Tag: Zen
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The Register: Three US agencies get failing grades for not following IT best practices
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/epa_dhs_gsa_get_failing_grades/ Source: The Register Title: Three US agencies get failing grades for not following IT best practices Feedly Summary: CIOs at the EPA, DHS, and GSA are called out for failure to implement critical cybersecurity recommendations The Government Accountability Office (GAO) scolded a trio of federal agencies on Monday because their CIOs haven’t…
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The Register: Silk Typhoon spun a web of patents for offensive cyber tools, report says
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/silk_typhoon_attack_patents/ Source: The Register Title: Silk Typhoon spun a web of patents for offensive cyber tools, report says Feedly Summary: US court docs reveal that infamous Chinese snoops filed IP papers like tax returns Security researchers have uncovered more than a dozen patents for offensive cybersecurity tools filed by Chinese companies allegedly tied…
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Schneier on Security: Another Supply Chain Vulnerability
Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/another-supply-chain-vulnerability.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Another Supply Chain Vulnerability Feedly Summary: ProPublica is reporting: Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems—with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel—leaving some of the nation’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary, a ProPublica investigation has…
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Cloud Blog: This migration from Snowflake to BigQuery accelerated model building and cut costs in half
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/smarterx-migrating-to-bigquery-from-snowflake-cut-costs-in-half/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: This migration from Snowflake to BigQuery accelerated model building and cut costs in half Feedly Summary: In 2024, retail sales for consumer packaged goods were worth $7.5 trillion globally. Their sheer variety — from cosmetics to clothing, frozen vegetables to vitamins — is hard to fathom. And distribution…