A federal judge on Friday questioned the strength of a key lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the government’s Internet surveillance program known as “upstream” data collection. Judge Jeffrey White heard oral arguments by attorneys from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which filed the suit, and the government, during a hearing in …
Once upon a time, life in the enterprise IT shop was fairly simple, at least conceptually speaking. IT issued computers and laptops to employees, and maintained enterprise software, databases and servers that supported the company, which were mostly run in-house. These days, IT’s basic firmament is giving way to a …
Security is rising to the top of the list of issues that the Internet Society (iSoc) is tackling in Africa, joining its efforts to develop infrastructure and promote an inclusive “bottom-up” governance model for the Web. “We are going to support the deployment of security technologies,” said Dawit Bekele, director …
North Korea seemingly wasted no time this week trumpeting Sony Pictures’ decision to cancel the opening of The Interview, a comedy that portrayed an assassination plot against the country’s dictator, Kim Jung-un. “Heroes force Japanese cinema bandits to bow before indomitable fist of Korean people,” tweeted the Korean Central News …
Intel is trying to ease the transition to the cloud for anyone who picked up a Chromebook this season. The chipmaker has launched a free “Easy Migration” tool for Chromebooks with Intel processors inside. With a few clicks, users can move their contacts, files, photos, and bookmarks to a Google …
Google may be planning to launch a version of Android Auto for vehicle infotainment centers — also known as head units — that will eliminate the need for a smartphone to be connected, giving native access to the Internet and mobile applications. Today, Apple’s CarPlay, or open source standards such …
A well organized criminal group is targeting both iOS and Android users with highly targeted man-in-the-middle attacks, according to a new threat advisory from Akamai Technologies, Inc. “They have a lot of resources,” said Rod Soto, principal security researcher in the company’s business security unit. For example, they were able …
As 2014 winds down, the breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment is clearly the biggest data breach of the year and among the most devastating to any corporation ever. Attackers broke in and took whatever they wanted, exfiltrating gigabytes and gigabytes of documents, emails and even entire movies, apparently at will …
The FBI today named the North Korean government as responsible for the cyber attack against Sony Pictures last month, saying its technical analysis points to the isolated, Communist country. But now what? “This could embolden future attackers,” Johannes Ullrich, dean of research for the SANS Technology Institute and the head …
T-Mobile US will pay at least $90 million to settle a Federal Communications Commission suit that alleged it looked the other way while third parties charged T-Mobile subscribers for services they didn’t want. The settlement is the second largest ever for so-called “cramming,” following one that the FCC reached with …
President Obama believes Sony made a mistake in canceling release of “The Interview” following a major cyberattack and said the U.S. is prepared to respond to the attack, but he wouldn’t say when or how. “We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here …
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For years, people in marketing or HR have been sneaking their apps and data onto the cloud, totally bypassing IT’s approval or help. Buckle up, IT. Those days are coming to an end as more enterprises look into moving critical applications and information to the cloud. IT shops are being …
Case, or no case? The great case debate: Though it’s a shame to cover up your shiny, pretty new iPhone, the downside is that you risk dropping it or getting it all scratched up if you leave it bare. So, if you have to put a case on it, might …
Setting the stage for 2015 Apple had a blockbuster year. New iPhones, new iPads, a mobile payment solution that might actually change the way we pay, and an entirely new product category in Apple Watch. That’s not to say there weren’t missteps: iOS 8.0.1, anyone? We recap the year in …
Well that stinks, doesn’t it? Sony Pictures goes and scrubs the launch of a $44 million movie after being hacked, potentially by North Korea. Almost reads more like a James Bond plot than a news story, but there it is. And this time, it doesn’t seem likely that Bond, James …
Maybe I should be outraged by Sony’s decision not to distribute the movie The Interview, but I am merely saddened by it. I am saddened that a hacking incident with all the hallmarks of a simple case of extortion has been distorted so it looks like a terrorist threat. Taking …
A new computer Trojan based on the infamous ZeuS banking malware is targeting users of over 150 banks and payment systems from around the world, security researchers warn. The new threat, dubbed Chthonic, is based on ZeusVM, a Trojan program discovered in February that is itself a modification of the …
The European Commission is gearing up to solve some longstanding problems with outdated copyright and data protection laws and move ahead on new rules for roaming charges and net neutrality. During the past week, the Commission made public its work agenda for 2015, and high on the list is the …
Parsix GNU/Linux 7.0 review Debian is the great-granddaddy of many Linux distributions, and Parsix is definitely one of its grandchildren. Parsix uses Debian as its base, but builds on it to provide a very desktop-oriented distribution. Parsix has reached version 7.0 and this release ships with GNOME 3.12 as the …
U.S. Army Research Labs Artist illustration: Research Ron Polcawich presenting micro-robot fly project with autonomous prototype flying in the upper right corner. Researchers at the U.S. Army are taking advantage of an unusually unclassified approach to military systems development to ask for help turning a clever robotic fly into an …
North Korea was responsible for the devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday after a two-week investigation. The attack on Sony occurred in late November and resulted in the theft of thousands of files that, after being leaked online, proved highly embarrassing for the …
Microsoft on Thursday sued two technical support companies, alleging that they infringed numerous Microsoft trademarks and practiced false advertising as they tricked consumers into paying for bogus help. The lawsuit was the first time Microsoft turned to the courts to try to stem the flood of tech support scams that …
North Korea was responsible for the devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday after a two-week investigation. The attack on Sony occurred in late November and resulted in the theft of thousands of files that, after being leaked online, proved highly embarrassing for the …
The cream of the crop Image by Kārlis Dambrāns/Flickr Just when we thought we had reached peak app, 2014 brought us a fresh round of iOS awesomeness we can’t live without. Messaging apps and social networks are old news: The best apps of the year helped us work smarter and …
The BlackBerry Classic is the best smartphone the company has ever released. It’s not going to lure away many iPhone or Android users, but that’s just fine with BlackBerry. Here’s why. (cio.com) To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here …