JavaScript-based attack simplifies browser exploits
Researchers have devised a new attack that can bypass one of the main exploit mitigations in browsers: Address space layout…
U.S. solar growth blows away previous records
The U.S. solar market nearly doubled its electricity-generating capacity last year, as 14.6 megawatts (MW) of new photovoltaic panels were…
Hacker breached 63 universities and government agencies
A “Russian-speaking and notorious financially-motivated” hacker known as Rasputin has been at it again, hacking into universities and government agencies…
Smackdown: Office 365 vs. G Suite productivity
Google has been trying for years to get businesses to abandon Microsoft Office in favor of what it now calls…
Researchers trick 'CEO' email scammer into giving up identity
Businesses targeted in email scams don’t always have to play the victim. They can actually fight back. Researchers at Dell…
How Apple iCloud Drive works and how to use it
iCloud Drive is Apple’s essential connection between all your devices, Mac, iPhone, iPad, even your Windows PC. While it is…
IDG Contributor Network: RightScale and the state of the cloud
You’d have thought that 10 years spent commentating about technology in general and cloud in particular has meant that, when…
Doubts abound over U.S. action on cybersecurity
How should the U.S. respond to cyberattacks? That’s been a major question at this year’s RSA security conference, following Russia’s…
AT&T plans a national IoT network with LTE-M by midyear
AT&T is accelerating its rollout of LTE-M, an IoT network that’s already being used to track shipping containers and pallets,…
Apple smartphones outsold Samsung's in Q4
Apple has overtaken Samsung Electronics in smartphone sales for the first time in two years, but don’t count on it…