Kyt Dotson

Kyt Dotson is a Senior Editor at SiliconAngle and works to cover beats surrounding DevOps, security, gaming, and cutting edge technology. Before joining SiliconAngle, Kyt worked as a software engineer starting at Motorola in Q&A to eventually settle at Pets911.com where he helped build a vast database for pet adoption and a lost and found system. Kyt is a published author who writes science fiction and fantasy works that incorporate ideas from modern-day technological innovation and explore the outcome of living with those technologies.

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Japanese Defense Contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Shakes Virus Infection

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

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 viruses. Mitsubishi Heavy builds submarines, components for nuclear …

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

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

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 PlayStation Network that will force those agree into …

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

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

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 include cyberspace as well. The treaty from 60 …

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

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

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 worms and viruses that generate zombies for botnets; …

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

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

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 web cannot really trust that their credentials, confidential …

Bitcoinica Adds a Little Forex Brokerage to the Bitcoin Ecology

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

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 not the 1940s on Wall Street anymore and …

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

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

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 all over in a forum prank. The attack …

DigiNotar Breach and Fraudulent Certificates Investigation Reveals Incompetence

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

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 of its servers and an attacker became able …

Anonymous Strikes Back: The Texan Sheriff HD Edition

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

Members of the hactivist collective, Anonymous, have been busy little chrome rats chewing on the insulation of the walls of the Internet and recently they released a data dump of law enforcement e-mails lining their nest. In a Pastebin release entitled with …

Wyse CEO Tarkan Maner Makes Plans to Disrupt the PC Paradigm

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

John Furrier and Dave Vellante brought Tarkan Maner, CEO of Wyse into theCube at VMworld 2011. and interviewed him about the direction Wyse is taking with their new products and what he sees happening with the PC and services market. Especially with …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from 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

Anonymous Strikes Back: The Texan Sheriff HD Edition

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