Tue Apr 28 2020: PCs down, Optimism up, Breaches via fan and MRR risks

Today

• More data about the market

https://www.channelpro.co.uk/news/11729/pc-vendors-are-struggling-to-meet-demand-amid-covid-19-pandemic

https://techaisle.com/blog/402-covid-19-impact-on-smb-tech-investments

https://rcpmag.com/articles/2020/04/24/comptia-jobs-report.aspx

• Hackers using fans

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-04-cyberattack-cooling-fan-vibrations.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/symlink-race-bugs-discovered-in-28-antivirus-products/

AND

• Maybe MRR isn’t so secure after all.

https://www.businessinsider.com/cloud-software-bills-customers-reduce-2020-4

 

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