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Nov 15 2023
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Palo Alto Networks Slips After Missing Billings Estimate
Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks Inc. tumbled after missing Wall Street estimates for billings in its fiscal first quarter and lowering its estimates for the full year. The company said billings were $2.02 billion in the three months ended Oct. 31, and said full-year fiscal billings would be $10.7 billion to $10.8 billion, down from earlier projections of $10.9 billion to $11.0 billion
Bloomberg
Nov 15 2023
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Palo Alto projects downbeat second-quarter billings, shares fall
Nov 15 (Reuters) - Palo Alto Networks (PANW.O) on Wednesday forecast second-quarter billings below market expectations and said its billings were "impacted by the cost of money", sending the cybersecurity company's shares down about 6% after the bell. Clients are cutting back on digital spending as inflation remains stubborn and borrowing costs increase. Peer Fortinet (FTNT.O) also projected
Reuters
Oct 30 2023
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Canada bans China’s Wechat from government devices citing security risks
Canada has banned Chinese super-app WeChat on official government devices citing cybersecurity risks, following similar action taken against short-form video app TikTok earlier this year. The latest ban, announced on Monday and effective the same day, was also imposed on applications from Kaspersky Lab, a Russian maker of antivirus programs. Canada’s chief information officer had determined
CNN Digital
Oct 05 2023
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MGM estimates losses at $100 million from September cyberattacks
MGM Resorts International is apologizing for cybersecurity issues that disabled its systems in September and estimates the losses from the cyberattacks at $100 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All 28 of MGM’s properties — including those on the Strip — were targeted in the cyber attack that started on Sept. 10. A statement from MGM in September
Las Vegas Sun
Jun 20 2023
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Ransomware attack strikes Hawaii Community College
Hawaii Community College was the target of a ransomware attack, University of Hawaii officials today confirmed today. “Hawaii CC representatives are actively working with federal authorities and cybersecurity experts,” a university statement said. “The Hawaii CC campus was notified of a cybersecurity incident (today) shortly after UH was made aware of the situation,” the statement continued. “
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Oct 14 2023
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Roddy Bergeon elected to represent central Lafayette on school board
Roddy Bergeron will serve as the new Lafayette Parish School Board representative for District 6. Bergeron won with 62% of the vote, defeating Sam Taulli Jr. Bergeron replaces Justin Centanni, who ran for Lafayette Parish Assessor. About 7,200 people casts votes in the race. Bergeron, who ran as a Republican, is cybersecurity advisor and has experience with integrating technology into St.
The Advocate
Oct 05 2023
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Son of Buc-ee's co-founder accused of recording secret, sexual videos
The son of a Buc-ee's co-founder and SMU law school student is accused of recording secret videos, some in Dallas. According to an arrest affidavit, in May, a group of friends visiting Wasek at his family's home on Lake Travis, "Discovered that a charging port plugged into the wall of their assigned bathroom ... contained a hidden camera." The person who found it told investigators he "works
Dallas-Fort Worth News
Jun 09 2023
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Minnesota Department of Education hacked in global data breach
Minnesota Department of Education files, including some student data, were accessed as part of a large-scale and global cybersecurity attack on a file-transfer system, the state agency said Friday. The hack by the Russian Cl0p ransomware syndicate exploited a program called MOVEit that is widely used by businesses to securely share files. The parent company of MOVEit's U.S. maker, Progress
Star Tribune
Nov 15 2023
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Biden says "important progress" made after meeting with China's Xi
President Biden said the U.S. and China made "important progress" on Wednesday after he met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in San Francisco.
Why it matters: It was the first meeting between the two leaders in a year. Prior to the meeting, Biden said the U.S. wanted to improve bilateral relations that have spiraled downward due to fiercely disputed issues including
Axios
Oct 06 2023
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MGM Resorts Ravaged by Cyberattack, Costs Expected to Exceed $100 Million
The cybersecurity attack at MGM Resorts last month is expected to cost the casino giant more than $100 million, the Las Vegas-based company said in a Thursday regulatory filing. The attack, which was detected on Sept. 10, led to MGM shutting down some casino and hotel computer systems at properties across the U.S. in efforts to protect data. MGM said reservations and casino floors in Las Vegas
Western Journal