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Week in review: LastPass breach, GCP data exfiltration, UEFI bootkit

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Google Cloud Platform allows data exfiltration without a (forensic) trace Attackers can exfiltrate company data stored in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) storage buckets without leaving obvious forensic traces of the malicious activity in GCP’s storage access logs, Mitiga researchers have discovered. QNAP starts bug bounty program with rewards up to $20,000 QNAP Systems, the Taiwanese manufacturer of popular NAS and … More → The post Week in review: LastPass breach, GCP data exfiltration, UEFI bootkit appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Snowflake and AWS expand partnership to drive customer-focused innovation

Snowflake and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have unveiled a multi-year expansion of their partnership, with Snowflake growing its AWS spend and both companies jointly contributing millions of dollars to support go-to-market efforts. The expansion of the collaboration will take a deep, multi-faceted approach to fuel growth and drive customer-focused innovation across sales and marketing, industry solutions, product integrations, and more. “Over the past three years, Snowflake and AWS have quickly created what we believe may … More → The post Snowflake and AWS expand partnership to drive customer-focused innovation appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Akamai acquires Ondat to strengthen its cloud computing offerings

Akamai Technologies reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ondat, a cloud-based storage technology provider with a Kubernetes-native platform for running stateful applications anywhere at scale. Ondat’s technology delivers persistent storage directly onto any Kubernetes cluster for running business-critical, stateful applications safely across any public, private and hybrid clouds. The acquisition of Ondat’s cloud storage technology and its industry-recognized talent is intended to strengthen Akamai’s cloud computing offerings. “Last month we shared details of Akamai Connected … More → The post Akamai acquires Ondat to strengthen its cloud computing offerings appeared first on Help Net Security.
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And old idea gets a fresh look: A nuclear-powered space ship

The idea of a nuclear-powered spacecraft goes back decades. Now it may become reality. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA are teaming up on a demonstration project. They want to see if a nuclear rocket engine could power flight to Mars.
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And old idea gets a fresh look: A nuclear-powered space ship

The idea of a nuclear-powered spacecraft goes back decades. Now it may become reality. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA are teaming up on a demonstration project. They want to see if a nuclear rocket engine could power flight to Mars.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/SkKTYB

Coffee Talk: Digital Transformation & AIOps: The Future of IT

In this session, we’ll examine the growth of AIOps, discussing not only how it can be applied to accelerate improvement to networks, but also how cautious humans can assure that it remains under control and positively productive.
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From 9/11 to Hurricane Sandy, she’s been at the forefront of FEMA responses

Continuing its week-long series of interviews with recent Presidential Rank Award winners. Temin’s guest for this interview probably knows as much about disasters — and federal responses to them — as anyone.
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Reports of federal race, sex and age discrimination are on the decline

In today’s Federal Newscast: Reports from government employees of race, sex and age discrimination are on the decline. New legislation would create tax benefits for businesses that hire military spouses. And the Air Force liberalizes its tattoo policy.
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