2017-05-12 18:53
England hospitals hit by coordinated ransomware attack
Hospitals across England have fallen victim to what appears to be a coordinated ransomware attack that has affected facilities diverting patients to hospitals not hit by the malware.
2017-05-12 17:08
New ransomware Jaff demands $3,700 payments
Attackers behind the highly successful Locky and Bart ransomware campaigns have returned with a new creation: A malicious file-encrypting program called Jaff that asks victims for payments of around $3,700.
2017-05-12 14:49
Germany will allow self-driving, but not driverless, cars on its roads
Add Germany to the list of places where businesses can test their self-driving cars on the open road -- as long as they have a driver sitting at the wheel ready to take control at any time.
2017-05-12 13:00
Mixed reviews for Trump’s Executive Order on cybersecurity
The reviews of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order (EO) on cybersecurity were coming in within hours of its signing yesterday afternoon, and they were most definitely mixed.
2017-05-12 12:52
Hands on with Microsoft's Story Remix, the new tool to make your photos pop
Microsoft’s Story Remix is what happens when someone who suffered through too many dull slideshows of vacation photos thinks about what they could do better.
2017-05-12 12:21
3D printing, married to traditional metal casting, could reshape manufacturing
Autodesk has partnered with a Michigan foundry in a 3D printing proof-of-concept project that resulted in a new magnesium commercial airline seat frame so light it could save an airline more than $200 million in fuel costs.
2017-05-12 12:01
A third of virtual servers are zombies
New research finds that 25% of all physical servers -- and 30% of all virtual servers -- are comatose. These are systems that have no activity in the last six months.
2017-05-12 07:21
Waymo, Uber dispute referred to US attorney for investigation
A lawsuit by Waymo, alleging the use by rival Uber Technologies of stolen trade secrets relating to autonomous vehicle technology, has been referred by a federal judge to a U.S. attorney, raising the possibility of a criminal prosecution.
2017-05-12 00:49
Certain HP laptops are found recording users' keystrokes
Over two dozen HP laptop models have been secretly recording users’ keystrokes, possibly by mistake, according to a Swiss security firm.
2017-05-11 23:12
Trump pushes US government to the cloud with cybersecurity order
President Donald Trump has finally signed a long-awaited executive order on cybersecurity, and he called for the U.S. government to move more into the cloud and modernize its IT infrastructure.