Monthly Archives: December 2014
Sony Left Passwords, Code-Signing Keys Virtually Unprotected
The hackers that compromised Sony Pictures Entertainment's network leaked extremely sensitive information-technology credentials, including a collection of passwords and hundreds of certificates, one of...
AT&T Adds Cisco, Brocade, Ciena to SDN, NFV Project
Cisco Systems, Brocade and Ciena are the latest networking vendors to join AT&T's effort to create the carrier's next-generation cloud-based network that leverages software-defined...
Automakers Create Privacy Policies for Data From Connected Cars
Data generated in motor vehicles by "connected car" systems will have to comply with newly written privacy principles as of January 2, 2016, as...
Microsoft Document Inspector Sniffs Out Hidden Data in Office Files
Office files are a trove of metadata and other hidden information. If not managed properly, they can reveal more about an organization than users...
Oracle Continues to Beat the Cloud Drum
BOSTON—Shawn Price spent five months heading up software giant SAP's cloud efforts until he left the company in an executive reshuffling, only to reappear...
Ubuntu Core Linux Gets ‘Snappy’ for Docker Container Security
Canonical, the lead commercial sponsor behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, is building new tools to make updating cloud container applications "snappier."The new product's name...
Microsoft Launches Azure Government Cloud in the U.S.
Microsoft Azure Government is ready for business, the software giant announced at its Government Cloud Summit in Washington, D.C., this week."The Microsoft Cloud for...
Google Begins In-App Purchase Refund Process Under FTC Settlement
Google will soon start sending out refunds to parents of children who made unauthorized in-app purchases on Google Play without first obtaining parental consent.The...
Internet Title II Regulation Opposed by Industry Group
Title II regulatory powers by the Federal Communications Commission over the Internet would not be good for American industry and would threaten long-term investment...
Area 1 Raises $8M to Defend Against Social Engineering Attacks
Security startup Area 1 Security today announced that it has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield...