Monthly Archives: August 2017
WannaCry Security Researcher Pleads Not Guilty to Creating Malware
Security researcher Marcus Hutchins, also known by his online alias 'MalwareTech' has entered a plea of not guilty against charges he created the Kronos...
Charlottesville Violence Shows How the Web Takes Revenge on Extremists
I watched the growing chaos in the nearby city of Charlottesville, Va. with horror on Aug. 12. During my time as news director of...
FTC Urged to Investigate AnchorFree VPN User Data Privacy Risks
Today’s topics include the FTC being asked to investigate privacy risks with AnchorFree's Hotspot Shield VPN; Microsoft updating Outlook.com with a new look and...
Lacework Brings Polygraph Security Platform to AWS CloudTrail
Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced that it is making its CloudTrail cloud audit and and log service freely available to users. While having...
Google Updates Cloud Speech API for Android App Developers
Google has added several new features to its Cloud Speech Application Programming Interface (API) for developers seeking to integrate speech recognition capabilities into their...
Why Object Storage Is Coming of Age in the Big Data Era
Why Object Storage Is Coming of Age in the Big Data Era
If IT were a television show, it would be “Hoarders.” Organizations are creating...
Amazon Improves Cloud Security with Macie Machine Learning Service
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a series of new services today at the company's AWS Summit in New York City, including migration, Glue data...
Oracle Releases Exadata Database for Bare-Metal Usage in Its Cloud
For more than three decades, Oracle was all about all-Oracle, all the time. There were myriad restrictions: Oracle required you to buy their hardware...
Social Media Giant Aims to Become Video Powerhouse With Facebook Watch
Social Media Giant Aims to Become Video Powerhouse With Facebook Watch
Several years ago, Facebook detailed how video would become more important to its business....
VC Firm Benchmark Capital Sues to Oust Kalanick From Uber’s Board
NEWS ANALYSIS: Venture investment firm Benchmark Capital has filed suit claiming that former CEO Travis Kalanick fraudulently hid critical information from the board of...