eWEEK Staff

Today’s topics include DHS Secretary Nielsen prioritizing the United States’ response to nation-state cyber-attacks, and RSA Security’s president detailing cyber-security silver linings. During her keynote address on April 17 at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen asserted that cyber-security isn’t just a concern for individuals and enterprises—it is […]

Today’s topics include Cisco extending endpoint protection with advanced email security, and Microsoft previewing enhancements to Windows 10’s Sets and Data Sense features. Cisco announced on April 16 a series of email security and visibility enhancements to its Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints platform. The new capabilities include Cisco Visibility for threat hunting, enhancements for […]

Today’s topics include Microsoft adding linguistic capabilities to Power BI, and Zuora going public on the New York Stock Exchange. Microsoft has added new linguistic capabilities in the April update for its Power BI Desktop, which creates reports on the company’s Power BI cloud-backed business intelligence and business analytics platform. One enhancement was to Power […]

Today’s topics include social media data legislation appearing likely after Facebook CEO’s Zuckerberg testimony to Congress, and Sony taking preorders for its new Xperia XZ2 smartphones. Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg was the sole witness at a joint hearing by the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees on April 10 and a separate hearing by […]

Today’s topics include a new report by Verizon that ransomware attacks doubled last year and Microsoft speeds up Android app development in Visual Studio 2017. Ransomware attacks grew significantly in 2017, doubling in volume from the year earlier, according to Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report, which was released earlier this week. Verizon’s 2018 DBIR […]

Today’s topics include Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces days of testimony in two Senate hearings on data security and IBM unveils new skinny mainframes for the cloud. Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg faced 44 senators and just about every media outlet in Washington, D.C., on April 10 and 11 to answer questions about the […]

Today’s topics include Facebook dealing with a class-action lawsuit following user data theft and a warning from Flashpoint that fraudsters are using HTTP injectors to steal internet access. Facebook has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for ostensibly not providing adequate security for its users’ personal information. The Hagens Berman law firm filed the class-action […]

Today’s topics include a flaw in Cisco switches that allows hackers to attack critical infrastructure and TERiX’s CEO sentenced and fined for his role in his company’s Oracle IP fraud. Attackers are taking aim at critical infrastructure in multiple countries by exploiting a software flaw in some Cisco switches that has been a point of […]

Today’s topics include a new report alleging that Facebook sought access to medical records for pharmaceutical ads and more consumers victimized by a third-party data breach.  After Facebook’s acknowledgment that nearly all of its 2.2 billion users have had their profile data scraped at one time or another, a report Friday noted that Facebook sent […]

Today’s topics include Google banning crypto-currency mining extensions from the Chrome store, and worldwide converged systems revenue increasing by 9 percent in 2017. Effective immediately, Google will no longer allow developers to upload crypto-currency mining browser extensions to the Chrome Web Store, and those already in the store will be delisted in late June. Google […]