Articles about Security – Page 5 of 15

Grappling with Google Duplex: What happens when our AI assistants suddenly seem more human

When I first saw Google’s new Duplex technology, it was simultaneously thrilling and horrifying. It’s the kind of technological evolution… Read More

Inside the private event where Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other rivals share security secrets

REDMOND, Wash. — At first glance, the gathering inside Building 99 at Microsoft this week looked like many others inside… Read More

Amazon takes on Google as Ring launches $199 security product for the entire home

Amazon-owned Ring is taking on traditional home security systems and fellow tech companies like Google with its new Ring Alarm… Read More

Tech companies are still knocking down myths about container security, but it’s getting better

SAN FRANCISCO – As enterprise companies take up the mantle of “digital transformation,” the modern-day tech marketing moniker for the… Read More

NetMotion launches an IT platform to keep tabs on corporate smartphones

Smartphones have been around for a while, but IT departments are still trying to grapple with a challenge they’ve created:… Read More

Researchers say new ‘Efail’ security risk undermines encrypted e-mail

Hackers have a better chance of getting into encrypted email than previously thought, according to a new paper released Monday… Read More

Azure CTO Mark Russinovich touts security during deep dive into the tech behind Microsoft’s cloud

Build 2018 attendees got a peek behind the Azure curtain Wednesday from Azure Chief Technology Officer Mark Russinovich, who also… Read More

Former Microsoft, Oracle execs raise $3M for digital identity enterprise blockchain startup Trusted Key

A new Seattle startup is using blockchain technology to help companies in finance, healthcare, and other industries identify their users… Read More

Data leak exposes 48M user profiles, scraped by startup from Facebook, Zillow and others, researcher says

A cybersecurity firm called UpGuard has tied Facebook — as well as other popular consumer sites — to another data leak.… Read More

VPNs are your safest bet for public Wi-Fi: A security pro’s tips for getting started

If you ask a security professional for tips on improving your privacy and security when connecting to public Wi-Fi or… Read More

Facebook, Microsoft and other top tech companies vow to fight government-sponsored cyberattacks

More than 30 leading tech companies launched a new cybersecurity accord Tuesday in the hopes of one day inspiring a… Read More

Intel hopes new chip-level security features move it past the Meltdown/Spectre fallout

As one of the biggest security events of the year kicks off Monday, Intel promised that its future chip designs… Read More

Starbucks picked an odd time to force WiFi customers to cough up personal data

With all the sensitive news about Facebook and privacy hovering menacingly over the Internet this week, it seems an odd… Read More

Amazon Web Services launches AWS Secrets Manager and other new tools, as cloud customers continue to prove they need security help

As companies move more of their workloads into the cloud, too many of them are doing a poor job securing… Read More

Facebook now says data from up to 87M users was shared with Cambridge Analytica, far more than previously reported

The number of Facebook users whose data was illegitimately shared with Republican-backed political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica was bigger than… Read More

Google introduces several new cloud security tools, promises transparency and usability

Two days after one of Google’s earliest employees laid down a bit of a manifesto regarding its commitment to cybersecurity,… Read More

Microsoft releases new details on Gamarue malware botnet and its ‘sprawling infrastructure’

Microsoft on Thursday revealed additional details about the notorious Gamarue botnet, which was considered one of the world’s largest malware… Read More

What are memcached servers, and why are they being used to launch record-setting DDoS attacks?

Two of the largest distributed denial-of-service attacks ever recorded on the internet have been launched over the last seven days,… Read More

Intel expands bug bounty program to include Spectre-like side-channel attacks, dangles $250K

Intel is promising up to $250,000 to security researchers who uncover new side-channel vulnerabilities in its processors, in the wake… Read More

Amazon Web Services catches Sqrrl, a security startup founded by ex-NSA staffers

Cloud security is going to be an even more important topic this year than ever, thanks to the Meltdown and… Read More

Integris raises another $1.5M for data privacy intelligence platform as GDPR deadline looms

With the General Data Protection Regulation law set to go into effect later this year, companies are scrambling to make… Read More

Seattle’s WatchGuard Technologies snaps up Percipient Networks to bolster its security services

Security vendor WatchGuard Technologies has acquired Percipient Networks, maker of a security product oriented around DNS servers, for an undisclosed… Read More

New security service from Cloudflare hopes to kill the VPN once and for all

Remote workers or business travelers have long been familiar with the travails of working through virtual-private network software, but Cloudflare… Read More

In unusual CES statement, Intel CEO addresses Spectre and Meltdown bugs

Just how serious are the Meltdown and Spectre microprocessor vulnerabilities for Intel? Enough for the company’s CEO Brian Krzanich to divert… Read More

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What are Meltdown and Spectre? GeekWire’s guide to the problems with the world’s computer chips

Meltdown and Spectre. You’ve probably been hearing these terms a lot. These are vulnerabilities discovered in many of the computer… Read More

Intel, cloud vendors shed more light on two major chip security issues that emerged this week

Hours after reports spread about design flaws in Intel processors that could have compromised an enormous number of computers, the… Read More

First, change your password, and then check this list for the worst passwords of 2017

Just because you can remember how to count to six doesn’t mean you should be using it as a password… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Pwning the Dark Army in Episode 9

[Spoiler Alert] This article delves deep into the technical guts of Mr. Robot episode 9 (eps3.8_stage3.torrent). Though it focuses on… Read More

Security researchers sign up to be the first customers for OneRadio’s signal receiver

OneRadio Corp., a University of Washington spinout that focuses on sniffing out radio signals across a wide spectrum, has signed… Read More

Tenta browser for Android adds feature to keep ISPs and others from seeing which sites users visit

Tenta, the Seattle company behind an Android browser aimed at guarding the privacy of mobile web users, has built what… Read More