About this tag
The tag 'industry' on WindowsForum.com covers topics where industry-wide practices, collaborations, or vulnerabilities are discussed. Content includes references to industry-leading security researchers at BlueHat conferences, industry-wide security flaws affecting AMD chips, widespread use of Symantec and Norton products across government and industry, Microsoft's monthly update cadence being followed by others in the industry, industry-wide web platform vulnerabilities, and industry collaboration programs like MAPP and MSVR. The tag also touches on regulatory relationships between government and industry in the context of the Fukushima nuclear incident. These discussions highlight how security, updates, and vulnerabilities often have implications that extend beyond a single vendor to affect the broader technology industry.
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BlueHat Seattle 2019 Call for Papers is Now Open!
2019 has seen a phenomenal BlueHatIL in February followed by a wildly successful BlueHat Shanghai in May… now it’s time to come back home for BlueHat Seattle! 2 days of hands-on technical training (October 22-23, 2019) 2 days of conference talks from industry-leading security researchers and...- News
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- bluehat conference cyber defense event industry paper phone call research seattle security training
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amd chips are not exempt …
make no mistake … even amd chips are not exempt … beware.- pnamajck
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- amd bugs chip computing cybersecurity exemption flaw hacks hardware industry issues meltdown performance research risk security spectre tech news vulnerability warning
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- Forum: Windows Security
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TA16-187A: Symantec and Norton Security Products Contain Critical Vulnerabilities
Original release date: July 05, 2016 Systems Affected All Symantec and Norton branded antivirus products Overview Symantec and Norton branded antivirus products contain multiple vulnerabilities. Some of these products are in widespread use throughout government and industry. Exploitation of...- News
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- antivirus cve-2016-2207 cve-2016-2208 cve-2016-2209 cve-2016-2210 cve-2016-2211 cve-2016-3644 cve-2016-3645 cve-2016-3646 exploit government industry malware network security norton patch management remote access security symantec vulnerability
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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10 years of Update Tuesdays
On October 1, 2003, Microsoft announced it would move to a monthly security bulletin cadence. Today, marks 10 years since that first monthly security update. We looked at many ways to improve our security preparedness and patch timing was the number one customer request. Your feedback was clear...- News
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- adaptation anniversary bulletin cadence challenges commitment customers devops discovery experience feedback industry microsoft milestone october patch preparedness response security update tuesday
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Microsoft releases Security Advisory 2659883, offers workaround for industry-wide issue
Hello, Today we published Security Advisory 2659883 to provide a workaround to help protect ASP.NET customers from a publicly disclosed vulnerability that affects various Web platforms industry-wide. We are not aware of any attacks using this vulnerability, which affects all supported versions...- News
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- advisory asp.net customers defense exploit framework hashtable industry information microsoft mitigation protection research security trustworthy twitter update vulnerability web platform workaround
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Microsoft updates Security Advisory 2607712
Today we’re updating Link Removed due to 404 Error, to announce that based on our investigation, we’ve deemed all DigiNotar certificates to be untrustworthy and have moved them to the Untrusted Certificate Store. Additionally, we have extended our support with this update so all...- News
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- advisory automatic updates certificate collaboration customers diginotar industry investigation microsoft protection security software support trust untrusted update vendor windows server windows xp
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MSRC Progress Report Shows Continued Progress of MSRC Key Initiatives
Today, the MSRC released its Link Removed due to 404 Errort highlighting advancements of key Microsoft programs designed to help prevent and defend against online threats. The Microsoft programs featured in this paper include the following: The Link Removed due to 404 Error (MAPP) and Link...- News
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- adobe collaboration conference customers exploitability feedback indexing industry information disclosure initiative mapp msrc msvr progress protection report security software update vulnerability
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Japanese Plant Starts Installation of Filters
TOKYO—A project to install air filters to reduce airborne radiation at the No. 1 reactor building of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex began Monday, in a move aimed at allowing workers to enter the building for the first time since the start of the crisis to make needed repairs...- cybercore
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- air filters crisis economy environmental fukushima industry installation japan nuclear power company radiation reactor regulation repair risk safety sustainability technology trade workers
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Android chief: We're still open
Android chief Andy Rubin took to the blogs Wednesday evening to combat recent reports of Google clamping down on Android's openness. "We continue to be an open source platform and will continue releasing source code when it is ready," wrote Rubin on the Android Developer Blog. "As I write...- cybercore
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- android arm compatibility control customization development devices google honeycomb industry linux motorola open source partnership rumors smartphone software tablet technology update
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Android’s open-door policy days are numbered
Android’s open-source approach to mobile operating systems had enabled Google (Link Removed) to spread its platform far and wide, at a relatively rapid pace. But the now-established OS faces another challenge in maintaining security for apps and user access. After dozens of Market apps were...- cybercore
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- amazon android app app store control developers fragmentation google industry malware market microsoft mobile industry mobile os nokia open source partnership security tarnished reputation user rights
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Where Will the Jobs Be In 2011?
Looking ahead to 2011, you may be wondering: Does the job market have brighter days in its forecast? While not all the news is good news (the unemployment rate is expected to remain high), there are employment experts who believe things are looking up in certain industries. Usually...- cybercore
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- education employment forecast industry job job market opportunities skills training unemployment
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Windows 7 Western Digital to buy Hitachi disk division for $4.3B
Western Digital announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST), the disk drive arm of Hitachi Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion. Western Digital is the leading supplier of hard disk drive...- cybercore
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- acquisition business ceo consumer data centers external drive growth hard drive hitachi industry internal drive investment manufacturing market share stock transaction strategy tech mergers technology western digital
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Windows 7 Next GTA is already in development
Link Removed due to 404 Error Expected for a late 2011 or early 2012 release A number of sources, including Wedbush industry analyst Michael Pachter, are expecting the new chapter in the Grand Theft Auto franchise to arrive late 2011 or an early 2012 release. Our industry sources...- cybercore
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- 2012 2021 analyst announcement best selling developers development franchise game engine gaming news gta industry rage release release date rockstar sales take-two video games
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Technology growth to come to a screaming halt
Huge changes in software and microchips needed A new report from the US National Research Council has warned that technology growth will grind to a halt unless a new generation of hardware and software is developed. The catchy-titled “The Future of Computing Performance: Game over or next...- kemical
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- challenges computer science computing growth hardware hardware development industry innovation microchips moore's law parallel processing performance power consumption programming report software software development technology thermal management transistors
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- Forum: General Computing
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Official misspeaks, seeks more sex stories
Link Removed OTTAWA — A small but significant slip of the tongue had Canada's industry minister pleading for "more Canadian sex stories" on Monday, although he quickly insisted he was actually talking about success. "We need more Canadian sex stories," Tony Clement told an Ottawa crowd...- cybercore
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- blackberry canada clement communication digital event humor industry laugh media minister politics public reporter rim slip speech story strategy success
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Windows 7 GPU Benchmarking Methods Investigated: Fact vs. Fiction
Benchmarks. Every website worth their marbles uses them to varying degrees of accuracy. Meanwhile, every reader wants to recreate them in some way, shape or form in order to do exactly what their favorite publications are doing: to evaluate the performance of their hardware choices and quantify...- kemical
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- accuracy benchmark choice competition diagnostics evaluation gpu hardware inaccuracy industry method online performance programs publication results review sequence tools traffic
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Intel man claims he can stop BP oil spill
Fill the well with unused Larrabees A man who makes a living selling chips for Intel has come up with a cunning plan which he thinks can stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Steven Laughlin has devised a plan to "plug the hole" of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. However he is a little...- reghakr
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- consultation deepwater horizon design engineering environmental gulf of mexico industry innovation intel oil spill pipes plan pressure safety seal semiconductors solutions technology идеи
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Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?
I’m not one of those ready to write Windows an RIP certificate now that Google has finally taken (some of) the wraps off its Chrome OS. In fact, after reading through industry watchers’ questions and Google’s answers about it, I’m thinking that Chrome OS may not...- reghakr
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- application browser business chromeos consumer desktop extensions firefox functionality google industry internet explorer linux microsoft netbook safari silverlight software technology web apps
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- Forum: Linux Forums
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Windows 7 Japanese processors to rival US?
Not content with the American domination of the CPU industry, seven of Japan's dominant processor designers and manufacturers have teamed up to create a revolutionary new microprocessor. The coalition is led by the NEC and Renesas merger, which makes them world's third largest chipmaker. Joining...- kemical
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- canon chipmakers coalition competition cpu electronics fujitsu hitachi industry innovation intel japan manufacturing microprocessor nec panasonic processor renesas technology toshiba
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