According to the Family Caregiver Alliance, 39% of caregivers need to leave their job to have more time to care for a loved one. Professionals also take a break from their careers to start a family, focus on well-being, gain a new skill set, attend…
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000
The mass compromise of the VoIP firm’s customers is the first confirmed incident where one software-supply-chain attack enabled another, researchers say.
We learned some remarkable new details this week about the recent supply-chain attack on VoIP software provider 3CX, a complex, lengthy intrusion that has the makings of a cyberpunk spy novel: North Korean hackers using legions of fake executive accounts on LinkedIn to lure people into opening malware disguised as a job offer; malware targeting Mac and Linux users working at defense and cryptocurrency firms; and software supply-chain attacks nested within earlier supply chain attacks.
The use of invasive monitoring software that tracks employee productivity is unlikely to be popular with workers — and it turns out IT staffers aren’t keen on deploying the technology either.
In fact, many IT workers are apparently willing to defy company policy and help colleagues find workarounds to avoid being spied on by the boss. That’s according to a survey of 500 IT managers and 500 non-manager IT workers in the US conducted by Wakefield Research on behalf of digital employee experience software vendor 1E. The survey results were made public last week.