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'Increasing crime, terrorist attack threats and rising security concerns' are among the drivers behind new demand for digital forensics, a report says.
Pearson VUE system hacked though "limited" data exposed
By integrating Cisco's ACI, VCE aims to take the complexity out of deploying SDN.
Best Buy, Amazon, Fry's and Target among retailers pushing Xbox One bundles for Black Friday 2015
Aims to achieve scaling and cost savings with upcoming 10-nanometer and 7-nm processes
American Express appears to have used a weak algorithm to generate new card numbers
VCE now offering fabric mode Nexus 9000s in Vblocks
DARPA is interested specifically in early warning of impending attacks, situation awareness, network isolation and threat characterization
The Dell System Detect application also installs a self-signed root certificate on computers
From open source software to preconfigured infrastructure, there are lots of private cloud options
HP will not introduce its own consumer wearable, but provide the underlying technology to third parties
London and Dallas have very little in common as cities. Now they can both lay claim to being AWS Direct Connect locations.
Millions of new devices will get connected daily next year. IoT services will be a major beneficiary of this growth.
Employees in small IT departments tend to work more hours than those in large IT departments
The full scope of the incident is still unclear, but there's a removal tool available
The United States Digital Service is doing great work bringing the skills and ethos of Silicon Valley to government IT. Here's why they shouldn't just be helping, they should be in charge.
First step in process involves filing federal complaint
The company also reported a slight increase in racial diversity among its uppermost management
eDellRoot should be removed and Dell posts how to do it
Trend Micro says there's high interest in card fraud as more people move away from cash
Tech companies in Silicon Valley are under pressure to reduce inequality in the region
Duo Security researchers found a second weak digital certificate on a new Dell Inspiron laptop
Attackers could generate rogue certificates to spy on Dell customers' encrypted Web traffic
Android Studio 2.0 will speed coding iterations and add new Instant Run feature
The threat posed by the pre-installed CA is being likened to Superfish
Microsoft CEO Nadella talks of company's role in an ‘ecosystem,’ saying partnerships and top-to-bottom protection and detection critical to battle emerging security threats.
The program turns digital code signatures against anti-malware products
FAA to say any drone weighing 9oz or more will need to register with agency
The OIC standards group is buying the assets of the Universal Plug and Play Forum
Users can no longer upgrade using the firm's Media Creation Tool; must wait for Microsoft to push bits via Windows Update
Questions remain about automation's impact
The CISO of Rockwell Automation thinks a cybersecurity co-operative, comprised of top information security engineers from several companies, could serve as a salve to the talent shortage and also offer and an improvement over managed security service
Ingenu is the latest M2M and IoT-dedicated network to announce its plans.
The rate of adoption may outpace that of Windows 7 and Windows 8
A large scale security test of firmware images for embedded devices easily found thousands of vulnerabilities
An occasional curated collection of random stuff that I think is interesting
We're already starting to see reports surrounding the Apple Watch 2.
The Optional Practical Training program stirs up a response
Other measurement firms portray a smaller slide, but a slide nonetheless, in Yahoo's share of the search space over the past months
Jolla, the developer of Sailfish, is laying off much of its staff
3D-printed cars are coming. The faster automotive development cycles that the new manufacturing process brings will also speed up the 'smartness of the vehicle' cycle, the first 3D-print auto maker says.
Attracting and keeping talent is the top challenge today, he says, and it takes more than money
NASA looking to reduce impact of volcanic eruption material on jets
Appointing the VMware co-founder to lead its cloud business is exactly the move Google had in mind when it restructured as Alphabet.
Boston Innovators Group attempts to sort out software-as-a-service (SaaS)
Apps are everywhere -- even on chip-and-PIN payment terminals
