By: Chris Preimesberger Oracle is in the process of laying off about 1,800 employees, mostly from the hardware business that was Sun, which was acquired for $7.4 billion in 2010. The long-running high-end chips business and its correlated Unix-based Solaris… Continue Reading
By: Dan Goodin Google Play, the official market for Android apps, was caught hosting a ransomware app that infected at least one real-world handset, security researchers said Tuesday. The ransomware was dubbed Charger and was hidden inside an app called… Continue Reading
By: Christian Légaré Several challenges must be addressed for IoT to reach this inflection point, which we think is still four to five years away. Areas we are exploring within the IPSO Alliance include device management, security/privacy and identity, and… Continue Reading
By: Chris Bing Security researchers are closely investigating a spate of newly discovered data breaches in the Middle East, in which each case involved the deployment of an advanced, disk-wiping malware variant. Reports from Symantec suggest that a series of recent… Continue Reading
By: arXiv The rise of the Twitter bot has plagued the online world in recent years. These are Twitter accounts that are automated and require little or no human intervention. Many are entirely legitimate, publishing headlines and links to news… Continue Reading
By: Mark LaPedus Backed by billions of dollars in government funding, China in 2014 launched a major initiative to advance its domestic semiconductor, IC-packaging and other electronic sectors. So far, though, the results are mixed. China is making progress in… Continue Reading
By:Maria Korolov Is anti-virus software getting worse at detecting both known and new threats? Earlier this week, Stu Sjouwerman, CEO of security awareness training company KnowBe4, looked at the data published by the Virus Bulletin, a site that tracks anti-virus… Continue Reading
By: Graham Cluley Adobe is no stranger to finding itself in the security headlines for all the wrong reasons, and it seems that things may not be changing as we enter 2017. There was controversy earlier this month when news… Continue Reading
By: Se Young Lee A Samsung Electronics Co Ltd investigation into what caused some Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to catch fire has concluded that the battery was the main reason, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.… Continue Reading
By: Amy Sample Ward IT departments these days are working hard to shore up their organization’s cybersecurity defenses, among other pressing matters—all while dealing with the usual workaday tech issues. But a few of the most irritating and persistent bugs… Continue Reading