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Windows 10 personal data collection is excessive, French privacy watchdog warns

The French National Data Protection Commission has given Microsoft three months to comply with its order or face fines that could top $1.66 million

Jul 20, 2016 3 mins

Internet Small and Medium Business Windows

What CIOs need to know about SQL Server 2016

Every release of SQL Server promises increased performance, better security and improved business intelligence. You get all of that with SQL Server 2016, plus other strategic options such as cloud integration and Linux support.

Jul 20, 2016 11 mins

Analytics Microsoft Operating Systems

Oracle issues largest patch bundle ever, fixing 276 security flaws

The patches address flaws in over 80 products

Jul 20, 2016 3 mins

Application Security Security

New HIPAA guidance addresses ransomware

The U.S. Department of Human Services has released new guidance for health care companies that focuses on the growing threat of ransomware, stresses the need for better education and regular backups, and confirms that a ransomware attack against plai

Jul 20, 2016 3 mins

Compliance Cybercrime Security

Feds shut down tech support scammers, freeze assets

Scammers duped consumers out of millions using pop-up messages generated in search results on PCs and Macs

Jul 20, 2016 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Cybercrime Mac

How to wipe an Android phone: The paranoid edition

There are two types of people: those who have been hacked and those who haven't been hacked yet. If you want to postpone the inevitable, follow these instructions.

Jul 20, 2016 4 mins

Android Endpoint Protection Smartphones

The hacking group that pwned Zuckerberg’s Twitter account broke into Minecraft

The hacking team has also taken over the social media accounts of tech executives

Jul 19, 2016 2 mins

Security

Security teams consulted too late on digital transformation

A new survey finds 76 percent of IT professionals with responsibility for security feel their security teams are brought in too late to have a meaningful impact on digital transformation projects.

Jul 19, 2016 3 mins

Security Technology Industry

Cyber attacks are on the rise

New data from an Arbor Networks study show the number and size of cyber attacks are increasing

Jul 19, 2016 3 mins

Cyberattacks Network Security Security

DARPA tackling reusable, modular chipset technology

DARPA says today’s leading edge electronic designs are complex, expensive, and often involve teams spread across the globe

Jul 19, 2016 4 mins

Data Center Enterprise Applications Security