Monthly Archives: June 2014
Researchers Find Flaw in PayPal 2-Factor Authentication
A new report from Duo Security revealed that PayPal's two-factor authentication technology can be bypassed, and the online-payment company—which does not disagree with the...
Google I/O Looks to Help Developers Distribute and Sell Their Apps
Encouraging Google app developers to get their work out into the marketplace so they can make sales to consumers and businesses and tap more...
Flappy Bird Clones Spread Malware as Ransomware Declines
Flappy Bird Clones Spread Malware as Ransomware Declines
By Sean Michael Kerner
Total Volume of Malware Surges
The steady rise in the total volume of malware continued...
Exchange Online Back in Service After Extended Outage
Cloud outages are nothing new. Yet on Tuesday, Microsoft and its business customers discovered just how disruptive one can be when it affects email,...
10 Things Likely to Happen at the Google I/O Conference
10 Things Likely to Happen at the Google I/O Conference
By Don Reisinger
Expect to Hear Plenty of Android Wear OS Talk
Android Wear will be everywhere...
Unlicensed Software Least Prevalent in North America
A whopping 43 percent of the software installed on personal computers globally in 2013 was not properly licensed, despite the fact that computer users...
Withings Smartwatch Marries French Design, Swiss Construction
Connected health technologies specialist Withings has taken the hybrid device of a watch plus fitness tracker to new heights of style with the launch...
Mobile App Usage Grows Among Businesses
More than three-quarters (77 percent) of executives noted that security issues are the top concern for achieving their mobility goals, according to findings from...
Risk of DDoS Amplification Attacks on NTP Servers Declines
At the beginning of the year, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) warned of the dangers of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that...
Google’s Nest Labs Opens Its APIs to Innovations From Other Firms
Google's Nest Labs is opening its APIs to other companies—including Mercedes-Benz, Logitech and Whirlpool—so they can work with Nest on improving a wide range...