Monthly Archives: July 2017
Researcher Reveals BIOS Firmware Implementation Flaws at Black Hat
LAS VEGAS—Intel has done a lot of work in recent years developing technologies that improve the security of firmware that underpins modern computing systems....
Facebook Reports Record Profit Led by Soaring Mobile Ad Sales
You might have seen an item in the news the other day about Facebook and Google's ad revenues and how when put together they...
Retiring Adobe Flash Will Make the Web More Secure—Eventually
The news that Adobe had set an expiration date for the Flash Media Player was likely greeted in various ways at Web businesses around...
Google Blocks Spyware Family From Android App Store
Google this week released details of a sophisticated new family of spyware tools that the company recently blocked from its Play mobile app store...
Foxconn to Invest $10 Billion in New Wisconsin Manufacturing Plant
Chinese technology maker Foxconn, one of the largest manufacturing companies in the world, revealed July 26 that it will invest $10 billion to create...
After 12 Years of Waiting, Birst Obtains Data Management Patents
Birst, a new-gen analytics platform for sourcing, refining and presenting standardized data insights at scale, at long last has been awarded a couple of...
Cloud Shutdown Would Cost Service Providers Billions, Report Finds
Today’s topics include a new report claiming a global cloud shutdown could result in $53 billion in losses; a lackluster second quarter for Google...
AnchorFree Launches Free VPN SDK to Protect Net Neutrality
For those who want the security benefits of their own personal virtual private network (VPN) but are scared off by the idea of having...
Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2017 Update 2 Tracks Delivery Plans
Microsoft released Team Foundation Server 2017 Update 2 this week, complete with a whole new way of charting the progress of developer teams.Update 2...
Defending Against Drone Incursions Isn’t Easy, Black Hat Session Reveals
LAS VEGAS—At the Black Hat USA 2016 event last year, Francis Brown, Managing Partner at security firm Bishop Fox demonstrated the Danger Drone, an...