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Applitools lands $31M funding to help market its vision-based software testing tool

By Mike Wheatley Apr 17, 2018

New software development methodologies such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery are growing in popularity with enterprises as they allow them to deliver updates much more quickly than with traditional methods. Now, a startup…

Infra

Ransomware declines as cryptomining hacks surge in the first quarter

By Duncan Riley Apr 17, 2018

Ransomware is becoming passé among hackers as cryptomining hacks surged to become the most popular form of malware detected in the first quarter, according to a new report out today from the Comodo Cybersecurity Threat Research…

Big Data

DataStax says its enterprise-focused Cassandra database is now twice as fast

By Mike Wheatley Apr 17, 2018

DataStax Inc. said today it’s updating its commercial version of the Apache Cassandra database with significant enhancements to performance and ease of use. DataStax Enterprise 6.0 is touted by the company as a high-availability, high-performance…

Infra

US and UK suppliers banned from exporting to Chinese electronics giant ZTE

By James Farrell Apr 16, 2018

The U.S. Commerce Department Monday barred American companies from exporting to Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp. for seven years, while in the U.K. the National Cyber Security Centre has warned that using ZTE…

Infra

McAfee cooks up recipe for cloud attack and a way to guard against poisoning

By Mark Albertson Apr 16, 2018

Are information technology executives prepared to accept that data stored in the cloud will be 75 percent secure? That’s one of the central questions that emerged today on the first day of the RSA…

Emerging Tech

YouTube ICO guru hacked while livestreaming cryptocurrency investment advice

By Duncan Riley Apr 16, 2018

A YouTube guru who pitches initial coin offerings to a surprisingly willing audience has been hacked while livestreaming, the latest in a growing list of cryptocurrency-related heists. Ian Balina, referred to favorably by some…

Cloud

Microsoft doubles down on IoT security with Azure Sphere service

By Mike Wheatley Apr 16, 2018

Microsoft Corp. is expanding its push into silicon chips as part of its new Azure Sphere service that combines a security chip design, a cloud service and — perhaps surprisingly for the creator of…

Infra

Ikea-owned handyman service TaskRabbit offline following ‘cybersecurity incident’

By Duncan Riley Apr 16, 2018

Handyman-for-hire marketplace TaskRabbit Inc., acquired by flat-pack furniture retailer IKEA Group in September, is offline. The company told customers that it’s investigating a “cybersecurity incident.” Exactly what has occurred is not clear at this stage,…

Emerging Tech

Coinbase acquires paid inbox startup Earn.com for $100M+

By Duncan Riley Apr 16, 2018

Coinbase Inc. today said it has acquired Earn.com Inc., a Silicon Valley startup that offers bitcoin payments to users who respond to emails and undertake small tasks. Although the figure on the deal was not…

Big Data

Apache Flink helps Netflix process 3 trillion events every day

By Mark Albertson Apr 16, 2018

The processing demands for a video content service like Netflix Inc. are almost unimaginable. A consumer audience of over 109 million subscribers enjoys 125 million hours of TV and movie content via the online…

the latest

Applitools lands $31M funding to help market its vision-based software testing tool

Ransomware declines as cryptomining hacks surge in the first quarter

DataStax says its enterprise-focused Cassandra database is now twice as fast

US and UK suppliers banned from exporting to Chinese electronics giant ZTE

YouTube ICO guru hacked while livestreaming cryptocurrency investment advice

Microsoft doubles down on IoT security with Azure Sphere service

Ikea-owned handyman service TaskRabbit offline following ‘cybersecurity incident’

Coinbase acquires paid inbox startup Earn.com for $100M+

Apache Flink helps Netflix process 3 trillion events every day

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