Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

NSA planned to discredit Muslim radicalizers by spying on their porn habits

By Mike Wheatley Nov 28, 2013

Leaks involving the NSA’s massive surveillance campaign keep on coming, with the latest being that government spooks collected evidence of online sexual activity and visits to pornographic websites as part of a plan to…

Google goes to war on YouTube comment spam

By Mike Wheatley Nov 27, 2013

Amidst the rising anger from YouTube users over Google’s decision to integrate Google+ with its comments feature, the company has announced new measures to combat the deluge of spam that’s arisen as a result…

Who needs Big Data scientists? Pretty soon, there’ll be an app for that

By Mike Wheatley Nov 27, 2013

With all the hype around Big Data, one of the most pressing concerns for organizations is finding qualified data scientists who’re able to translate that mish-mash of numbers into something that makes sense –…

Microsoft plans to kill off Windows RT + merge it with Windows Phone

By Mike Wheatley Nov 26, 2013

You may not realize it but there’s actually three flavors of the Windows operating system, which can run on a variety of different devices, namely Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Phone. If you…

BIPS Bitcoin exchange cleaned out in $990K virtual heist

By Mike Wheatley Nov 26, 2013

Bank robbery can be such a hassle these days, what with all the security measures in place like time locks on vaults, dye and CCTV cameras everywhere, not too mention the need for weapons,…

Safeplug delivers Tor-in-a-box for anonymous web surfing

By Mike Wheatley Nov 25, 2013

Tor, the privacy network that’s used by everyone from criminals and activitists to the US intelligence services and the supremely paranoid, has just been repackaged for the mass market. Available in the shape of…

Inside the DNA of Big Data: The future of medicine & storage

By Mike Wheatley Nov 25, 2013

As Big Data gets even bigger, we’re going to need more elaborate ways of storing it than current technology allows. One idea that’s been floated about before is using DNA as a means of…

Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto ‘linked’ to the Silk Road

By Mike Wheatley Nov 25, 2013

The mysterious entity that is Satoshi Nakamoto is best known as being the person (or persons) behind the creation of the Bitcoin digital currency, but now a new report suggests that he (or she)…

Silk Road owner ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’ accused of two new murder attempts

By Mike Wheatley Nov 22, 2013

Ross Ulbricht, AKA Dread Pirate Roberts, the man accused of being behind the infamous Silk Road online black market, has been charged with ordering an additional four murders on his enemies, according to a…

Stuxnet’s evil twin highlights the very real threat of cyber-warfare

By Mike Wheatley Nov 21, 2013

Knowledge of the deadly Stuxnet worm that wreaked havoc with Iran’s nuclear infrastructure has been public for more than three years now, but cybersecurity experts continue to stumble upon new revelations – with the…

Mike Wheatley

NSA planned to discredit Muslim radicalizers by spying on their porn habits

Google goes to war on YouTube comment spam

Who needs Big Data scientists? Pretty soon, there’ll be an app for that

Microsoft plans to kill off Windows RT + merge it with Windows Phone

BIPS Bitcoin exchange cleaned out in $990K virtual heist

Safeplug delivers Tor-in-a-box for anonymous web surfing

Inside the DNA of Big Data: The future of medicine & storage

Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto ‘linked’ to the Silk Road

Silk Road owner ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’ accused of two new murder attempts

Stuxnet’s evil twin highlights the very real threat of cyber-warfare

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