Monthly Archives: August 2017
Zerodium Paying Up to $500K for Mobile Messaging App Vulnerabilities
Zerodium updated its exploit acquisition payout schedule on Aug.23, adding new targets and prices for zero-day exploits. Among the new targets are mobile messaging...
DDoS Attackers Taking Direct Aim at Gaming Companies, Akamai Reports
DDoS Attackers Taking Direct Aim at Gaming Companies, Akamai Reports
In the second quarter of this year, 82 percent of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks were...
Salesforce Trailmix Makes Trailhead Learning More Modular
Looking to expand the appeal of its Trailhead learning system, Salesforce.com now offers users and trainers a way to customize the learning experience by...
Microsoft’s Project Brainwave Tackles Real-Time AI Workloads With FPGAs
Microsoft's latest system, dubbed Project Brainwave, uses field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from Intel to process artificial intelligence (AI) workloads in real time, a capability...
Why a Faster, More Secure Android Oreo Is a Worthwhile Upgrade
Why a Faster, More Secure Android Oreo Is a Worthwhile Upgrade
The mobile operating system battle has a new contender with Google's latest platform, Android...
Samsung Wants to Make It Up to Former Galaxy Note7 Owners With Note 8
As expected, Samsung officially unveiled its highly anticipated Galaxy Note 8 smartphone, a follow-up to the ill-fated Note7, here in New York City today....
Illumio Improves Security With New Visualization and Policy Features
Security firm Illumio is updating its Adaptive Security Platform with new capabilities that aim to help organizations visualize connections within an enterprise and create...
Intel’s New ‘Coffee Lake’ Core Chips to Give Laptops a Boost
Today’s topics include Intel promising faster laptops with its new "Coffee Lake" Core chips; game developers being warned of a remote vulnerability in the...
AT&T Unveiling ZTE-Built Primetime Entertainment Tablet on Aug. 25
AT&T will launch Primetime, a customized, entertainment-focused tablet, on Aug. 25, featuring HD-quality video and a myriad of entertainment apps including AT&T's DirecTV services.The...
Stumbling Blocks That Keep Firms From Fully Utilizing Financial Data
Stumbling Blocks That Keep Firms From Fully Utilizing Financial Data
Financial data fuels (or should fuel) critical business initiatives, but at many companies, financial management...