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October 13, 2021
10/13/21 Max Sheridan — Yesterday, Google threw down the gauntlet against cybercrime with a pledge to invest $10 billion in cybersecurity. Most of Google’s efforts (and funds) will be poured into their fledgling Work Safer program.…
READ MOREOctober 12, 2021
10/12/21 Max Sheridan — It would be nice to celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a run-through of our triumphs as an industry this year. Instead, we’ve got a growing roster of truly malicious attacks that slipped…
READ MOREOctober 5, 2021
10/5/21 Jaime Fraze — Amazon’s recent product announcement included a new Ring drone cam, a Blink doorbell camera, and a smart thermostat. But it was Astro, Amazon’s first smart robot, that stole the show. Astro, which…
READ MOREOctober 5, 2021
10/5/21 Jaime Fraze — When we first reviewed Ring Alarm many years ago, it was the first whole-home alarm system released by the Amazon-owned company. It consisted of a keypad, siren, and motion sensors, and it…
READ MOREOctober 4, 2021
10/4/21 Jaime Fraze — Amazon unveiled a few surprises this week, and we’re not just talking about the $1,000 autonomous household robot named Astro that’s akin to Alexa on steroids. (Although we are pretty intrigued by…
READ MOREOctober 4, 2021
10/4/21 Max Sheridan — Never look a gift horse in the mouth. But stay far away from “GriftHorse” scam apps. If you download one, you could end up paying for an expensive monthly SMS service you…
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October 1, 2021
10/1/21 Jaime Fraze — As part of Amazon’s big product announcement on Wednesday, Blink unveiled two new devices, the Blink Video Doorbell and the Blink Floodlight. The brand of affordable, easy-to-use cameras is pricing its new…
READ MORESeptember 30, 2021
9/30/21 Max Sheridan — Cyber insurance trailblazer Coalition sounded the horn last week with a $3.5-billion late-stage, post-money valuation. Their mission: to give organizations of all sizes real-time assessments of their cyber vulnerabilities with cutting-edge machine…
READ MORESeptember 29, 2021
9/29/21 Jaime Fraze — Yesterday, Amazon announced the latest on their new lineup of cutting-edge smart home tech that you won’t want to miss. New products include Blink Video Doorbell and floodlight cameras, a virtual security…
READ MORESeptember 24, 2021
9/29/21 Max Sheridan — Talk to any cybersecurity expert and they’d probably agree that cybercrime has gone off the rails in 2021. There was the instance of ransomware fraudsters attacking hospitals and schools, in addition to…
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