Monthly Archives: March 2018
GitHub Paid $166,000 in Bug Bounties to Security Researchers in 2017
Four years after starting a bug bounty program, GitHub is still seeing benefits from rewarding security researchers for responsibly disclosing security vulnerabilities.For 2017, GitHub...
Why Xilinx Will Disrupt Itself When New ACAP Chip Launches
Xilinx (pronounced “zye-links”) is one of those funny-named, specialized companies that makes a cog in data center machinery that is important for efficiency’s sake...
DHS, FBI Analysis Uncovers Evidence Russia Is Hacking Power Grid
Today’s topics include the U.S. government accusing Russia of hacking the power grid and Google enhancing mobility security management in Chrome Enterprise.After a joint...
Microsoft Releases Power BI Mixed Reality App for HoloLens
Technicians, field workers and other professionals looking for a legitimate reason to don a mixed-reality headset at work can now build a stronger case...
Comparing Apple’s iPhone X With Samsung’s Galaxy S9: Which One to Buy
Comparing Apple’s iPhone X With Samsung’s Galaxy S9: Which One to Buy
Now that Samsung has released its Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, the company...
Former Qualcomm Chairman Reportedly Seeks Financing to Buy Company
The federal government’s decision to block Broadcom’s $117 billion bid to buy Qualcomm didn’t buy the chip maker much time to find its footing...
US-CERT Finds Russian Hackers Spent Months Inside Targeted Systems
A report from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) provides a detailed look at how alleged Russian attackers planned and executed a long-term...
How DDoS Attacks Techniques Have Evolved Over Past 20 Years
This year marked a major milestone for distributed denial-of-service attacks, when—not just one, but two—attacks crossed the 1 Tbps bandwidth threshold. In late February, attacks...
DHL to Deploy Robots, Drones, Virtual Reality to Speed up Deliveries
SAN FRANCISCO—DHL is employing a variety of new technologies to deliver packages faster and give consumers more options when it comes to where and...
Google Play Protect Playing Big Role in Android Security Improvements
Play Protect, a suite of Android security services that Google introduced in May 2017, played a big role in bolstering overall security of the...