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FairWare ransomware infects servers through exposed Redis instances

Attackers exploit Redis configurations to add an unauthorized SSH key for the root account

Sep 1, 2016 3 mins

Security Servers

Romanian hacker Guccifer sentenced to 52 months in US prison

Lazar reportedly hacked a member of the Bush family and a former secretary of state

Sep 1, 2016 2 mins

Cybercrime Security

“Guccifer” gets 52 months in prison for hacking crimes

Guccifer hacked former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell as well as a the daughter of former President George H.W. Bush but lied about hacking into Hillary Clinton's email server

Sep 1, 2016 3 mins

Cyberattacks Network Security Security

Keezel’s wireless device protects hotel Wi-Fi , home IoT connections

Keezel's crowdfunded Wi-Fi VPN device is almost ready to ship

Sep 1, 2016 4 mins

Mobile Small and Medium Business Wi-Fi

Researchers sport system to pull rare earth materials from used hard drives

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Oddello Industries plan system that will recycle hard drives for rare earth material

Sep 1, 2016 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Enterprise Applications Security

Toshiba hopes cloudless smartphone backup will have a bright future

Toshiba is showing a prototype smartphone backup station and a new SSD at IFA

Sep 1, 2016 3 mins

Mobile Small and Medium Business Toshiba

The Dropbox data breach is a warning to update passwords

Stolen Dropbox data on 68 million user accounts has begun leaking on the internet

Aug 31, 2016 3 mins

Security

1,650lb 3D printed aircraft tool sets Guinness World Record

Guinness says the tool is largest solid 3D printed item

Aug 31, 2016 2 mins

Computers and Peripherals Enterprise Applications Security

Ransomware: Pay now or lose everything

Ransomware is becoming a huge and very expensive problem. What can you do right now to lessen your chances of being the next victim?

Aug 31, 2016 7 mins

Data Center Security

Lessons from high-profile IT failures

This summer's outages at Delta and Southwest have much to teach all of us in IT

Aug 31, 2016 11 mins

Backup and Recovery Data Center Security