The vulnerabilities have never been exploited in an election and doing so would require physical access to voting equipment or other extraordinary criteria standard election security practices prevent, according to the analysis from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. But because the subject is Dominion voting equipment, which has been the target of conspiracy…
Photo: Ethan Miller (Getty Images) The kids are not alright, and tech companies know it thanks to the data they’ve been lapping up like mosquitos in a blood bank. Programs that students were using to learn from home during the worst days of the pandemic were also tracking their data and analyzing their habits, which…
“These vulnerabilities pose an unacceptable risk to federal network security,” US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly said in a statement. The “emergency directive” from CISA gives agencies five days to either update the vulnerable software or remove it from their networks. The directive does not apply to the Pentagon computer networks,…
The pandemic made a functional website an existential need for many businesses. Amid a shortage of tech talent, however, developing a sophisticated online presence presented a big hurdle for many companies. But what if a company could build a highly tuned site without needing a tech pro with programming fluency? That was the idea behind…
Robins is using new off-base facilities to attract a younger generation of employees. ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Inside Robins Air Force Base’s Blue Sky facility in downtown Macon, you’ll find rows of computers, stylish sitting areas, modern décor, and walls covered in writing. While it seems like a laid-back place, members of Robins’…
The idea of a lone programmer relying on their own genius and technical acumen to create the next great piece of software was always a stretch. Today it is more of a myth than ever. Competitive market forces mean that software developers must rely on code created by an unknown number of other programmers. As…
