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How to secure your open source code

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 9:20pm CEST par Mike Pittenger

It’s an open source world. Black Duck and Northbridge’s recent 2016 Future of Open Source Survey found that 78 percent of the over 1300 respondent companies said they run open source software. The number is likely much higher. Black Duck finds open source software (OSS) in over 95 percent of the applications we analyze for clients. It’s easy to understand why. Open source adds needed functionality while lowering development costs and accelerating time to market. But securing and managing open source code still remains a challenge for many organizations. And with use increasing, open source vulnerabilities are also on the rise. Since… [Continue Reading]
Going out of business: An important, but forgotten security precaution

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 9:14pm CEST par Paul Henry

It takes a lot to launch a business in today’s competitive landscape. Unfortunately, not all find success and some end up shutting their doors for good. A company could be going through a merger or acquisition, as is the case with Office Depot, which is in the process of closing up to 400 locations following its 2013 merger with OfficeMax. Of course, there’s another reason -- a company could be facing mounting debts and a decline in sales. That’s what is happening to the once popular fashion retailer American Eagle, which has seen its net income take a huge dip… [Continue Reading]
Samsung tells users to just say no to Windows 10 upgrades

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 8:54pm CEST par Alan Buckingham

A lot has been said about Windows 10, Microsoft's latest operating system. That's both good and bad because, while it's an improvement over the previous 8.x offering, the company is trying hard to foist the new OS upon users. Really hard. To the point that it has led to embarrassing high-profile situations. Undaunted, the company continues with its strategy, but now one hardware maker is telling its users to say no to the nagging messages. Samsung is advising customers that its drivers just don't work with the new desktop OS and that they should avoid installing it. This is after… [Continue Reading]
Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition processor has 10 cores and 4 channel DDR4-2400 RAM

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 7:11pm CEST par Brian Fagioli

When it comes to building a PC, there are many directions you can go. Of course, the most important question you must ask is, what are you going to do with it? Ideally, you don't want to pay for more than you need. If you will just be surfing the web, you probably don't need a hardcore GPU and 32GB of RAM. With that said, some folks with money will just buy the best regardless. If you can afford it, hey, why not? Today, Intel announces its Broadwell-E line, including its fastest processor ever, the new Core i7 Extreme Edition i7-6950X.… [Continue Reading]
How to zoom into infinity in any photo in iOS

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 6:27pm CEST par Wayne Williams

Occasionally in the past I’ve tried to zoom further into a photo on my phone than is allowed by iOS. It’s usually to try and read some text, or identify a particular object in the background. I’ve often wished there was a way to go beyond the fixed zoom set in the Photos app, and it turns out there is. It’s not a feature, but rather a bug that gives you the ability to zoom into infinity (and beyond!), but it works well and it's easy to do. The trick, like any good trick, involves a little setting up first.… [Continue Reading]
Three steps to BYOD bliss

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 6:21pm CEST par Adam Jaques

BYOD has now become so prevalent that 29 percent of UK secondary schools are now operating some sort of BYOD policy including asking students to bring their own devices. While the enterprise world has been talking about BYOD for years, it’s this kind of mainstream use that confirms BYOD as a way of life, and of business. While there are clear benefits in terms of productivity for example, unfortunately, security still remains a key concern. In order to take advantage of the potential benefits and avoid the security risks, organizations need to do three core things: develop a robust BYOD… [Continue Reading]
Dell unveils new Windows 10 Inspiron laptops, including world's first 17-inch 2-in-1

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 6:15pm CEST par Brian Fagioli

Computex 2016 is in full-effect, and news from the event is coming fast and furiously. Windows 10 laptops are a big part of the announcements, and consumers have a lot to be happy about. Not only are many of the new machines thin and beautiful, but powerful too. Windows OEMs are finally understanding the wants of consumers, and delivering the notebooks they have long desired. Today, Dell announces its new line of Inspiron laptops, and they look fabulous. Featuring Skylake processors and multiple chassis color options, consumers should be able to find a machine that both meets their needs and is… [Continue Reading]
The challenge of creating high performance, fault tolerant storage [Q&A]

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 5:56pm CEST par Ian Barker

The growth of the Internet of Things, increased reliance on analytics to support decision making, and greater use of video means businesses are storing more and more data. That data has become a crucial asset and storing it so that it's accessible and safe is a major challenge. Solutions from major vendors are costly but data storage operating system specialist RAIDIX has come up with a product that can offer fault tolerance on commodity hardware. We spoke to Sergey Platonov, product owner at RAIDIX to find out more about the solution and why data storage is now a major challenge.… [Continue Reading]
SWIFT hack affects 12 more banks

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 5:51pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Earlier reports of a couple of banks using the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) system being hacked are now paired with new reports saying that additional 12 banks using the same system might have fallen victim to the attack. According to security researchers FireEye, which have been investigating the matter, "numerous" other banks have contacted them, including banks from the Philippines, and New Zealand. Even though the majority of these attacks were thwarted, approximately $81 million made it to the Philippines and ended up at casinos, where its trail is lost. At the same time, SWIFT warns that… [Continue Reading]
Research finds critical out-of-the-box vulnerabilities on big name laptops

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 4:58pm CEST par Ian Barker

When you buy a new PC it inevitably comes with a range of extra software -- bloatware if you will -- ranging from the maker's own updater tools to trials of antivirus and other products. Trusted access provider Duo Security has carried out some research into how this extra software could be making users more vulnerable and invading their privacy. It tested a total of 10 new laptops from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo and found that all the vendors had at least one vulnerability that allowed for a complete compromise of the affected machine. Most of the vulnerabilities… [Continue Reading]
Image to PDF or XPS is a portable PDF creator

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 3:13pm CEST par Mike Williams

Image to PDF or XPS is a compact tool which imports multiple image formats, saving the results to PDF or XPS files. Supported source formats include BMP, GIF, PNG, TIF, WMF, EMF, XPS, JPG, JP2 and J2K files. Your chosen images may be imported via an "Add Files" button, or you can just drag and drop them onto the program window. If the images are very different sizes then this could make for a messy PDF, but the program offers plenty of ways to help. You’re able to define your page size and margins, position images in the center of… [Continue Reading]
Updated solution to improve control over enterprise data use

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 3:03pm CEST par Ian Barker

As organizations rely more and more on data, so keeping it secure and making sure it can only be accessed by the appropriate people becomes increasingly important. To address this, identity and access management company SailPoint is launching an updated version of its SecurityIQ solution that provides an integrated and comprehensive approach to governing all data in the enterprise. SecurityIQ will allow enterprises to manage unstructured data that exists in many different formats and locations. This allows them to meet new challenges to both controlling and governing access to information. For example, compliance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which… [Continue Reading]
Microsoft, don’t be evil

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 2:24pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

Microsoft is like an annoying salesman who pitches a product you don’t want then refuses to leave you alone after getting a loud and clear "No". So, it keeps trying, again, and again, and again, hoping that you will finally make the "right" decision. It does not care why, when or how you do it, just as long as it gets you on the Windows 10 bandwagon. This is the Microsoft of today, a company that risks being in the position of having what I consider to be the best Windows release yet and a user base alienated by its… [Continue Reading]
Tor Browser 6.0 arrives

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 1:42pm CEST par Mike Williams

The Tor Browser team has announced the first stable release of Tor Browser 6.0. This edition adds code-signing for OS X, which should allow Mac users to install Tor without any Gatekeeper hassles. The core Firefox build has been updated to Firefox 45-ESR, and there are similar updates for OpenSSL, HTTPS-Everywhere, Torbutton and more. The updater has gained an extra security layer, now checking the hash of a download file, as well as its signature, before applying it. A long-standing DLL hijacking vulnerability introduced by the NSIS installer has finally been fixed. The official Tor post on the release talks… [Continue Reading]
Hacker offers 427 million MySpace passwords for just $2,800

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 11:29am CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

You know your website isn’t worth much when a database of 427 million stolen login credentials are being sold online for roughly $2,800 (£1,920). Yep, that’s what happened to MySpace over the weekend. But Myspace not being worth much nowadays is not the news. Possibly the biggest login credentials theft, is. Reports say that a hacker going by the name Peace is selling this huge database online, in the dark web marketplace called The Real Deal. He’s asking for six Bitcoin. It is hard to say if the database is legitimate or not. It seems like the person behind this database is the same… [Continue Reading]
Calendar and Countdown: quick and easy task countdowns for Chrome

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 11:14am CEST par Mike Williams

Calendar and Countdown is a free Chrome extension with some handy calendar and task management features. Click C&C’s address bar icon and a full year calendar appears, along with week numbers and links to view different years. If you’ve some major event coming up, click that date and give it a text description and color code. The color code is visible on the calendar, and hovering your mouse over that date displays the text, as a reminder. Set the most important of the dates as your "Primary", and Calendar and Countdown’s icon displays a countdown of the days until it’s… [Continue Reading]
CEO falls for email scam, loses $47 million

Publié: mai 31, 2016, 7:17am CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

An airplane parts manufacturer has fired its CEO after the poor guy got scammed, costing the company €42 million ($47 million). "In the supervisory board meeting, held on May 24, 2016, Mr. Walter Stephan (CEO) was revoked by the supervisory board as chairman of the management board of FACC AG with immediate effect for important reason. The supervisory board came to the conclusion, that Mr. Walter Stephan has severely violated his duties, in particular in relation to the 'Fake President Incident'. Mr. Robert Machtlinger was appointed as interim CEO of FACC AG". The 'Fake President Incident' the announcement is referring… [Continue Reading]