Security

US court rules that FBI can hack into a computer without a warrant

The case involves the FBI arresting a child pornography suspect

Arista infringes on Cisco networking patents, trade agency says

The ITC remedies include an exclusion order, which would ban all Arista switches and their components from importation into the US and a cease and desist blocking the use to build infringing products in the US

Let’s Encrypt accuses Comodo of trying to swipe its brand

Why Russian hackers, not a lone wolf, were likely behind the DNC breach

A lone hacker named Guccifer 2.0 has tried to take credit

Microsoft: Government’s data gag order practices worse than first thought

54% of authorities' demands for customer data accompanied by orders that bar Microsoft from telling customers

GozNym Trojan turns its sight on business accounts at major US banks

The malware redirects victims to perfect replicas of online banking websites

IBM Watson/ XPrize open $5 million AI competition for world-changing applications

IBM/XPrize competition wants to develop all manner of cutting-edge apps such as advanced energy systems to radical brain-computer interfaces

The number of corporate users hit by crypto ransomware is skyrocketing

File-encrypting ransomware programs are on the rise and companies are increasingly their targets

BlackBerry goes into the red as revenue drops by a third

The company is sticking with its handset business and expects to reveal a new model in July

How to prepare for (and prevent) ransomware attacks

The only sure way to protect yourself or your company from 'ransomware' is with foolproof file backups. These three backup options can all help recover from ransomware attacks.