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Did the NSA know about Heartbleed before everyone else?
One of the first questions asked by many when OpenSSL’s Heartbleed vulnerability first came to light was whether or not the bug may have been put there deliberately, either by national intelligence agencies or some other malicious actor. But even if they didn’t, and it really was an accident, that leaves us to wonder whether ...
Microsoft guns for VMware with updated MVMC 2.0 conversion tool
Microsoft’s virtualization push has been growing for some time already, and yesterday it fired another shot in the direction of VMware users, announcing an updated Virtual Machine Converter that can move virtual machines from ESXi to Hyper-V. That Microsoft wants to win over Vmware users is no secret – last year it pitched a free, ...
The game is up for Windows XP
Windows XP holdouts are now living on borrowed time, with their systems becoming more vulnerable by the day with the end of Microsoft’s support. This means no more security updates and no more protection against new vulnerabilities – in other words, your systems are sat right in the cross-hairs of legions of cybercriminals and other ...
Big Data under attack: Can we really trust it?
Following years of hype about the potential of Big Data, several prominent academics and authors have cast a shadow of doubt upon the concept, questioning just how useful this kind of in-depth data analysis really is. While they don’t dismiss Big Data’s usefulness entirely, the suggestion is we need to rethink exactly what we can ...
Virus Shield: Totally fake security app becomes #1 paid app in Google Play
Well that was pretty embarrassing. Google has been left with egg on its face yet again after it was forced to remove one of its top security apps, following a damning report in Android Police that revealed it to be totally fake. Most readers will be aware of Android’s reputation as a bit of a ...
Dutch + UK governments cling to Windows XP at the cost of millions
People are getting pretty panicky with the end of support for Windows XP now just 24 hours away, but that doesn’t have to be the case, so long as you have a spare few million dollars. And apparently, that’s what the Dutch government had, for it’s just followed the UK’s lead in signing a private ...
NSA leaks: Now you can view all of Snowden’s documents in one place
Since Edward Snowden first stunned the world by lifting the lid on the NSA’s PRISM spying campaign, we’ve seen no end of leaks about the different ways it’s been gathering intelligence on the world’s internet users. Most of these revelations have been made via news organizations like The Guardian, and those who’ve been following the ...
End of support for Windows XP can’t come soon enough for the BOSS
Everyone’s getting worked up about the coming end of support for Windows XP and the expense this might involve, but over in India they’ve come up with a very simple solution to this problem. In order to sidestep the numerous vulnerabilities that are about to be exposed in Windows XP, the Indian state of Tamil ...
Brendan Eich’s departure shows us why Mozilla isn’t nearly as ‘open & tolerant’ as it claims
And so embattled Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich has finally thrown in the towel, resigning from the job he only took up last month. His decision to quit followed an uproar over his controversial backing of legislation that would have outlawed same-sex marriage in California, something that detractors felt was unforgivable. Mozilla’s executive chairwoman Mitchell Baker ...
Microsoft woos developers with Visual Studio Online
Microsoft has finally realized that there’s a growing crowd of developers and techies who just don’t do Windows anymore. Case in point – last week’s rebranding of Windows Azure, now called Microsoft Azure. If you thought this was just a superficial change, you’re wrong, for Azure isn’t the only bit of software that’s moving away ...