Monthly Archives: December 2017
Twitter Expands Two-Factor Authentication Security Options
Back in May 2013, Twitter first added a two-factor authentication capability to its service, relying on SMS to deliver a six-digit log-in code. Now,...
New Survey Finds 10 Percent Failure Rate in Email Security Systems
At first look, a failure rate of 10.5 percent doesn’t sound like a lot, at least until you realize that that’s the percentage of...
Microsoft Lowers Entry-Level Cost of Cosmos DB Unlimited Containers
Microsoft is lowering the cost of using its high-performance unlimited container option in the Azure Cosmos DB service.Cosmos DB, formerly called Azure DocumentDB, is...
Krzanich Says Intel to Focus on IoT, AI, 5G Wireless for Future Growth
Don’t expect Intel to slow down on its efforts to gain traction in such growth markets as artificial intelligence, machine learning, the internet of...
Google to Start Requiring Developers to Produce 64-Bit Android Apps
Google will require Android developers to start providing 64-bit versions of their applications starting August 2019 as part of a broader effort to improve...
Microsoft Adds Timeline Feature to Windows 10 Preview Build 17063
Members of the Windows Insider early-access program are getting at first look at Timeline, an upcoming Windows 10 feature that allows users to resume...
Thales Buys Gemalto for $5.6B to Advance Digital Security
Today’s topics include Thales acquiring digital security vendor Gemalto for $5.6 billion; a collaborative takedown of the Satori IoT worm; Google announcing mobile-first indexing...
HyTrust’s Holiday Present: New Automated Data Protection
New-gen security and data protection provider HyTrust offered a late-year holiday present for its customers, releasing a new product Dec. 19 called CloudAdvisor to...
Predictions 2018: Cars Steal Mobility Innovation Thunder from Smartphones
We soon will be connecting new mobile platforms and handheld and wearable devices with the internet of things to help us do new and...
Cloud Data Leak Exposes Information on 123 Million Americans
Time and again over the course of 2017, security researchers have discovered personally identifiable information sitting on publicly accessible Amazon S3 cloud storage instances. The...