights with user-by-user details of things like compromized passwords.  The company promises to scan its database of more than 20 billion…

Qualcomm explains why phones will soon kill off DSLRs – and it has a point

The DSLR’s death knell has been ringing on an almost daily basis for the past couple of years – and now Qualcomm has joined the fray by explaining the specific reasons why it thinks phone cameras will soon kill off the aging camera format. In an in-depth interview with Android Authority, Qualcomm’s vice-president of product management…

A dangerous new malware strain has already compromised hundreds of servers

There is a new malware making rounds, that targets Microsoft SQL servers, and is capable of running programs, snooping in on data, brute-forcing its way into other SQL servers, and dozens of other dangerous things.  The malware, discovered by cybersecurity analysts from DSCO CyTec, was dubbed Maggie. Maggie is distributed by pretending to be an Extended…

Rancher jailed for 11 years over claims that he charged companies $244 million to look after cattle that didn’t actually exist

In total, Tyson paid Easterday Ranches more than $233 million for the “ghost” cattle. Hans Neleman/Getty Images A rancher charged Tyson and another company $244 million to look after cattle that didn’t exist. He pleaded guilty to the charges last year, which included sending fraudulent invoices. A district judge has sentenced the Washington-based rancher to…

From Carl Icahn to the biggest banks, here’s who stands to win, and lose, from Elon Musk’s Twitter deal

Hi! This is Dan DeFrancesco checking in from New York. For those who observed the high holy day yesterday, here’s hoping your fast went smoothly. Lots on tap today, from oil cuts to CEOs preparing for a potential recession to the guy who just caught a very expensive souvenir.  But first, let’s chat about a…

Meta withdraws internship offers after scrapping its full UK program for this year

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Meta has been withdrawing internship offers from London-based recruits. The company has scrapped plans to run its full internship program in the UK this year. Some Meta hopefuls accepted job offers months ago and are being forced to make other plans.  Meta has been withdrawing internship offers from…

Trump is hesitant to keeping campaigning for Herschel Walker in case the scandals around him get worse, report says

A file photo of Donald Trump and Herschel Walker. Michael Zarrilli/Getty Images Trump is hesitant to campaign for scandal-hit candidate Herschel Walker, CNN reported.  Per The Daily Beast, Walker paid for a woman to have an abortion despite wanting abortions banned. Walker’s own son has criticized his campaign and alleged that he abused his mom….

Russia threatens to cut its oil output to counter a US-led cap on prices

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak. Maxim Blinov/TASS/Getty Images Russia threatened to cut output over a planned US-led price cap on its crude, per Bloomberg.  Its deputy prime minister said Russia’s oil production fall to 430 million tons a year.  The cap creates a “very bad precedent,” Alexander Novak said, who added it was “unacceptable.” …