Security

Five tips for protecting your brand on social media

Duct tape, modeling clay and a handgun are not standard computer parts

We don’t need more InfoSec analysts: We need analysts to train AI infrastructures to detect attacks

Addressing the skills shortage with virtual analysts

By 2020, your Wi-Fi-connected car will pay for parking, gas

But the more connected the car, and the more personal the information, the more attractive it is to hackers

Android malware that can infiltrate corporate networks is spreading

DressCode has been found circulating in at least 3,000 Trojanized apps

White House asks: Do you need more data portability?

Security v. convenience? White House wonders how much data portability is enough?

Ransomware spreads through weak remote desktop credentials

A new ransomware program in Brazil uses RDP brute-force attacks to infect hospitals

Microsoft opens up its ‘million dollar’ bug-finder

Project Springfield, which includes Microsoft's in-house testing technology for Windows and Office apps, uses whitebox fuzzing technology to sniff out flaws that could lead to crashes

Passwords will be wirelessly transmitted through bodies

Human body-confined wireless makes for ultra-secure authentication, say scientists—much more secure than anything sent via traditional Wi-Fi or Bluetooth

Doctors: E-health records raise costs, don’t help patient outcomes

EHRs are most useful for analytics and reporting capabilities