Xpertfeed

  Garmin’s fitness wearables remain disconnected after almost a day Garmin fitness devices have been left disconnected for nearly a day after the company suffered a major outage, possibly caused by a ransomware attack. The outage first reported by Garmin over 20 hours ago, as of this writing, affects Garmin wearables and apps, as well as Garmin call centers. “We are currently experiencing an outage that affects Garmin.com and Garmin Connect. This outage also affects our call centers, and we are currently unable to receive any calls, emails or online chats,” wrote the company  on Twitter  and its Garmin Connect website. Garmin Connect is the service that allows owners of Garmin devices like Forerunner smartwatches to obsessively track their running performance, for example.  Tech News reports  that flyGarmin, the navigation service that supports Garmin’s aviation devices, has also been down affecting some pilots. Garmin was forced to shut down a number of cr...

  "Contrast ratio, response speed, high brightness" are all superior to OLED and micro LEDs Samsung Display has begun developing quantum dot nano-light emitting diodes (QNED) as a next-generation display that surpasses organic light emitting diodes, and is expected to begin full-fledged investment in 2021. QNED refers to a self-emitting display utilizing a nanometer (1nm = 1 billionth of a meter) semiconductor particles quantum dot (QD) and gallium nitrogen light emitting diode (GaN LED). This is theoretically evaluated as having a long life and high brightness compared to the organic light emitting diode (OLED), low power consumption, burn-in removal, etc. strengths. "QNED is the highest-end display with both contrast ratio, high response speed, and high brightness characteristics of micro-LED, which is the biggest advantage of QD technology and OLED TVs being used in LCD (LCD) TVs," said Yim Seong-seong, Managing Director of Ubiresearch, at the Next Generation Dis...

  Microsoft also is creating a new standalone Microsoft Consulting org as part of its new structure. As it often does at the start of a new fiscal year, Microsoft is making some changes in its sales and support organizations. During the past few days, word began trickling out regarding some of the shifts that will affect those working with its "Customer Success" unit, its technical account managers, and other support staff. Microsoft's goal with its latest shifts is to try to improve customer use and engagement of various Microsoft products and services, my contacts say. Microsoft officials are shooting for more support-role clarity and improved "right-sizing" of customer support plans with these latest moves. I'm not hearing that Microsoft will be doing any big layoffs as part of the changes. (There could be some separate, smaller layoffs, but these are due to the usual churn, not the dismissal of a large number of individuals associated with any given team...

  The hacker has attempted to ransom nearly 47% of all MongoDB databases left exposed online. A hacker has uploaded ransom notes on 22,900 MongoDB databases left exposed online without a password, a number that accounts for roughly 47% of all MongoDB databases accessible online The hacker is using an automated script to scan for misconfigured MongoDB databases, wiping their content, and leaving a ransom note behind asking for a 0.015 bitcoin (~$140) payment. The attacker is giving companies two days to pay, and threatens to leak their data and then contact the victim's local General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enforcement authority to report their data leak. Attacks planting this ransom note (READ_ME_TO_RECOVER_YOUR_DATA) have been seen as early as April 2020. In a phone call,  Victor Gevers , a security researcher with the GDI Foundation, said initial attacks didn't include the data wiping step. The attacker kept connecting to the same database, leaving the ransom note,...