Monthly Archives: September 2015
BYOD Security Issues Cause Headaches for Employees, IT Pros
Users are challenging, and even rejecting, traditional mobile-device management (MDM) solutions, fearing their employers' ability to access, alter or delete personal data stored on...
Volkswagen Emission Test Scheme Probably Not Industry’s Only Case
By now you certainly know that Volkswagen, AG of Germany has been caught fudging emissions test results for its cars with diesel engines. Engineers...
AT&T Sues 3 Former Workers for Alleged Mobile Phone Unlocking Scheme
AT&T is suing three of its former employees for participating in a scheme to illegally unlock smartphones that the company sold so that their...
Google Drive Gains Security Upgrades, Certifications
With the number of paying organizations using Google Drive crossing the one million mark earlier this year, Google appears to be ramping up its...
Salesforce Focuses on ‘Internet of Customers’ at Dreamforce Show
SAN FRANCISCO—As they say about friends of friends—a customer of a customer is a customer of Salesforce.com.That was the message at the company's Dreamforce...
Malicious Brain Test App Thwarts Google Play Android Security
Attackers are now using increasingly sophisticated methods to get malicious applications into legitimate locations. The latest incident is a new attack against the Google...
AMD Touts Power, Cost Efficiency of Carrizo Chip
Today's topics include AMD's focus on the power efficiency of Carrizo, new rumors that T-Mobile could be a takeover target, Amazon's $50 Fire Tablet,...
France Rejects Google Stance on Scope of ‘Right to be Forgotten’
France's chief data protection authority has rejected Google's appeal of an order that requires the company to apply the European Union's 'right to be...
Samsung Reportedly Will Lease Its Phones to Consumers
Samsung is creating a program that will allow smartphone leasing directly to consumers, bypassing mobile carriers as the primary means of getting its Galaxy...
Zerodium Offering a $1 Million iOS 9 Bug Bounty
Bugs have value, especially when they can be chained together to create an exploit. Today, zero-day vulnerability acquisition vendor Zerodium is offering the highest...