Thirty years ago this Saturday, the Berlin Wall “fell” unexpectedly when East Germany’s communist government lost control over its citizens’ freedom to travel.  Soon after the East Germans gained the liberty to leave and...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered entering the online dating business as far back as 2014, but he put the idea on the back burner, instead giving Tinder special access to its users’ data, leaked emails between top executives show.  Despite the preferential treatment...

CrowdStrike has found itself in the eye of a political storm, again.  In a reconstructed transcript released by the White House on Wednesday morning...

It is finally official: Windows 10 is getting rid of passwords. What's more, the move to a passwordless experience has already begun. Starting this week, Microsoft is rolling out a preview build (20H1 Build 18936 to be precise) of Windows 10 to members of the Windows Insider fast track ring that brings passwordless account sign-in right now. I have previously reported...

Earlier this month, Salesforce announced the acquisition of data visualization and analytics leader Tableau for $15.7 billion and Google announced the acquisition of data discovery and analytics platform Looker for $2.6 billion. Both acquired companies will...

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) this week confirmed that its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has been hacked. An audit document from the U.S. Office of the Inspector General was published by NASA this week. It reveals...

Phishing emails allegedly from social media sites have transformed into a top target for cyber-criminals. And of all social media...

On November 12, 2012, Belizean police announced that they were seeking John McAfee for questioning in connection with the murder of his neighbor. Six months earlier...

It’s probably a given by now that if you associate “privacy” with any major tech company, that company is probably going to be Apple. The company’s products have long had...

With reports of a massive data breach at Capital One this week came a now-familiar warning: roughly 140,000 Social Security numbers of the bank’s credit card applicants had apparently been stolen, along with another 80,000 bank account numbers. Capital One’s announcement came shortly after...

Data-hungry technology trends such as IoT, smart vehicles, drone deliveries, smart cities and Industry 4.0 are increasing the demand for fast, always-on edge computing. One solution...

Cisco this week warned its IOS and IOS XE customers of 13 vulnerabilities in the operating system software they should patch as soon as possible. All of the vulnerabilities – revealed in the company’s semiannual IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundle...

Cisco has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle claims it sold video security software that had a vulnerability that could have opened federal, state and local government agencies to hackers. Under terms of the settlement...

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that some VPN packages from Cisco, Palo Alto, F5 and Pulse may improperly secure tokens and cookies, allowing...

My client, Matt, had been given the opportunity to share his journey to success with a national business journal. This would mean great visibility for him and his growing company. Excited for the opportunity...

You remember FaceApp, right? That's the app that uses neural networks and artificial intelligence to create a pretty compelling version of your older, grayer self. Well, it's back, partly due to the FaceApp challenge that has celebrities sharing their future selfies along with the rest of us.  Have you ever wondered what happens to those photos you take?...

Automated clearinghouse (ACH) transactions are often considered safer and more difficult to compromise than paper checks and wire transfers, but that reputation might not last. In 2018, 33% of organizations were subject to ACH debit fraud and 20% were subject to ACH credit fraud, each up several percentage points from 2017, according to the Association for Financial Professionals’ Payments Fraud and Control Survey, released on Tuesday. What’s more...

Data scientist is one of the hottest jobs in IT. What’s more, it's the best job you can get, period, according to data from Glassdoor. If you're looking to get into this field, or you want to stand out against the competition, look no further than data science certifications. Data science is important to nearly every company and industry, but...

How should America manage personal health data? Look to Estonia, says Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute. Topol notes every citizen in the Baltic republic owns their own medical data, which...

Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software licensing and delivery model where users access applications or services via a subscription. The applications are remotely hosted by the service provider and can be accessed on demand by customers over the internet or private networks. These overhead costs may include...