Kim Dotcom Gears Up for MEGA Launch
Almost a year to the day after the original Megaupload was shut down by the FBI, fugitive internet tycoon Kim Dotcom is getting ready to launch the second coming of his file-sharing site from…
Phishing Sites Use Whitelisting Technology To Keep Out Unwanted Targets
One of the favorite tactics of businesses is to use ‘whitelisting’ to keep malicious visitors at bay, but now it looks as if cybercriminals have turned the tables on them, employing the same tactics…
How Europe Expansion Could Benefit AT&T, Since that T-Mobile Merger Failed
By Saroj Kar
As part of its strategy towards external growth internationally, top U.S. telecom AT&T is considering the purchase of British or Dutch telecom operators. The Wall Street Journal reported the news, citing sources close to the…
Re-imagining Big Data in 2013: Predictions for Mobile, IT and More
By Guest Author
For big data, 2012 was either the year of recognition as the future of computing OR the year of overhyping. Companies such as Salesforce.com, Adobe and Oracle all make major investments and announcements regarding their…
Stux-NOT – No Evidence in Power Plant Shutdown of State-Sponsored Effort Yet
Reports that came out today of the virus that shut down an unnamed power plant can not be necessarily associated with a state-sponsored attack at this point. While no doubt a significant and critical…
Botnets are Spreading Fast–Reveals the Global Botnet Map
By Isha Suri
We all hate botnets and the worst part is that there is not enough we can do about it. In fact, they are spreading fast, more than ever! And this is quite evident from…
Meg Whitman Reportedly Considering Bids on HP Assets
Several investment bankers are willing to write Meg Whitman a check in exchange for some of Hewlett-Packard’s underperforming subsidiaries, an anonymous insider tipped off Bloomberg this week. “The company has seen an increase in…
Sly Inaugural App is After Your Data – Breaking Analysis
On Monday, the Presidential Inaugural Committee released a free mobile app for attendees of President Barack Obama’s inauguration, which will be held on January 21. The app provides a schedule of events, maps, volunteer…
Building Big Data: How Facebook’s Graph Search Was Born
Facebook’s revolutionary search strategy, Graph Search, represents an intriguing marriage of Big Data and social networking that should allow people and businesses to connect in dozens of new and exciting ways. In case you…
Hackers Attack Mexican Defense Ministry Website
By Isha Suri
An Anonymous Mexican group has hacked the Mexican Defense Ministry website, posting a manifesto from the Zapatista rebel group. The manifesto was up on the website for two hours in front of a black…