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Cylance is golden: BlackBerry’s new cybersecurity R&D lab is all about AI and IoT
Paul Sawers | Venture Beat | September 30, 2019 BlackBerry has announced a new business unit dedicated entirely to cybersecurity research and development (R&D). The BlackBerry Advanced Technology Development Labs (BlackBerry Labs) will “operate at the forefront”...
How science fiction could save us from bad technology
Alessio Malizia & Silvio Carta/The Conversation | PopScience | 09-26-2019 Speculation through ‘design fiction’ helps expose human biases—for better and for worse. The short film Slaughterbots depicts a near future in which swarms of micro drones...
Python programming language: ‘Advanced security features’ will help block malicious PyPI packages
by Nick Heath | August 29, 2019 | 8:59 AM PST Work on systems to root out malicious software libraries is due to get underway in December. The Python Software Foundation has revealed that work will begin in December to add "advanced security features" to the...
Two-thirds of consumers say they’re interested in telehealth, but far fewer have given it a try
By Dave Muoio | August 28, 2019 | 01:50 pm In a new survey of American adults, a quarter of respondents said they would be willing to switch to a new primary care provider offering the technology. While roughly two in three American adult consumers say they would be...
For $19, learn the SEO tricks you can’t Google
By TNW Deals | July 31, 2019 Everywhere you turn, someone on the old interwebs is trying to break down SEO, explain what it means and show you how to do it. Scratch that surface and beneath it, you’ll find literally hundreds of sites and pages describing keywords,...
What to know about the ‘extremely unusual’ Capital One hack
By Rob Verger | July 30, 2019 Between major breaches like ones from Equifax and Marriott, you could be forgiven for having data-theft fatigue. It's that world-weary feeling of knowing that once again, the personal information of millions has been compromised. But the...
6 Ways to Copy Files Faster in Windows 10
By Ben Stegner | Updated June 18, 2019 While you probably don’t think much about the copy dialog in Windows, it arguably could be better in some ways. It isn’t always fast when you copy a large number of files. And on Windows 7 and earlier, the entire process stops...
US Cyber Command issues alert about hackers exploiting Outlook vulnerability
By Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day | July 2, 2019 | 20:06 GMT Chronicle links the malware samples to Iran's APT33 group, which previously developed the infamous Shamoon malware. US Cyber Command has issued an alert via Twitter today about threat actors abusing...
Microsoft warns 1 million computers are still vulnerable to major Windows security exploit
By Tom Warren | May 31, 2019, 2:39 PM EDT Malware could automatically spread across these machines Microsoft revealed a major Windows security vulnerability earlier this month, that could see a widespread “wormable” attack that spreads from one vulnerable computer to...
How to Remove Adware and Spyware
By Mary Landsman Getting stubborn adware and spyware off your PC takes time and persistence. However, you can take certain steps to make the process easier and more effective. If your system is heavily infected, you'll need access to a clean computer to download the...
Mysterious Hackers Hid Their Swiss Army Spyware for 5 Years
Andy Greenberg 04.09.201h9 11:30 PM IT'S NOT EVERY day that security researchers discover a new state-sponsored hacking group. Even rarer is the emergence of one whose spyware has 80 distinct components, capable of strange and unique cyberespionage tricks—and...
Health Care’s Huge Cybersecurity Problem
By Nicole Wetsman Apr 4, 2019, 9:30am EDT The patient lying on the emergency room table in front of Paul Pugsley was having a stroke. Time was running out. Pugsley, an emergency medicine resident at Maricopa Medical Center, knew he needed to send the...
HTTPS ISN’T ALWAYS AS SECURE AS IT SEEMS
Lily Hay Newman 03.28.19 06:00 AM WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF the web encryption scheme HTTPS has added a lot of green padlocks—and corresponding data protection—to the web. All of the popular sites you visit every day likely offer this defense, called Transport...
Windows 10 update: The complete guide for businesses of every size
Whether you are responsible for a single Windows 10 PC or thousands of enterprise PCs, your challenges for managing updates are the same. Your goals are to install security updates promptly, manage feature updates intelligently, and prevent unexpected restarts from...
Chips may be inherently vulnerable to Spectre and Meltdown attacks
Most malware exploits coding errors and poor design. But Google security researchers say a fundamental flaw in the nature of computing could make some threats impossible to defeat. Emerging Technology from the arXiv Malicious software represents an ongoing threat to...
5G use cases for the enterprise: Better productivity and new business models
MWC2019: More bandwidth, less latency and data processing at the edge will help 5G boost mobile workers. DANNY PALMER FEBRUARY 26, 2019 3:13 PM PST At Mobile World Congress (MWC) firms in industries ranging from automotives, to manufacturing to entertainment have been...
Disney greenlights ‘top secret’ VR short film project
The move signals a bigger investment by Disney Animation Studios in the burgeoning medium. JOAN E. SOLSMAN JANUARY 28, 2019 6:00 AM PST Walt Disney Animation Studios has been showing off its first ever virtual-reality short film, Cycles, at festivals for the last...
Netflix versus Hulu: which is the better choice in 2019?
Netflix’s prices just got higher, and Hulu’s got cheaper By Chris Welch@chriswelch Jan 25, 2019, 11:30am EST Netflix’s subscription prices are going up, and Hulu’s main plan (with ads) is getting more affordable. So with new costs to consider, it’s worth...
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