After being threatened with a ban in Russia, end-to-end encrypted Telegram messaging app has finally agreed to register with new Russian Data Protection Laws, but its founder has assured that the company will not comply to share users’ confidential data at any cost. Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor had recently threatened to block Telegram if the …
Video: How STIX and TAXII give cyber defenders better weapons – TechRepublic Video: How STIX and TAXII give cyber defenders better weapons Learn what the STIX and TAXII standards are and how they enable the sharing of incident response data, which will power the future of cybersecurity automation. Video: How STIX and TAXII give cyber …
Make your Fantasy come true Image by Rob Schultz/Macworld This week’s roundup includes a look at the new role-playing game, plus new photo-editing apps, an offering that makes your movies for you, and apps to help you get in shape. Read on! Final Fantasy XV Image by Final Fantasy XV To read this article in …
iStock/scyther5 Hackers gonna hack, but that doesn’t mean we need to hand them the keys. While no code or system connected to the internet can ever claim to be impervious to attack, one of the best ways to secure code may actually be to invite hackers in: the right kind of hacker. As a recent …
Image: iStock / Andrey_Kuzmin There is no hack-proof device. There is no single cure for the security challenges that trouble businesses, governments, and consumers. There are, however, best practices that can help you stay secure, deter hacking, and mitigate the damage if you are hacked. First, identify your risk profile and potential threat actors. Perform …
Two massive ransomware attacks in less than two months have caused chaos across the globe. First came WannaCry—which hit the UK’s NHS particularly hard—and likely infected about 300,000 PCs worldwide — and this week a new variant of Petya followed. So far it looks like Petya will be much less widespread than WannaCry, but it …
Enlarge / A computer screen displaying Eternalromance, one of the NSA exploits used in Tuesday’s NotPetya outbreak. Update: This post was revised throughout to reflect changes F-Secure made to Thursday’s blog post. The company now says that the NotPetya component was probably completed in February, and assuming that timeline is correct, it didn’t have any definitive …
The original IBM PC 5150, with a printer, introduced in August 1981. This wasn’t really the first IBM personal computer, however… SSPL/Getty Images The IBM 5100 portable computer (PC, eh!), released in 1974. The IBM 5110—a slight upgrade over the 5100. The System/23 Datamaster—again, not quite a PC… but getting there! One could claim that …
Video: The evolution of enterprise cybersecurity – TechRepublic Video: The evolution of enterprise cybersecurity Marty Colburn, Chief Information Officer at the National Democratic Institute, explains that enterprise companies should weave strong cybersecurity practices in to the fabric of applications is to work backwards: from defect management to application functionality. Video: The evolution of enterprise cybersecurity …
Enlarge / Kind of a looker, no? Scott Gilbertson Project Sputnik has done an admirable job over the years of bringing a “just works” Linux experience to Dell Ultrabooks like the XPS 13 Developer Edition—in fact, we’ve tested and largely enjoyed those experiences multiple times now. But while the XPS 13 is a great machine that …