City of Reno

City of Reno | September 27, 2016

Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve has pledged to make Reno, Nevada one of the nation’s official Hidden Heroes Cities. Reno City Council will consider adoption of a Resolution to formalize Reno’s participation at its regular meeting tomorrow, September 28, 2016, which starts at 10 a.m.Spearheaded by Senator Elizabeth Dole, the national Hidden Heroes campaign launches today at 2 p.m. EST, receiving support from Actor Tom Hanks and NBC’s Tom Brokaw, as well as other members of the TODAY ...

City of Reno | September 26, 2016

The City of Reno is offering several opportunities for citizens to give input on its Downtown Action Plan, which was authorized by Reno City Council on April 13, 2016 and supports the City’s Thriving Downtown and University District strategic priority.First, the public can complete the Reno Downtown Action Plan Online Survey now. Citizens have until October 16, 2016 to take the survey, which should take just a few minutes to complete....

Huawei | January 15, 2020

The U.S. government is nearing publication of a rule that would vastly expand its powers to block shipments of foreign-made goods to China’s Huawei, as it seeks to squeeze the blacklisted telecoms company, two sources said. The U.S. Commerce Department in May placed Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] on a trade blacklist, citing national security concerns. That allowed the U.S. government to restrict sales of U.S.-made goods to the company and a small number of items made abroad that cont...

oodaloop | January 14, 2020

Most weeks, it is far outside the normal job responsibilities for cybersecurity professionals to understand what the United States (or other governments) do to find or use computer vulnerabilities. Just stay patched and keep the board of directors happy. This is not one of those weeks. This week we learned that the National Security Agency disclosed to Microsoft that it had discovered a major vulnerability (dubbed CVE-2020-0601) in Windows 10. A Washington Post article, by veteran cyber journali...