The time has come for running graphic processing unit chips in the cloud. Virtual machines running GPUs are increasingly being offered by the cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services Inc.’s EC2 P4d, Microsoft Corp.’s Azure N series and Google LLC’s Compute Engine. Some of these instances are very high-powered, designed for the most demanding applications, including ...

Around the turn of the century, there was really just one choice for building business applications: using a server that you owned and that sat in your own data center. Then came the cloud and with it the debate over whether an app would be better run in the cloud or on-premises. As Wikibon Chief ...

The foundational protocols for making email more secure and less of a threat have been in place for almost a decade, yet they remain mostly unused, poorly implemented and largely ineffective. A recent report from Sendlayer shows just how much of a problem that is. We all know that email is terribly insecure. If we get distracted, ...

If all goes well, outer space will have its first capture-the-flag hacking competition later this summer. In early June, a SpaceX Falcon rocket sent into Earth orbit the Moonlighter satellite. It’s the world’s first and only hacking sandbox in space, designed and launched to advance the understanding of cybersecurity for space systems. It was built ...

One of the most powerful pieces of malware began with the efforts of three American teens who were motivated by playing “Minecraft” in 2014. Called Mirai, it would go on to crash Germany’s largest internet provider, knock Dyn’s Domain Name System servers offline and disrupt all of Liberia’s internet connections. “Minecraft” gaming server operators back ...

Dell Technologies Inc. announced today its Project Fort Zero as the latest in a series of its zero-trust networking services and products. The project is a combination of a public/private partnership with the U.S. government and the Maryland Innovation Security Institute’s Dreamport facility along with dozens of supporting companies. Dell will deliver a finished product within the ...

Microsoft today added a collection of new security products to its Azure cloud services, bringing it at feature parity with a number of security providers in the identity and access management market, and providing a new series of secure Azure virtual machine instances. The collection, announced at the company’s Build conference for developers in Seattle ...

The class of malware called infostealers continues to evolve into a more lethal threat. These threats are software that can steal sensitive data from a victim’s computer, typically login details, browser cookies, saved credit cards and other financial information. SiliconANGLE has covered their role in the past in various ransomware and other attacks, including Stealc ...

The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Center last week posted a joint blog with the nation’s regulatory commissioner’s office about the need for better cybersecurity breach transparency. They’re concerned about the unreported incidents, in particular ransomware cases, which are getting more dangerous, more prevalent and more costly. The situation creates a vicious cycle: “If attacks are covered up, the criminals ...

Most of us have been interacting with customer support agents for years. It can be a frustrating experience: Oftentimes the agent knows less than we do about their product or service, calls are dropped or transferred to other agents. About two years ago, I had such a bad experience with AT&T Inc.’s customer support that ...