Monthly Archives: August 2016
Car Hackers Return to Black Hat to Reveal New Flaws
LAS VEGAS—For the third year in a row, security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek gave a talk at the Black Hat USA conference...
Microsoft Adds Enterprise Products to Privacy Statement
Microsoft has updated its privacy statement and included, for the first time, a section called "Enterprise Products."Microsoft explained that the latter refers to all...
Researchers Develop Way to Unlock Smartphone With 2D Fingerprints
Today's topics include a university professor’s discovery of an alternative way for law enforcement to unlock smartphones, Google’s initiation of new customer-supplied cloud data...
8 Best Practices for Keeping Your Database Secure
8 Best Practices for Keeping Your Database Secure
As the deluge of data threatens to drown unprepared enterprises, proper data management and protection is a...
What Developers Get From the Microsoft HoloLens Commercial Suite
What Developers Get From the Microsoft HoloLens Commercial Suite
Commercial Suite provides developers with enterprise-friendly features to enable them to create business and industrial apps...
Intel Cites Overheating Issues in Recall of Basis Peak Smartwatches
Intel officials, who have targeted the internet of things and wearable devices as key growth areas, are recalling its Basis Peak smartwatches due to...
Black Hat: ATM Hacking Returns for EMV, Rapid7 Demonstrates
LAS VEGAS—At the the Black Hat USA conference here, researchers from security firm Rapid7 publicly demonstrated an attack against an ATM cash machine that...
Black Hat: Do USB Keys Left in Parking Lots Get Picked Up?
LAS VEGAS—In the information security business, there is a longstanding myth that users will pick up random USB keys that can easily infect their...
IBM Develops Artificial Neurons to Speed Up Cognitive Computing
IBM research scientists have advanced the company's effort to extend cognitive computing with a breakthrough that could lead to the development of neuromorphic computers.Neuromorphic...
Brandwatch Launches Audiences Marketing Analytics Tool
Social intelligence specialist Brandwatch launched Audiences, an influence and audience analytics product that helps marketers gain insight for planning highly targeted campaigns.The platform also...