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Intel concerned about name of John McAfee’s privacy phone

Intel is involved in a trademark dispute with security expert John McAfee

May 11, 2017 4 mins

Security

Artificial intelligence tool fixes password weakness

Password meters must tell people what’s wrong with their password and suggest fixes. AI can make that happen.

May 10, 2017 3 mins

Internet Network Security Security

Bot-generated comments swamp FCC, urging overturn of net neutrality

The comments don't appear to be the work of real people

May 10, 2017 3 mins

Internet Mobile Small and Medium Business

Microsoft finally bans SHA-1 certificates in Internet Explorer and Edge

All SHA-1 certificates that chain back to publicly trusted certificate authorities will be blocked, but enterprise and self-signed certificates won't be affected.

May 10, 2017 3 mins

Security Small and Medium Business Windows

Cisco patches critical IOS security fault found after CIA WikiLeaks dump

Cisco had issued a 'critical' security advisory for the IOS software that runs on some 300 models of its Catalyst switches

May 10, 2017 2 mins

Cisco Systems Security

10 DRaaS companies to watch

Forrester Research releases its report on the disaster-recovery-as-a-service companies that lead the market segment.

May 10, 2017 10 mins

Backup and Recovery Business Continuity Disaster Recovery

Check Point boosts cloud-security education to help IT security pros stay relevant

‘We are investing heavily in this direction’

May 10, 2017 3 mins

Cloud Security Security

How to protect your Google and Facebook accounts with a security key

The keys are a step up in account security, but is implementation letting them down?

May 9, 2017 5 mins

Security

New IoT malware targets 100,000 IP cameras via known flaw

The new malware emerged exploiting vulnerabilities that a researcher reported in March

May 9, 2017 3 mins

Internet of Things Security

Threat detection automation won’t solve all your problems

To close the cybersecurity gap, look to incident response automation

May 9, 2017 4 mins

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