Scientists are a step closer to developing a weapon that could change modern warfare with its potential to target cyber terrorists and disable enemy nuclear facilities by blowing up their computer systems. Read more here - http://news.sky.com/story/1019596/cyber-warfare-missile-can-cripple-computers... Read More
VideoLAN developer Ludovic Fauvet turned a recent DDoS attack on VideoLAN's server into a Logstalgia video that shows an amazing, one-sided fight between thousands of requests, with the web server desperately trying to keep them all at bay... Read More
There's more to Data Backups than a software solution! Although, some major solutions are so well designed that you can form procedures around them! However, Data Backup Policies and some specific procedures still need to be created for your environment and aligned with other processes. Then, you can use the backup solution according to the set policies and procedures. To... Read More
Tizen is an open source software platform supported by leading mobile operators, device manufacturers, and silicon suppliers for multiple device categories, including smartphones, tablets, netbooks, in-vehicle infotainment devices, smart TVs, and more. Tizen will offer an innovative operating system, applications, and a user experience that consumers can take from device to device. The Tizen platform works on the Linux kernel... Read More
According to Microsoft's Tim Rains, drive-by download attacks continue to be a favorite tactic used by many attackers attempting to compromise large numbers of systems around the world. In his MS Security blog, Tim discusses drive-by download attacks and the need to keep all software up-to-date in an effort to mitigate this type of attack. He refers to information from... Read More
Half of Europe's workforce is too tech-challenged to fill all the extra ICT jobs that will be knocking around in the next few years, according to the European Commission (EC). The EC's Digital Agenda crew released its scoreboard of how well the continent is doing. The overall aim of the EC Digital Agenda is to deliver sustainable economic and social... Read More
This year we celebrated the 15th birthday of Microsoft's proxy/firewall solution that has gone through a couple of name changes to get where it is today. Sadly, on September 12, Microsoft announced that the company is discontinuing TMG, along with FPE, FPSP, FSOCS and TMG Web Protection Services… Microsoft will continue to support the products through 2015, with extended support... Read More