Monthly Archives: August 2016
IBM Launches X-Force Red Crackerjack Security Team
IBM this week announced the creation of X-Force Red, a new elite security testing team made up of hundreds of security professionals based in...
Instagram, Competing With Snapchat, Becomes More Like It
Instagram, borrowing from the Snapchat playbook, will soon introduce Instagram Stories, it announced in an Aug. 1 update.Stories will feature an unlimited number of...
5 Technologies You Need to Build an IoT Application
5 Technologies You Need to Build an IoT Application
With data coming in from so many sources, building an Internet of things application isn't easy....
Galaxy Note 7 or Galaxy S7 Edge: Which Samsung Handset Is Best for You
Galaxy Note 7 or Galaxy S7 Edge: Which Samsung Handset Is Best for You
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is similar to the Galaxy S7...
Yahoo Allegedly Breached, 200 Million Accounts May Be at Risk
Yahoo is investigating claims that credentials of 200 million users were stolen from its platform, after a hacker known as "Peace" made claims on...
How Dangerous Is the Black Hat Network Operations Center?
LAS VEGAS--In a dark room on a busy floor at the Mandalay Bay Hotel here sits the Black Hat Network Operations Center (NOC), which...
HPE CEO Whitman Throws Her Support Behind Clinton
Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman once ran as a Republican for the California gubernatorial seat, served on the campaigns of GOP presidential candidates...
Windows 10 Credential Guard Risk Exposed at Black Hat
LAS VEGAS--Microsoft's Windows 10 includes many innovative security features that are intended to help minimize risk and improve user experience. One such feature is...
Ooma Releases Office for Mobile Aimed at Small Businesses
Small-business communications specialist Ooma announced the launch of Office for Mobile, a cloud-based phone service that allows small-business owners to run their business from...
Fed Up Merchants File Lawsuits Over EMV Credit Card Chargebacks
When the EMV card liability shift happened in October 2015, the situation seemed to be fairly straightforward: If a merchant wanted to avoid new...