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Cyberthreat Weekly: Blizzard Warns Cheaters, Last.fm Passwords Leaked, Internet Security Lessons from the Kobayashi Maru and More…
The cyberspace has experienced a myriad of nasty things since its commencement and there appears to be no signs of stopping. In fact, the chain of attacks is just getting started and we have to brace ourselves for more to come. Our roundup of stories for the in the internet security space this week speaks ...
Cyberthreat Weekly: Flame Virus Discovery and More Reports of Cyber Breaches
The digital age has only made its ingress but the world has seen a great deal of nasty viruses infecting computers. The most recent one –and perhaps the most lethal – is Flame virus. It was detected by Russian security researchers from Kaspersky Labs, infecting units in Iran and other MidEast countries. Flame gathered private ...
Future Big Data: Devices That Can See Through Walls
No, I’m not way too deluded with sci-fi movies or superhero flicks that I’m talking about this now. It’s more like these technologies are on their way or are already available in the market to change our lives forever. In our big data series today, we’re going to tackle these amazing gadgets and technologies that ...
Strange Big Data: Humans vs. Machines
Alongside the rise of technology spreads the dilemma that computers might one day take over and enslave humanity. That may sound a bit beyond the pale but perhaps it can actually happen like we’ve seen in sci-fi movies such as The Matrix, Blade Runner, and Space Odyssey. But before we all lose our nerves thinking ...
Cyberthreat Weekly Roundup: Bitcoin Compromised, Celebrity Death Spawns New Malware, and FBI Getting Wary over Cyber Threats
The cyberspace is a vast territory that is yet to be fully explored, and it will take us a very long time before we can say that we know it well. For now, let’s just deal with hackers and hacktivists doing their thing, breaching through some of the internet’s tightest security setups.
Cyberthreat Weekly: CISPA Passes House, New Hacker Group, Android Malware on the Rise, and More
The cyber space isn’t going to run out of surprises for us; not back then, not now, not ever. Here’s SiliconAngle’s cybersecurity roundup for the week.
Future of Data Storage and Supercomputing: See-Thru Silicon & Diamond Quantum Computers
If you think about the possibilities of the future, you can pretty much say that our advancements have just begun. There’s still so much more to look forward to, and what happens in science fictions may not be so farfetched after all.
Cyberthreat Weekly: CISPA, Malware Attacks and New Breaches into the US Government
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (or CISPA) is in the air and while it looks like the Congress is finally taking cybersecurity really seriously, this law has an oppressive aura pretty much like that of SOPA and that doesn’t look too good. According to Electronic Frontier Foundation, CISPA is written vaguely and it may ...
Technology Makes Higher Education More Affordable for Students
Poor management is one of the reasons why people tend to miss dues during debt repayment processes and get soaring high interest rates at the end of the day. In order to avoid this unsightly cycle of debt bulking up like crazy, developers created smartphone apps and mobile websites that will help users track debt ...
The American Economy in Big Data Terms
The American economy is yet to recover from recession with millions of people still jobless to date. Major corporations are also on a heyday cutting off jobs recently. However, statistics shows that perhaps America’s actual problem is not the lack of money but the uneven distribution thereof.