WikiLeaks says it doesn’t collaborate with states
WikiLeaks claims to have many thousands of sources but does not collaborate with states in the publication of documents, its…
IDG Contributor Network: Can Vodafone Pay work when the phone is dead? Depends on how you define 'dead.'
Since the earliest days of NFC mobile transactions, one of the most oft-repeated criticisms was, “What happens when the phone…
How older workers can thrive in IT
Mark Zuckerberg’s infamous foot-in-mouth statement on the importance of being young and technical (“young people are just smarter”) landed him…
Better safe than sorry: 5 apps for encrypting and shredding files
While safeguarding personal and business data has always been important, the necessity for maintaining digital privacy has become even more…
With IBM's Watson, GlaxoSmithKline tackles sniffle and cough questions
If you start feeling a cold or flu coming on this season, you will be able to reach out to…
Not sure how he'd have done that last one, though
It’s the very end of the fiscal year at this company when a pilot fish notices some email reminders that…
Chinese firm admits its hacked products were behind Friday's DDOS attack
A Chinese electronics component manufacturer says its products inadvertently played a role in a massive cyberattack that disrupted major internet…
AT&T to acquire Time Warner for $85.4B in content play
AT&T said it will acquire Time Warner for $85.4 billion, reflecting a continuing trend for the consolidation of communications and…
Testing for vulnerable IoT devices
Brian Krebs has lately been writing a lot about DVRs and cameras made by XiongMai Technologies. He reports that they…
An IoT botnet was partly behind Friday's massive DDOS attack
Malware that can build botnets out of IoT devices was at least partly responsible for a massive distributed denial-of-service attack…