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If there's one thing that can strike terror into a CIO's heart, it's the security implications of the cloud; if there's another, it's the "bring your own" technology trend. Combine the two, and you've got the motivation behind IBM's new Cloud Security Enforcer.

As I await my iPhone 5 replacement -- a shiny new iPhone 6S -- to make its way from the FedEx facility in Tennessee, I'm stuck reading early access reviews of the new Apple smartphones. And while my motivation to get the phone was driven more by my son's push to get my current phone than for me to acquire a new one, the reviews now do have me looking forward to getting my hands on the 6S.

Terahertz radiation (T-Ray), also known as submillimeter radiation, could be the next wireless radio band to be used for data, after we move on from 5G.

Researchers have been demonstrating attacks against printers for years. Now, Hewlett-Packard has started building defenses directly into its printers' firmware instead of just patching individual vulnerabilities.

It seems like it might be about 10 years too late to the party but come October 1, the Central Intelligence Agency will ad a new directorate that will focus on all things cyber and digital espionage.

NEW YORK -- If there is one thing Bill James wishes more people understood about sabermetrics — the method of empirical analysis of baseball that he had a prominent role in pioneering — it's that the data is not the point. The point is to use the data like a razor to cut through false convictions to find the truth.

Despite an Oct. 1 deadline for U.S. merchants to accept secure chip-enabled credit and debit cards, experts believe it will take years for the conversion.

New York State's financial regulator has issued its first bitcoin license, bringing consumer protection, compliance and cybersecurity guidelines to what still is very much the Wild West of the financial industry.

In the 25 years since Microsoft made Office, it's grown to 1.2 billion users. Office 2010 is nearing the end of its lifecyle, with Microsoft scheduled to shut off mainstream support on October 13, 2015. If that applies to you, then you may care less about what's new in Office 2016 than you do about how much it is going to cost you.

Perhaps you’ve seen the Verizon commercial dubbed “A better network, as explained by backup quarterback Luke McCown.”  The point: Verizon cell towers have backup generators, much like professional football teams have backup quarterbacks.

Apple did not report many details when it confirmed the XcodeGhost malware that had infiltrated the iOS App Store. The company didn't disclose the specific iOS vulnerabilities exposed by the XcodeGhost malware and didn't indicate how its iPhone users were affected, but Palo Alto Networks security analyst Claude Xiao reported that XcodeGhost had been used to phish for iCloud passwords. Wired reported that Apple had removed over 300 apps contaminated with XcodeGhost. Recent developments indicate that this malware isn't limited to China... Читать дальше...

The market for unpatched vulnerabilities has grown so much that an exploit reseller is willing to pay US$1 million dollars for an attack that can compromise iOS 9 devices.

It is often said, “the Internet is running out of phone numbers”, as a way to express that the Internet is running out of IPv4 addresses to those who are unfamiliar with Internet technologies.  IPv4 addresses, like phone numbers are assigned hierarchically, and thus, have inherent inefficiency.  The world’s Internet population has been growing and the number of Internet-connected devices continues to rise with no end in sight.  In the next week, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)... Читать дальше...

When Splunk acquired security vendor Caspida a few months ago, some eyebrows were raised, while others saw it as a natural move. Long a vendor delivering a broad big data analytics platform, the Caspida acquisition was an admission of what many people already thought - that a huge proportion of the real-world adoption of analytics platforms is in the IT space, specifically security and threat intelligence. The Caspida acquisition was a good way for Splunk to go deep into this sector and follow a dual strategy... Читать дальше...

China and the U.S. appear close to a ground-breaking agreement on cyber espionage that could be signed later this week when President Xi and President Obama meet in Washington.

Carly Fiorina, surging in the polls thanks to her performance in the Republican presidential debate last week, is not to be underestimated or believed.

Dropbox is one of the great success stories of the consumer cloud. The startup's vision of a folder that can sync across a user's computers and mobile devices has translated into a multibillion dollar valuation and widespread consumer adoption.

H. D. Smith overcame a several-years-long struggle to rein in its supply chain information using analytics software that tracks data on the 100,000 products, including prescription drugs, health, wellness and beauty products, the company ships to hospitals and drugstores. CIO David Guzman, who led the initiative for the Springfield, Ill.-based company, says analytics have also helped reduce costs and boost sales and will eventually help customers improve their patient outcomes.

Two years ago, it seemed nothing could go wrong for bitcoin. The value of the digital currency was surging past $1,000, making sudden fortunes for cryptocurrency die-hards and drawing huge investments for companies working with the new "digital gold."

You’d think after all this time that organizations would have finally gotten BYOD programs pretty much down pat. Don’t bet on it.

Sectra Communications is working with Samsung Electronics to integrate its Tiger/R end-to-end hardware encryption system with the phone maker's Knox mobile security platform to create smartphones secure enough to carry government secrets.

The Indian government has withdrawn a controversial draft encryption policy, with a minister stating that the document was not the final view of the government.

Congress members and staff are being urged by a civil rights group to use encrypted smartphone apps such as WhatsApp and Signal rather than traditional cellular networks.

The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has dropped a provision that would have required Internet companies to report on vaguely-defined terrorist activity on their platforms, a move that was strongly opposed by the industry and civil rights groups.

The international body in charge of LTE will standardize a version of that technology specifically for the Internet of Things, taking on rival systems for connecting low-power equipment like parking meters and industrial sensors.