Monthly Archives: August 2011
SCADA Security Widely Discussed at Black Hat in Wake of Stuxnet Attack
Security researchers pointed out the vulnerability of industrial-control systems, such as programmable logic controllers and other units, during the recent Black Hat security conference...
Data Breaches Force Enterprises to Revise Privacy Policies: Gartner
As a result of recent high-profile data breaches and various changes in technology, organizations are expected to revise privacy policies by the end of...
Why Is Windows Phone Failing?
Why is Windows Phone failing?Granted, Microsoft always acknowledged that its latest smartphone platform would face a hard road to widespread adoption. But executives in...
Anonymous, LulzSec Dump Data from 70 Sheriffs’ Offices
Under the banner of its "AntiSec" campaign, the so-called "hacktivist" collective Anonymous and its counterparts in the recently resurrected LulzSec struck again, this time...
Five-Year Cyber-Spying Campaign, Black Hat, Lead Week’s Security News
McAfee researchers announced it had uncovered a massive phishing and information-stealing operation that affected more than 72 international organizations over the past five years....
RIM’s QNX-Powered BlackBerry ‘Colt’ Coming Early 2012: Report
Research In Motion's first QNX-powered BlackBerry will make its debut in the first quarter of 2012, according to a new report by the blog...
Google vs. Microsoft: Who’s Winning?
Google and Microsoft are at each other's throats over Android.The simmering rivalry between the two tech giants exploded this week, with executives trading barbs...
RIM’s BlackBerry 7 Models Could Prove Good Enough to Win Back Buyers
Research in Motion's rather low-key announcement of its OS7 devices belied the importance of the new BlackBerry devices to RIM's recovery. The new devices...
Microsoft Researcher Calls Google+ Real-Name Rules ‘Abuse of Power’
A Microsoft researcher came out swinging at the stringent "real-names" policy for Google+ that requires the jettisoning of accounts on the social network that...
Microsoft Bing Must Stay the Course as Google Alternative
One backlash of Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) revelation that its online services business lost $2.6 billion in the last fiscal year is that it had financial...