Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Chimera ransomware keys leaked by rival gang as cyber-turf wars heat up

By Mike Wheatley Jul 29, 2016

The ransomware business has gotten so profitable and so competitive that rival gangs are now sabotaging each other in a bid to secure more victims for themselves. As revealed this week, the creators of the Mischa…

HERE Maps rebrands as HERE WeGo, adds new route planning features

By Mike Wheatley Jul 28, 2016

HERE Maps, considered by many to be the only serious rival to Google Maps, will no longer be known as “Maps” after deciding to rebrand itself. As of today, the app will now be…

The UAE outlaws VPNs and proxies under threat of stiff fines and jail time

By Mike Wheatley Jul 28, 2016

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has apparently outlawed the use of VPNs and secure proxy services in the country via a new royal edict. Anyone caught using a VPN could potentially be jailed and…

The unstoppable rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service

By Mike Wheatley Jul 28, 2016

Security vendor Trend Micro Inc. has shined its spotlight on a worrying new trend in so-called ransomware – malware that uses encryption to lock up user’s files before demanding a ransom (usually in Bitcoin)…

Dropbox ramps up its enterprise appeal ahead of expected IPO

By Mike Wheatley Jul 28, 2016

Cloud storage vendor Dropbox Inc. is stepping up its enterprise push in order to get more profitable ahead of an expected initial public offering of stock, adding a set of new business-oriented features to…

Databricks ships out “easier, faster, smarter” Apache Spark 2.0

By Mike Wheatley Jul 27, 2016

The immensely popular open-source cluster computing framework Apache Spark has just reached version 2.0, according to an announcement by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) yesterday. Spark’s incredible popularity means it’s become one of the…

Drone delivery startup Flirtey flies first ever Slurpee to a customer’s home

By Mike Wheatley Jul 27, 2016

As Amazon.com Inc., illustrated yesterday when it announced its moving its drone testing operations to the U.K., the U.S. lags behind other nations in the field due to strict regulations implemented by the Federal…

DataStax injects a graph database into DSE 5.0 release

By Mike Wheatley Jul 27, 2016

DataStax Inc. yesterday announced the general availability of DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 5.0, its database for cloud applications that’s based on the open-source NoSQL database, Apache Cassandra. DataStax’s software, which the company describes as “always…

Mirantis spearheads effort to deploy OpenStack on Docker containers

By Mike Wheatley Jul 27, 2016

The upstart OpenStack vendor Mirantis Inc. has said it’s teaming up with Google and Intel to advance the development of Fuel, a lifecycle management tool, so that OpenStack can be deployed in containers. The…

Amazon to carry out Prime Air delivery drone tests in the U.K.

By Mike Wheatley Jul 26, 2016

With the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration refusing to budge on its strict requirement that commercially operated drones must fly within the operator’s line of sight at all times, Amazon.com Inc., has announced plans to…

Mike Wheatley

Chimera ransomware keys leaked by rival gang as cyber-turf wars heat up

HERE Maps rebrands as HERE WeGo, adds new route planning features

The UAE outlaws VPNs and proxies under threat of stiff fines and jail time

The unstoppable rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service

Dropbox ramps up its enterprise appeal ahead of expected IPO

Databricks ships out “easier, faster, smarter” Apache Spark 2.0

Drone delivery startup Flirtey flies first ever Slurpee to a customer’s home

DataStax injects a graph database into DSE 5.0 release

Mirantis spearheads effort to deploy OpenStack on Docker containers

Amazon to carry out Prime Air delivery drone tests in the U.K.

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