This might be the end of TikTok. President Joe Biden signed a bill this week which allows the US government to ban the platform if TikTok doesn’t divest from its China-based owner, ByteDance, within a year. Today on the show, we’re going to talk about what happens to TikTok now and how this new law […]
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed a law that could effectively ban TikTok if the company does not divest from ByteDance, its Chinese owner, in the next 12 months. But the law, which sped through the House and Senate, could face a significant uphill battle in US courts for potentially violating the First Amendment rights […]
President Joe Biden signed a bill on Wednesday that could ban TikTok from operating within the United States as early as next year. After years of trying, the US House of Representatives and the Senate managed to pass a measure that would force TikTok to divest from ByteDance, its Chinese owner, within a year, or […]
Critical shim bug impacts every Linux boot loader signed in the past decade Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2024 The maintainers of Shim addressed six vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw that could potentially lead to remote code execution. The maintainers of ‘shim’ addressed six vulnerabilities with the release of version 15.8. The most severe of these […]
Dynatrace announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Runecast, a provider of AI-powered security and compliance solutions. Adding Runecast to the Dynatrace platform will extend Dynatrace contextual security protection and analytics with Runecast security posture management. This will enable customers to address the risks of misconfigurations and compliance violations in hybrid and multicloud ecosystems […]
Sheer genius The news that perennial DIY punk popsters Sheer Mag had signed to the White Stripes-affiliated Third Man label last year signified that the band would be stepping up a gear, and quite poosibly changing creative tack too. But the tracks that the US band has managed to flaunt ahead of their forthcoming next […]
President Joe Biden on Friday signed a short-term extension of controversial surveillance efforts after the provision easily cleared Capitol Hill as part of an annual defense policy bill. Last week House and Senate lawmakers voted in favor of the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would keep the digital snooping programs authorized under […]
CISA and ENISA signed a Working Arrangement to enhance cooperation Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2023 ENISA has signed a Working Arrangement with the US CISA to enhance capacity-building, best practices exchange and awareness. The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has signed a Working Arrangement with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to enhance […]
Industrial giant Rockwell Automation announced on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Verve Industrial Protection, a cybersecurity company specializing in industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT). Verve’s managed OT/ICS security platform provides asset inventory, vulnerability management, patch management, configuration management, SIEM, incident response, and backup and restore capabilities. In […]