Amazon To Give $500M Holiday Bonuses To Front-Line Employees
Amazon announced it would spend more than $500 million on one-time bonuses for its front-line employees in the United States who are working the holiday season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m grateful to our teams who continue to play a vital role serving their communities, Amazon...
Twitch Finally Supports Any 2FA App
Twitch has announced that it’s launching support for any 2FA authentication apps. The streaming service even entices you with six exclusive emotes. 📢 It's time to armor up! We're launching support for generic authentication apps for 2FA! You can now use the app or password...
Canon Publicly Acknowledge August Ransomware Attack
Canon has confirmed that the cyberattack suffered in early August was caused by ransomware and that the hackers stole data from company servers. “We identified a security incident involving ransomware on August 4, 2020. We immediately began to investigate, a cybersecurity firm was engaged, and...
Sophos Warns Affected Customers After Security Breach
UK cyber security and hardware company Sophos has notified customers that data has potentially been leaked online due to a misconfigured database. The exposed customer data was accessible to unauthorized parties due to a misconfigured “tool” used by the company to store information by users who reached out to...
Boris Johnson Announces Tier 3 Lockdown To Push The Virus Down
Boris Johnson has announced the details of a stricter three-tier system – medium (tier 1), high (tier 2), or very high (tier 3) – for England. The prime minister confirmed the news during an appearance in the House of Commons via video link on Monday,...
Foxconn To Shift Some Apple Production From China To Vietnam
Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China, Reuters reports. The assembly lines are set to start production in the first half of next year at Foxconn’s Bac Giang province, according to Reuters’ source, who notes that Apple wants to diversify...
LG Announces Organizational Changes To Respond Faster To Unprecedented Business Environment
LG Electronics (LG) announced a number of organizational commitments that are designed to faster transform the global consumer electronics and appliance brand into a company that will be able to better weather the coming year by turning challenges into opportunities. Initiatives such as promoting customer...
YouTube TV Gives Free Access To HBO Max And Cinemax Until Sunday
Youtube TV has decided to give all subscribers a free preview of HBO Max which includes content like His Dark Materials and The Undoing, and Cinemax where you can check out John Wick 3, Stuber, and more. Google calls it a “little gift” and thanks...
WWE Legend Undertaker Joins TikTok
Undertaker, one of the most iconic Superstars in WWE history and a pop culture phenomenon, made his official debut on TikTok. In his first-ever TikTok video, the “Phenom” watches on as his wife Michelle McCool imitates his iconic sit-up pose while while at home. @Undertaker joins...
Argentine Government Declares 3 Days Of National Mourning For Football Star Diego Maradona
The Argentina government has declared three days of national mourning for the death of football legend Diego Armando Maradona, the office of the presidency has said. Diego Maradona, who captained the 1986 World Cup-winning team, died from a heart attack at the age of 60 on Wednesday. Argentina’s President...
South Korean Watchdog Fines Facebook $6.1 Million For Sharing User Info Without Consent
A South Korean agency for protecting personal information on Wednesday fined$6.06 million and sought a criminal investigation for providing users’ personal information to other operators without consent, Reuters reports The country’s Personal Information Protection Commission, launched in August this year, said in a statement it...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Experienced A Multi-Hour Outage Affecting Many Websites
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been experiencing a multi-hour outage that is affecting a large portion of the internet. Amazon said the issue was largely localized to North America, and that it was working on a resolution. Meanwhile, a number of other companies, such as...
Square Enix Announces Permanent Work From Home As Of December 1
Square Enix, the studio behind the Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Tomb Raider games says it’ll allow most of its employees to work from home permanently. Status changes will be allowed on a monthly basis depending upon the intensity of an employee’s duties. The Company...
Google Chrome Now Lets You Take Action Right From Address Bar
Google is slowly rolling out a new feature to Google Chrome 87 that allows you to type commands in the address bar that perform specific browser actions. This new feature is called ‘Chrome Actions’. Chrome Actions are a fast and simple way to navigate or...
2FA Bypass Flaw Could Affect Over 70 Million Sites
Digital Defense, Inc., a leader in vulnerability and threat management solutions, announced that its Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) uncovered a previously undisclosed vulnerability affecting the cPanel & WebHost Manager (WHM) web hosting platform. cPanel & WHM version 11.90.0.5 (90.0 Build 5) exhibits a two-factor authentication bypass flaw, vulnerable...
YouTube Suspends One America News Network For Promoting Fake COVID-19 Cure
YouTube has temporarily suspended One America News Network (OANN) from posting new videos for a week after uploading a video promoting a phony cure for COVID-19, Axios reported. OANN’s one-week suspension from posting new videos or livestreams is the result of a “strike” YouTube issued...
NCSC: Multiple Actors Are Attempting To Exploit MobileIron Vulnerability CVE 2020-15505
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert prompting all organizations to patch the critical CVE-2020-15505 remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in MobileIron mobile device management (MDM) systems. MobileIron remote code execution vulnerability is a target for APT nation state groups and cyber criminals to...
Zoom Lifts 40-Minute Time Limit For Thanksgiving Meetings
Zoom is lifting the 40-minute time limit on Thanksgiving Zoom meetings so family members and friends can virtually spend the holiday together. Health officials advise people to not take part in large Thanksgiving family gatherings, especially with older family members, many are planning on hosting...
India Banned 43 Chinese Mobile Apps, Including AliExpress And TaoBao Live
The government of Indian has banned another 43 Chinese mobile apps on the grounds of national security, including AliExpress and TaoBao Live. “This action was taken based on the inputs regarding these apps for engaging in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of...
Twitter To Resume Verification Early Next Year
The micro-blogging site Twitter announced on Tuesday that it would resume its verification process early next year along with brand-new guidelines for users seeking out that small, blue badge. In Twitter’s Tuesday blog post, the company confirmed that this new system would roll out in...
