Thur March 5 2020: SMB spend, two ideas for new services, and SETI@Home

Thur March 5 2020: SMB spend, two ideas for new services, and SETI@Home

Today * SMBs plan to spend more on IoT than security https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/small-businesses-want-to-invest-more-in-iot-despite-cyberthreats.html https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-breaches-and-attacks/ransomware/payments-top-140-million-fbi-reports * Two bits of information with two ideas for new services in your practice https://www.zdnet.com/article/browsers-to-block-access-to-https-sites-using-tls-1-0-and-1-1-starting-this-month/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f https://www.fastcompany.com/90471349/study-facebooks-fake-news-labels-have-a-fatal-flaw AND * SETI@Home comes to an end https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/04/seti-home-stops-for-now/

Today

  • SMBs plan to spend more on IoT than security

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/small-businesses-want-to-invest-more-in-iot-despite-cyberthreats.html

https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-breaches-and-attacks/ransomware/payments-top-140-million-fbi-reports

  • Two bits of information with two ideas for new services in your practice

https://www.zdnet.com/article/browsers-to-block-access-to-https-sites-using-tls-1-0-and-1-1-starting-this-month/#ftag=CAD-03-10abf5f

https://www.fastcompany.com/90471349/study-facebooks-fake-news-labels-have-a-fatal-flaw

AND

  • SETI@Home comes to an end

https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/04/seti-home-stops-for-now/

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