Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
The fast-growing Cerber ransomware earned nearly $200,000 in July despite a payment rate of just 0.3 percent as a result of its affiliate distribution model, according to a new report by Check Point
Cerber's creators take 35 percent of the profit, and the rest goes to partners
Analysts see it as independent of Android and Chrome, set on different market
Like last year, pencil in the first Wednesday of the month
Drivers will be able to find out how long they have to wait for a signal to change
Starting in October, the .Net Framework Monthly Rollup will provide regular security and quality updates
Sencha partners with 4Morphis to help customers migrate their Oracle Forms applications onto a modern web/mobile context
Small antennas could be installed on every home or business to link to the nearest fiber-optic cable
This fast-moving storage vendor announced a $61 million Series C investment and unveiled its new platform, Firefly
HPE is introducing less expensive versions of some storage platforms so smaller enterprises can enter the next generation
Its Tibero database promises simpler terms and a sweeter deal
Cisco Meeting Server makes it easy for customers to use Cisco video room technology with third-party solutions
The hackers have offered sample files, which some security researchers say appear to contain legitimate exploits
The rise of mobile has led many CIOs to fret about data loss from lost or stolen devices. A new study suggests IT theft in the office should be a primary concern.
Early numbers for August put gains at between a quarter and a third of the last two months
Microsoft says a fix is in the works, offers temporary workaround that isn't very feasible
This week's Intel Developer Forum is Intel's most important ever as the company lays out a new future
FTC to hold public workshop on what to do about the growing ransomware blight
The U.S. is completely dependent on Asia -- mostly China -- for hardware
Focus expected to be on bad actors to pre-empt attacks, not just signatures in existing attacks
Rumormongers ask: What will replace 3.5mm headphone jack on iPhone 7?
The hotel operator said payment card information could have been stolen
Intel's Skylake successor Kaby Lake, described in a maintenance document for the upcoming Pavilion x360 m1 laptop, will be capable of DirectX 12 gaming
Users are far more lax about updating and fixing apps they run on their PCs than updating Windows
The company has no interest in selling low-cost Android mobile devices
Swiss conglomerate Datwyler today said that it was still considering its options after its $795 million bid for Raspberry Pi manufacturer Premier Farnell
Three Microsoft Surface models, two with 4k displays, are reportedly in the works
A test plan to prevent interference keeps evolving, but tensions remain
Microsoft thinks that limiting its private cloud software will be better for users
Researchers say the remote key systems for most VWs since 1995 are affected
The price looks good but will it help to revive HPE's fortunes?
AMD pulls back on its ARM server efforts as it refocuses its server strategy around x86-based Zen chips
Customer, OEM complaints likely led to nullification of January's mandate
The next-generation of Atom chips will be detailed at Intel Developer Forum next week
Open source R extension is designed to help data scientists access a bevy of Watson services without leaving their native development environment.
Researchers presented four tools at Black Hat 2016 that they wrote specifically to deal with incident response in AWS.
NASA picks Boeing, Bigelow, Lockheed Martin, Orbital, Sierra Nevada and NanoRacks to build prototypes
ForeScout can now secure IoT endpoints that were historically unmanageable
Turi is latest Apple acquisition to bring machine learning and AI into Mac and iPhone mix
The use of social networks by terrorist groups has prompted lawsuits alleging material support
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has been holed up in the embassy for over four years
There’s dissent over the government data and how jobs are tallied
Samsung said that reports of a vulnerability in Samsung Pay mobile payments were "simply not true" -- but also admitted that token skimming was, in fact, possible but difficult enough that the potential risk was acceptable
U.S. mobile carriers added more cars than phones to their networks in the second quarter
'It can be done easily by anyone in the world,' one researcher says
HP says it'll be possible to use HoloLens apps on the Windows 10 Mobile-based Elite x3 smartphone
Facebook Live stream captures latest news on computer bugs & real insects
A U.S. appeals court has struck down an FCC decision meant to protect municipal networks
