At the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, CSO’s Steve Ragan chats with Itzik Kotler, CTO and co-founder of SafeBreach, about why many companies end up failing in their security risk assessments, as well as how some companies are tackling these failures to improve their overall security. Source: Security
Read MoreAt the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, CSO’s Steve Ragan talks with Stephanie Carruthers, owner of Snow Offensive Security, about why business email compromise (aka CEO fraud) works so well against companies. She also discusses several tricks that phishers will use to gain trust among corporate employees when preparing for an attack. Source: Security
Read MoreAt the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, CSO’s Steve Ragan chats with Steven Grossman of Bay Dynamics about how companies can survive the avalanche of information security hype and buzzwords when speaking with vendors who are promising everything. Source: Security
Read MoreAt the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, CSO’s Steve Ragan speaks with Israel Barak, CISO at Cybereason, about the commoditization of cybercrime, the market for compromised servers and endpoints, and what makes one target more valuable than another. Source: Security
Read MoreAmid lawsuits, the FCC voted 3-2 to allow prisons to increase rates inmates pay for making phone calls from prisons and jails to ensure those rates cover the cost of the service. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Android version of Apple’s Spotify rival hits the stage after wrapping up a months-long sound check (aka beta testing). It’s now available through Google Play. Source: CNet
Read MoreCalvin Klein and Alexander Wang are among more than 100 designers and educators who have signed on to a brief supporting Apple in a Supreme Court case. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe world’s largest social network is going after click bait headlines. Will the one above survive? Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Amazon Echo listens to you, translating your voice into commands so it can play music, turn the lights on, or order stuff from Amazon. Appliance Science looks at how it works. Source: CNet
Read MoreAt the Black Hat convention in Las Vegas, CSO’s Steve Ragan sits down with Lior Div, CEO and co-founder of Cybereason, about threat actors, their methods and motives. Instead of worrying about nation-state hackers like China or Russia, Div argues that companies prepare for low-level attacks that can escalate to larger ones, because the cost
Read MoreDavid Gewirtz was a director of the Software Entrepreneurs’ Forum, an executive at Symantec, had the title of “Godfather” at Apple, and ran an award-winning tech company for 20 years. Now, he’s here to help you start your own software business. Buckle up! Source: DIY IT
Read MoreThe states where the recall is focused have higher ambient temperatures and extensive solar exposure. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe software giant is warning Windows 10 users that Chrome drains battery life much more than Microsoft’s own Edge browser. Source: CNet
Read MoreFire tablets, Fire TV devices and Kindle e-readers return to Target.com after a four-year hiatus. Source: CNet
Read MoreT-Mobile came out a winner in the latest results from a wireless testing firm. Source: CNet
Read MoreWhen it comes to enterprise application development, security is still an afterthought, coming in right before a release is deployed. The rapid adoption of software containers presents a rare opportunity for security to move upstream (or in devops-speak, to facilitate its “shift left”) and become integrated early on and throughout the software delivery pipeline. However,
Read MoreGiven the pace at which big data software is released, coupled with the sheer volume of data under management, the big data market is ripe for massive security breaches. It’s only a matter of time. In fact, as a Gartner survey last year uncovered, very few companies have taken security seriously for essential infrastructure like
Read MoreMicrosoft has released .Net Framework 4.6.2, tightening security in multiple areas, including the BCL (Base Class Library). The new version also makes improvements to the SQL client, Windows Communication Foundation, the CLR (Common Language Runtime), and the ASP.Net web framework. The security focus in the BCL impacts PKI capabilities, and X.509 certificates now support the
Read MoreOver the years, developers have been dogged by a reputation for placing security as an afterthought. Get a slick, full-featured experience up and running fast, and figure out how to deal with whatever holes crop up once QA gets its hands on the code. Organizations may have had a significant hand in fostering developers’ laissez-faire
Read MoreInfoWorld talks with Digital Shadows’ Rick Holland about the security tools hackers use to protect themselves while ripping you off Source: Security
Read MoreInfoWorld talks with GitHub’s Jamesha Fisher about the cultural shifts necessary for baking security early into the devops process Source: Security
Read MoreThe new feature gives premium subscribers the option to broadcast their location to friends and family members. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe companion robot has found success in Japan and made celebrity appearances in Europe. Now, a Pepper unit will be in San Francisco, California for a week. Source: CNet
Read MoreThe veteran pop star announced that “Glory” would be released on August 26 for Apple Music members. Source: CNet
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