FBI alert discloses malware tied to the OPM and Anthem attacks
The security problems over at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) are still the leading story in the news lately.
Steve Ragan | 01 Jul | Read more
The security problems over at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) are still the leading story in the news lately.
Steve Ragan | 01 Jul | Read more
Potentially saving the world from another online security disaster like last year's Heartbleed, Amazon Web Services has released as open source a cryptographic module for securing sensitive data passing over the Internet.
Joab Jackson | 01 Jul | Read more
Government agencies seeking the lowest bidders typically overlook cybersecurity when awarding contracts, and data breaches are the result, says a security rating expert.
Maria Korolov | 30 Jun | Read more
Security flaw pushes OPM web app offline... Oracle can charge Google for Java in Android... Microsoft mapping tech finds its way to Uber... and more tech news
IDG News Service staff | 30 Jun | Read more
Samsung has agreed to stop changing the settings for Windows Update on its hardware after getting pressure from users -- and even Microsoft -- to end the practice "within a few days."
Ken Mingis | 30 Jun | Read more
Owners of Samsung PCs will begin receiving automatic software updates from Microsoft again soon, after Samsung said it will end its practice of blocking automatic Windows Updates on its computers.
Blair Hanley Frank | 27 Jun | Read more
Apple Pay arrives in July - here's what you need to know.
Nik Rawlinson | 26 Jun | Read more
Samsung has allegedly been disabling Windows Update on some computers, so as not to interfere with its own update tool.
Jared Newman | 25 Jun | Read more
The good news about cyber criminals who go in for extortion is that they also tend to be liars. The bad news -- they're extremely difficult to catch.
Maria Korolov | 25 Jun | Read more
Mandiant, Verizon and other cyber-forensics firms are profiting from so-called unstoppable threats like zero-day exploits and advanced persistent attacks, according to a new report from Lieberman Software.
Maria Korolov | 22 Jun | Read more
Hard on the heels of the release of a newly updated version of SAP Hana, a security researcher has warned of a potentially serious vulnerability in the in-memory platform.
Katherine Noyes | 19 Jun | Read more
Baseball gets a hacking scandal... Airbus plans Internet satellites... European court holds site liable for comments... and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 17 Jun | Read more
Security remains a big concern for businesses considering cloud storage, but Dropbox hopes to further calm their fears by integrating its service with enterprise mobile management products.
Katherine Noyes | 17 Jun | Read more
VMware is hoping to convince CIOs to centralize single sign-on access to all kinds of apps with Identity Manager, which can run in the cloud or on-site and also offers application provisioning and a self-service catalog.
Mikael Ricknäs | 17 Jun | Read more
Companies that have deployed Big Data solutions are most likely to be using them for log management, according to a study released last week by the SANS Institute. This security use case was followed closely by data archiving, operational data storage, advanced analytics, data discovery, and search.
Maria Korolov | 15 Jun | Read more