Product Exec: Wipro Breach Appears To Be 'Legitimate Use' Of ConnectWise Control

by Michael Novinson

ConnectWise Chief Product Officer Jeff Bishop says the KrebsOnSecurity report about the Wipro breach doesn’t seem to indicate that the ConnectWise Control product was hacked or accessed improperly.

Data Center Spending To Decline In 2019: 5 Reasons Behind The Fall

by Mark Haranas

Leading Gartner researcher John-David Lovelock talks about the major reasons and trends behind the projected 2.8 percent decline in data center spending in 2019.

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by Rick Whiting

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Microsoft Takes On AWS In RTOS Space With Express Logic Acquisition

by Dylan Martin

'This gives them a very good arrow in the quiver as they look to expand their IoT aspirations,' an analyst says of Microsoft's acquisition of Express Logic—a deal that will allow its Azure cloud service to challenge AWS in the market for resource-constrained IoT devices.

Wipro Hackers Also Went After Seven Other Solution Provider Giants: Report

by Michael Novinson

The threat actors responsible for launching a successful phishing campaign against Wipro in March also appear to have targeted Avanade, Capgemini, Cognizant, Infosys, PCM, Rackspace and Slalom, according to KrebsOnSecurity.

The Best And Worst Information Technology Stocks In Q1 2019

by Rick Whiting

Of the 44 technology companies on our watch list, 35 recorded gains in the price of their publicly traded shares during the first quarter of 2019 and only 9 recorded price declines – two by significant double-digit percentages. Take a look at who were the winners and who were the losers.

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Wipro Hack Snags At Least 23 Workers, Breached Systems Still Being Found: Report

by Michael Novinson
The adversaries were believed to be using ConnectWise Control on the hacked systems to connect remotely to Wipro client systems, which were then used to obtain further access into Wipro customer networks, KrebsOnSecurity reported.