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CloudGuard Spectral detects 10 malicious packages on PyPI, the leading Python package index used by developers for Python. A dozen malicious Python packages were uploaded to the PyPi repository this weekend in a typosquatting attack that performs DDoS attacks on a Counter-Strike 1.6 server. Python Package Index (PyPi) is a repository of open-source software packages that developers can easily incorporate into their Python projects to build complex apps with minimal effort. On August 8, CheckPoint published a report on…

Samsung has reportedly reduced its smartphone shipments target for 2022. The South Korean giant had planned to produce 334 million handsets earlier this year, and aimed at shipping about 300 million units of its phones, as per the report. The company is said to have now reduced their phone shipments target for 2022 to 260 million units. The report added that Samsung shipped 270 million smartphones in 2021, and the new target is even lower than that. Samsung reportedly saw its biggest dip in phone shipments in…

Naya, a fast-casual restaurant chain serving up Middle Eastern fare, is thriving in one of New York City’s bleakest pandemic landscapes: Manhattan’s Midtown office district.Most of Naya’s dozen locations are located near office towers and cater to the workplace crowd, a challenging place to be with New York City office occupancy stuck at about 40% of prepandemic levels, according to Kastle Systems, which collects data on how many workers swipe into office buildings. But the chain is generating more weekday sales this year…

TikTok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken November 27, 2019.Dado Ruvic | ReutersTikTok parent-company ByteDance's healthcare unit in China, Xiaohe Health, has acquired a high-end healthcare organization called Amcare Healthcare.Bloomberg said the deal is worth $1.5 billion.Amcare Healthcare was founded in Beijing in 2006 and it offers medical services like maternity care, women's health and pediatrics. It also operates Amcare Women's & Children's Hospital,…

David Kirton / Reuters: Huawei reports H1 revenue down 5.9% YoY to ~$44.73B and net profit down 52% YoY to ~$2.2B, due to a weak economy, COVID-19 disruptions, and supply chain issues — Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) said on Friday its first-half net profit more than halved as a difficult economy curtailed demand from customers … David Kirton / Reuters: Huawei reports H1 revenue down 5.9% YoY to ~$44.73B and net profit down 52% YoY to ~$2.2B, due to a weak economy, COVID-19 disruptions, and…

metamorworks -- ShutterstockThe global electronics supply chain is beginning to stabilize, albeit unevenly. The good news is that even though demand is expected to stay strong and issues will persist into 2023, availability is expected to improve. That's according to an analysis of data from Supplyframe, an industry ecosystem catering to businesses that design, source, market, and sell products across the global electronics value chain. Lingering factors heading into 2023 could include extended lead times,…

Mazda is asking its suppliers to produce more in Japan and less in China after experiencing considerable disruption to parts supply from Chinese companies impacted by Covid-19 lockdowns this year. According to Reuters, Mazda was hard hit by supply disruptions caused by lockdowns in Shanghai earlier this year. In remarks reported by Reuters Takeshi Mukai, Mazda’s senior managing executive officer said that Mazda will seek…

metamorworks -- ShutterstockThe global electronics supply chain is beginning to stabilize, albeit unevenly. The good news is that even though demand is expected to stay strong and issues will persist into 2023, availability is expected to improve.That's according to an analysis of data from Supplyframe, an industry ecosystem catering to businesses that design, source, market, and sell products across the global electronics value chain. Lingering factors heading into 2023 could include extended lead times,…

Reports from last week signaled potential supply chain issues for Apple’s upcoming iPhone 14 series due to the ongoing geopolitical tension between China and Taiwan. TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is confident that there are no impacts on the iPhone 14 supply chain production as shipment schedules are going well. Although some investors have recently worried that the mass production and shipment schedule of the iPhone 14 models may be affected by geopolitics, my latest survey indicates that there are currently no…

The fascinating story of me diving deep into an arbitrage business on the most active blockchain platform.Intro This story started one long evening while I was routinely analyzing traders’ performance on the BSC blockchain. I was using our Datamint data analytics engine to look for the most profitable actors. This engine contains historical and live data being constantly streamed from the most active blockchain in terms of daily active users’ quantity — BNB Smart Chain (former Binance Smart Chain). I had a hypothesis that…