John Casaretto
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Here’s The Biggest Twitter Hacks of All Time
With all the information it has to offer, hopefully no one is surprise that social media has become more and more ingrained into our society. For many organizations it is the main way of getting information out. Usage on social media networks continues to rise including the fortunes of Twitter, which is second in total ...
Twitter Going Public
Twitter is going public. That’s the news today as the company has filed its S-1 with the SEC. You will soon get your opportunity to own a piece of that Twitter action. The story broke on AllThingsD. Going public is sure to make big news and get a lot of people talking for weeks to ...
Security Expert Bruce Schneier on iPhone 5S Biometrics
The end of the password – is nowhere near. The new iPhone is not going to make that happen either. That’s because of a fundamental misunderstanding that is rolling out there that the new fingerprint scanning capability on the new iPhone 5S is an elevated level of security that no one has ever done before. ...
Dell Officially Private after $25B Buyout
Reports are coming in that Michael Dell has gained control of Dell, taking it private in a $25 billion dollar buyout. As reported on The Verge, the buyout was expected for some time and had been very close to being fully approved in July of this year. A series of postponements delayed that decision, after ...
Why The New iPhone 5S Fingerprint Sensor Will Never Replace Passwords
There’s a ton of buzz around the new iPhone’s Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor feature and there’s been a whole lot of speculation that passwords are dead. I even saw the headline on Drudge that said just that. This all seems quite dandy, passwords are a problem right? They’re hard to remember, there’s all these requirements ...
Echopass Cloud-Based Contact Center Earns Industry-First PCI Level 1 Certification
Echopass runs a state of the art cloud-based contact center product that stands apart from any of their competition. The company has announced that they have attained the rigorous PCI DSS Level 1 certification for their product in a major leap for the industry. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) is an information ...
Bullrun: The NSA Backdoor Anti-Encryption Bug Program That Breaks Most Encryption on the Internet
Astonishing and explosive news emerged yesterday yet again from the Snowden files. This is a whopper that is much bigger than PRISM. As reported in the Guardian, the New York Times, and ProPublica, the NSA has the ability to decrypt most of anything that is on the internet. They have done this not through cracking encryption mathematically, ...
AlienVault Raises $26.5M – Expanding its Crowd-Source Cyber Threat Platform
AlienVault is a San Mateo-based security startup that made a major announcement today on their $26.5 million Series D funding led by GGV Capital. Total funding is now about $61 million, and this announcement includes strong participation from new and existing investors. AlienVault is a powerful crowd-source threat intelligence and threat management platform called Unified ...
Cortado Releases Corporate Server 7 with iOS 7 Business Features
From the SiliconANGLE mailbox: App Wrapping, age 2 years, died early this morning at its home after the recent announcement of iOS 7 caused its ultimate death. At a young age, App Wrapping was a favored method of MAM to apply policies to mobile apps. While App Wrapping seemed like a good investment for many ...
Lots of Questions on MS-Nokia Deal
Reactions to Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s mobile business has rocked public opinions, with many who think this is a bad desperation move to those who think it’s a fantastic strategic opportunity. The Wall St reaction so far hasn’t been all that remarkable and that’s because there is much room for debate on either side here. ...