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Walmart Unveils Associate App, Giving 740,000 Associates Smartphones

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“We’re proud that Samsung’s innovative technology is playing a key role in enabling Walmart to transform their retail associate experience,” Hamshy Raveendran, head of product management and go to market, Mobile B2B Business, Samsung Electronics Americas, told RIS. “Our Galaxy XCover Pro, combined with Walmart’s all-in-one [email protected] app, will put everything associates need at their fingertips to help them better serve their customers. And outside the store, they’ll have an exceptional device for their personal use. We’re excited to support Walmart as they lead the retail industry in leveraging mobile to empower their frontline employees.”

The devices and app will give Walmart associates access to mobile experiences such as:

  • Push-to-Talk: Associates can instantly connect with one another by using push-to-talk, allowing them to work as a team and quickly react to customers’ needs.
  • Scheduling: The app lets associates view their shifts up to two weeks in advance, check on their upcoming paid time off and request changes to their schedule, if needed.
  • Mobile Clock In: Using geofencing technology, associates can clock in with a tap of a button once they arrive at their store.
  • Ask Sam: A voice-activated personal assistant for work, the Ask Sam feature lets associates ask the app questions to quickly locate merchandise and get answers for customers. Associates can even look up the metrics that drive their business. This feature was previously available to some associates as a separate app, but is now available to all through [email protected] Last year Walmart expanded its capabilities to include details about COVID-19.
  • Personal Security: The Samsung Knox mobile security suite is being used to create the boundaries between personal and work-related information. Walmart will not have access to any associates’ personal data.
  • Knox Services: Walmart will leverage the extensive capabilities found in the Samsung Knox Suite.  This includes tools to help with automated enrollment, firmware management, device and WiFi network analytics, loss prevention and deep device customization. 

In addition, Walmart said it will add another feature to the

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‘No ransom will be paid’: Waikato DHB not giving in to cyber security attackers

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Waikato DHB’s IT centre is the target of a major cyber security attack. Video / Waikato DHB

Waikato District Health Board’s top boss said no ransom will be paid to cyber security attackers who have targeted its IT services today.

Chief executive Kevin Snee told Stuff “no ransom will be paid” and he did not know who was behind the attack.

Cyber security expert Bruce Armstrong told the Herald he believes it is a ransomware attack on Waikato DHB from Asia or the Middle East, similar to what has hit the Irish health system in recent days.

He believes it is similar in nature to the DDoS attacks that rocked the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) last year and overrun its system for days.

“Health organisations are highly prized as targets globally and health industries throughout the world are the most attacked and most expensive type of attacks that happen,” the Darkscope founder said.

“The normal pattern is they will warn the organisation they will do it, and run half an hour DDoS attacks, and if the ransom is not paid they will attack at hours at a time.

“The attack on the NZX played out over three days before they were able to completely stop its affect on their systems.”

He said ransomware attacks are not targeting patient data and the only interest is to get money from the organisation.

“It’s purely commercial … they’re just doing it to take money from the organisations that they’re attacking,” Armstrong said.

“It’s a game of cat and mouse. Unless defence systems can get better we will see them happening throughout the world.”

The major cyber security attack has been described as “mayhem” and could take days to fix, a union representing doctors says.

Clinical services across all Waikato public hospitals have been seriously affected by the cyber security incident, with all phones and computers down.

Waikato District Health Board has set up a coordinated incident management system to try to resolve the situation as soon as possible.

The DHB said it was experiencing a full outage of its information services.

Clinical services at Waikato, Thames, Tokoroa, Te Kuiti and Taumaranui hospitals are all affected to varying degrees.

“We have engaged external assistance to address a cyber…

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Election security experts say giving Maricopa County routers to Arizona Senate’s election auditors would be concerning

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Routers serve as the mail carrier of a computer network: They deliver messages using maps of networks and computer addresses.

Senate liaison Ken Bennett on the latest with the Arizona Senate audit of ballots

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Think of it like a mail carrier who relies on maps and addresses to get mail to the right place.

Given access to the mail carriers’ or routers’ information, it would be easier for a bad actor to get access to a person’s mail, or to target the information inside the network.

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That’s an analogy one tech expert – Matt Bernhard, a research engineer at Voting Works, a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for open source election technology — gave while explaining the importance of keeping Maricopa County’s routers secure.

Arizona Senate Republicans are trying to get access to the county’s routers and administrative passwords to the county’s voting machines, and to provide that to private contractors they’ve hired to audit the county’s 2020 election results, which began April 23.



a group of people sitting in chairs: Maricopa County ballots from the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors hired by the Arizona Senate in an audit at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix on May 11, 2021.

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Maricopa County ballots from the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors hired by the Arizona Senate in an audit at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix on May 11, 2021.

Bernhard said providing access to the routers is a “pretty specific risk” to the county. Also, he and other election security consultants across the country are unsure why exactly the auditors would need the routers to audit the election results.

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Senate liaison Ken Bennett has said they are needed to check whether the county’s voting machines were connected to the internet during the election. But a county spokesperson said that the auditors already have the information and machines to perform that check, and a previous independent audit commissioned by the county proved they were not.

County Attorney Allister Adel has said that giving…

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National Grid giving development grant to Dunkirk firm

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National Grid is providing a $750,000 economic development grant to support a major expansion at Wells Enterprises Inc.’s Dunkirk manufacturing facility. Wells is planning an $87 million project to add manufacturing lines and up to 70 new jobs. NYPA and New York State, through the Excelsior Jobs Program, are also providing incentives to support the project.

USA Today is recognizing the Buffalo Niagara International Airport as one of the best small airports in the country.  That designation refers to any facility serving under 10 million passengers annually.  BNIA was praised for friendliness, ease of use, amenities and flight offerings.

Trocaire College has announced new IT course offerings.  Beginning February 15th, Trocaire will offer a 12-week IT Career Jump Start program.  Also offered online is a 36-week IT Career Reboot program.  That begins March 1st,  with the initial 12 weeks mimicking the Jump Start program, then building on those introductory skills to cover things like cloud technologies,  networking and the foundations of computer security.  For more information on either program or to enroll, visit trocaire.edu/wd

Buffalo-based Ognomy, a telemedicine platform for diagnosing, testing and treating sleep, has appointed Greg Ross as Chief Operating Officer.

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