Today’s hackers are definitely not your father’s hackers
There was once a hacker stereotype — the prototype was a pimply-faced teenage boy living in his parent’s basement in some nondescript suburb. His end goal was proving he could get into your network and show off his bonafides to...
When the vulnerabilities hit your CPU, you can only wait for patches
Just when you thought it was safe to open up your computer, word emerged this month of another Intel chip vulnerability called L1TF / Foreshadow or more commonly just Foreshadow. According to TechRepublic, it’s eerily similar to the Spectre/Meltdown issues discovered...
When it comes to security, even your fax machine could be vulnerable
The fax machine, that ancient document-transmission tool, is still in use in many offices. You would think that technology that was invented in the 19th century, and popularized in offices in the 1980s, would be fairly safe when it comes...
Cloud 5: A cloud history and what’s coming next
Welcome to the final Cloud 5, our weekly feature where we scour the web searching for the five most intriguing and poignant cloud links we can find. Before we jump into this week’s links, please have a look at one...
Lessons from the Amazon Prime Day fiasco
Earlier this month, Amazon held its annual Prime Day. It’s a day when thousands of Amazon Prime customers come together on the Amazon website to pick through the hundreds of bargains being offered by the shopping site. It’s supposed to...
How Google neutralized phishing attacks and what you can learn from them
Google announced a remarkable achievement this week — not one of its 85,000 employees has been the victim of a phishing attack since the beginning of 2017. Phishing refers to when a hacker sends an email that looks authentic for...
Cloud 5: Amazon Prime Day fiasco, Walmart cozies up with Microsoft
Welcome to The Cloud 5, our weekly feature where we scour the web searching for the five most intriguing and poignant cloud links we can find. Before we jump into this week’s links, please have a look at one of...
Cloud 5: 5G cloud impact, Amazon’s custom chip strategy
Welcome to The Cloud 5, our weekly feature where we scour the web searching for the five most intriguing and poignant cloud links we can find. And without further delay, here we go with this week’s links:
Cloud 5: Dell’s latest VMware plan, Google’s Bryant makes quick exit
Welcome to The Cloud 5, our weekly feature where we scour the web searching for the five most intriguing and poignant cloud links we can find. And without further delay, here we go with this week’s links: Sources: Dell to...
Cloud 5: Cloud goes to Hollywood, Google wanted GitHub
Welcome to The Cloud 5, our weekly feature where we scour the web searching for the five most intriguing and poignant cloud links we can find. Before we jump into this week’s links, please have a look at one of...
