Kyt Dotson, Author at SiliconANGLE

Xbox Leads the Personal Cloud to the Living Room with Comcast Cable

By Kyt Dotson Sep 21, 2011

Even two years ago, Microsoft may have realized that videogame consoles are a brilliant stalking horse for bringing influence into the living room. With the set-top-box wars heating up, and the fact that videogame…

Bitcoinica Growing Pains Result in Data Errors

By Kyt Dotson Sep 20, 2011

Last week, I reported on an emerging trading platform for Bitcoin, Bitcoinica, that presented itself as a Forex service and did so without trading any bitcoins with customers. The Bitcoin service runs in the…

Japanese Defense Contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Shakes Virus Infection

By Kyt Dotson Sep 19, 2011

The United States defense contractor community aren’t the only ones suffering under the yolk of cyberattacks—as seen now that Mitsubishi Heavy, Japan’s largest defense contractor, has discovered a multitude of their computers infected with…

Sony Dodges Behind Updated EULA to Avoid Responsibility for Future PSN Security Breaches

By Kyt Dotson Sep 16, 2011

In what feels like a turnaround in taking responsibility, Sony has updated their click-wrap End User License Agreement (EULA, or in this case also the Terms of Service orTOS) for people who use the…

U.S., Australia Tie the Knot with Cyber Mutual Defense Treaty

By Kyt Dotson Sep 15, 2011

The United States and Australia have been close partners for almost 60 years when it comes to warfare since the day they signed into a mutual defense alliance, which now will be extended to…

Windows 8 Will Bundle Native Antivirus, Symantec and McAfee Scream in Horror

By Kyt Dotson Sep 14, 2011

It’s big news for the Microsoft Windows community that native antivirus is going to come pre-installed for out-of-the-box operating systems. Worldwide, Windows machines account for a significant portion of all machines 0wn3ed by various…

An Ugly Week for Certificate Authorities: DigiNotar, GlobalSign, and ComodoHacker Collide

By Kyt Dotson Sep 14, 2011

Certificate Authorities (CAs) make up the backbone of the web of trust for credit card transactions and secure communications between web browsers and web sites. Without this “web of trust” intact, people surfing the…

Bitcoinica Adds a Little Forex Brokerage to the Bitcoin Ecology

By Kyt Dotson Sep 13, 2011

Imagine the bustle of the crowds as traders hustle all around, jostling shoulders and elbows to get noticed by the man with the clipboard, waving their slips as they yell in the din. It’s…

Forum User Passwords Possibly Stolen In Bitcointalk.org Bill Cosby Hack

By Kyt Dotson Sep 12, 2011

Yesterday, Bitcoin enthusiast discussion forum Bitcointalk.org announced that an intruder compromised their forum software and may have had access to the password hashes–but the intruder seemed a lot more interested in plastering Bill Cosby…

DigiNotar Breach and Fraudulent Certificates Investigation Reveals Incompetence

By Kyt Dotson Sep 6, 2011

Last week, we at SiliconANGLE reported on a hack that struck at the root of the certificate authority that keeps the web safe came under significant attack. A certificate authority registrar, DigiNotar, lost control…

Kyt Dotson

Japanese Defense Contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Shakes Virus Infection

Sony Dodges Behind Updated EULA to Avoid Responsibility for Future PSN Security Breaches

U.S., Australia Tie the Knot with Cyber Mutual Defense Treaty

Windows 8 Will Bundle Native Antivirus, Symantec and McAfee Scream in Horror

An Ugly Week for Certificate Authorities: DigiNotar, GlobalSign, and ComodoHacker Collide

Forum User Passwords Possibly Stolen In Bitcointalk.org Bill Cosby Hack

DigiNotar Breach and Fraudulent Certificates Investigation Reveals Incompetence

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