Wayne Rash

BlackBerry and Samsung are continuing to work together as a way for both companies to solve their enterprise market problems with the help of the other. On one hand, Samsung has created the fashion-forward Galaxy S6, which will appeal to customers who want the latest thing. BlackBerry, meanwhile, has mobile security nailed down like no […]

As I write this, my email is filling up with self-serving statements that are either cheering or blasting the Feb. 26 vote approving the regulation of the Internet under Title II of the Communications Act. The statements by most of the supporters of the FCC’s vote indicate they seem to be under the impression that […]

There seems to be an assumption making the rounds here in Washington that the Federal Communications Commission’s vote on network neutrality, scheduled for Feb. 26, will end the debate on the issue. The notion is that, once the FCC adopts and then starts enforcing rules that put the Internet under Title II of the Communications […]

Now that we’ve had a few days in which the Twitteratti have lashed Lenovo to the rack for shipping computers with something called “Superfish,” it’s time to unravel all of this and decide what’s really going on here. First of all, Superfish isn’t in and of itself malware. What Superfish does is keep track of […]

If you’re worried about the malware revealed by Kaspersky Lab a few days ago and attributed to the shadowy “Equation Group” the latest word is that it’s probably no longer active and any spyware that was put into place on hard drives and elsewhere is likely sending its reports uselessly into the ether. Unfortunately, that’s […]

Think of the GrayFish malware as being something like Ebola for computers. Like Ebola, this malware only spreads through direct contact, it can infect its victim in a variety of ways and it may be impossible to cure—at least before it has done irreparable damage. This malware, which is just coming to light through research […]

If you’ve done much traveling, then it’s certainly happened to you. It’s your first day in a new city and you present your credit card for payment and things grind to a halt. Depending on the circumstances, the transaction may require the clerk to check your identity, or it may require that you speak to […]

Microsoft’s troubles with the U.S. Department of Justice would come to an immediate end with the passage of the LEADS Act, which was introduced in the U.S. Senate on Feb. 12. The bill, known more formally as the Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act, would among other things put a stop to the […]

It’s not often that you hear discussions about smart automobiles and smart coffee makers bandied about in the halls of the U.S. Senate, but it happened on Feb. 11 as the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held its first hearing on draft legislation aimed at safeguarding Internet security. Senators’ comments showed they were […]

A proposal as sweeping as moving Internet providers into regulation under Title II of the Communications Act is sure to gather criticism. When Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that he was sending a proposal doing just that to his fellow commissioners, that’s exactly what happened. But unlike the usual partisan reactions that characterize […]