You’d think after all this time that organizations would have finally gotten BYOD programs pretty much down pat. Don’t bet on it. A recent study by tyntec reveals that a vast majority of organizations still have inadequate bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies. […]
Six Biggest Business Security Risks and How You Can Fight Back
IT and security experts discuss the leading causes of security breaches and what your organization can do to reduce them. Security breaches again made big news in 2014. Yet despite years of headline stories about security leaks and distributed denial-of-service […]
Mobile device makers unleash FIDO
Expect a rush of vendors to adopt the a simple, secure authentication scheme that might do away with passwords Vendors of mobile devices are lining up to implement an authentication scheme meant to make online transactions both simpler and more […]
Microsoft drags customers ‘kicking and screaming’ into its world of faster updates
Mandates Windows 8.1 Update to receive future patches; evidence of commitment to constant OS refreshes, say experts Microsoft’s demand that Windows 8.1 users install this week’s major update was another signal that the company is very serious about forcing customers […]
What’s the price of not upgrading from Windows XP?
Microsoft and its hardware partners really, really want everyone to abandon Windows XP by April 8. But the world won’t end if you don’t. It’s the end of an era at Microsoft. No, I’m not talking about CEO Steve Ballmer […]
How Microsoft had a hand in inventing Google’s glucose-sensing smart contact lens
Google X may have announced its smart contact lens project, but Microsoft Research says it worked on it first. Do you recall how Microsoft claimed it invented, or invisibly runs, practically everything? Along those lines, Microsoft Research is claiming partial […]
True tales of (mostly) white-hat hacking
True tales of (mostly) white-hat hacking Stings, penetration pwns, spy games — it’s all in a day’s work along the thin gray line of IT security In the mainstream media, hacking gets a bum rap. Sure, the headline grabbers are […]
‘Blackshades’ malware still being sold, Symantec says
The security vendor has seen an uptick in infections as well as command-and-control servers Cybercriminals are increasingly using the “Blackshades” malware program whose source code was leaked three years ago, according to an analysis by Symantec. Blackshades, which Symantec identifies […]