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Private equity firm Veritas Capital has made an offer to buy Canadian software company BlackBerry, Reuters reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. From the report: BlackBerry had said in May it would conduct a review of strategic alt… Continue reading Veritas Makes a Takeover Offer for BlackBerry
Let’s face it — Android wasn’t what most of us had in mind when we imagined having Linux running on our phones. While there’s a (relatively) familiar kernel hiding at …read more Continue reading Blackberry Pi Puts Desktop Linux in Your Pocket
In the long ago times, when phones still flipped and modems sang proudly the songs of their people, I sent away for a set of Slackware CDs and embarked on …read more Continue reading Review: Beepy, A Palm-sized Linux Hacking Playground
Government organizations are attractive targets for threat actors whose motivations may be geopolitical, financial, or disruption, according to BlackBerry. Because threat actors may include private individuals, small groups, or state-sponsored APT grou… Continue reading Budget constraints threaten cybersecurity in government bodies
BlackBerry announced that it will participate in Cybertech Africa, in Rwanda. The first-of-its kind event in the region will convene government officials and technology leaders to advance cybersecurity in Africa and will be held from August 1-2. At Cyb… Continue reading BlackBerry announces participation in Cybertech Africa
For July 2023 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has delivered 130 patches; among them are four for vulnerabilites actively exploited by attackers, but no patch for CVE-2023-36884, an Office and Windows HTML RCE vulnerability exploited in targeted attacks aimed … Continue reading Microsoft patches four exploited zero-days, but lags with fixes for a fifth (CVE-2023-36884)
BlackBerry announced a partnership with Upstream Security to enable automakers to strengthen the overall security posture of their vehicles, by leveraging the rich telemetry data and edge compute capabilities from BlackBerry IVY. Upstream’s cloud… Continue reading BlackBerry and Upstream Security join forces to protect software-defined vehicles
As the 2020s are seeing the return of the flip phone, could we see a rebirth of other device form factors from before the slab era? [Eric Migicovsky] and [SQFMI] …read more Continue reading Beepberry Brings Memory LCD and a Physical Keyboard to Your Pi
RSA Conference 2023 is taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Check out our microsite for the conference for all the most important news. Part 1 of the photos is available here. Here are a few photos from the event, featured vendors inclu… Continue reading Photos: RSA Conference 2023, part 2
BlackBerry and Adobe have partnered to deliver a secure forms solution for mobile. The software solution, which combines BlackBerry UEM and Adobe Experience Manager Forms, is designed for popular mobile device platforms, and meets the rigorous security… Continue reading BlackBerry partners with Adobe to deliver secure forms with electronic signatures on mobile