Security
Security | News, how-tos, features, reviews, and videos
It's time to block Windows Automatic Updating
Patch Tuesday’s tomorrow, which means today offers an excellent opportunity to make sure your machine is braced for impact. Here’s your step-by-step guide to blocking patches as they come out the chute, so you can install them...
How to stay as private as possible on Apple's iPad and iPhone
How to use the tools Apple has given you to protect your privacy on an iOS device.
Microsoft: Watch out for zero days; deferred patches, not so much
Yesterday’s Blue Hat IL presentation from MSRC shows that, in 2017-18, the threat from zero days far exceeds the threat of delaying patches by 30 days. Moreover, the vast majority of zero days are used in targeted attacks, not in...
Get TotalAV Essential AntiVirus for $19.99 (80% off)
TotalAV works in harmony with all existing softwares already installed on your device, providing an unrivaled one-two punch of protection and performance maintenance for PC and Mac users alike.
Why Apple is disabling Safari’s Do Not Track feature
Apple's decision to get rid of the ‘Do Not Track’ setting in its Safari browser is absolutely correct.
The January Windows and Office patches are good to go
There are some rather obscure issues, but by and large, now’s a very good time to get Windows and Office caught up on patching. If you want to avoid Win10 1809 for now, block it. Watch out for the, uh, edge cases, and patch away.
It's a hack!
A few years after Y2K, this pilot fish has overall responsibility for his company's website -- which is why the frantic CEO emails him to say the website has been hacked.
What is blockchain? The complete guide
The much-hyped distributed ledger technology (DLT) has the potential to eliminate huge amounts of record-keeping, save money, streamline supply chains and disrupt IT in ways not seen since the internet arrived.
Get 140+ Hours Of CompTIA Certification Training For $59 (90% Off)
Knowing how to build, grow, and manage Internet Technology firms, departments, and facilities helps you take charge in today's challenging and lucrative IT environments. Lifetime access to the Complete CompTIA Certification Training...
Apple’s Group FaceTime: A place for spies?
Apple has disabled Group FaceTime following discovery of a flaw that could potentially let people hear audio from other people’s devices without permission.
Sharding: What it is and why many blockchain protocols rely on it
Sharding could be the key to allowing blockchains to scale, while maintaining the privacy and security features that make the distributed ledger technology so hot. But there are hurdles that need to be addressed.
Get 3 Years of NordVPN Service for Just $2.99 Per Month - Deal Alert
Safeguard yourself against snoops, and access blocked content with this no-log VPN service. NordVPN is just $2.99 per month for 3 years, if you sign up right now.
'We need new privacy laws,' urges Apple CEO Tim Cook
Apple CEO Tim Cook is urging government regulation to regulate shady data brokers and to protect user privacy.
Start-up Devvio claims its blockchain can handle 8M transactions a second
The new blockchain protocol, Devv, was demoed at CES; backers say it outperforms other distributed ledger technologies and traditional financial networks such as VisaNet. Analysts are skeptical.
How to create and open compressed files on iPhone, iPad
Many enterprises rely on zip files to exchange data, particularly confidential data. So, how can you move beyond the limits of iOS?
Enterprise iPhones will soon be able to use security dongles
It will be possible to enhance iPhone security with hardware-based physical authentication dongles.
Details, details
IT security team at this university gets a rude awakening: Somebody is using one of their servers to launch denial-of-service attacks -- and that's not the worst of it.
![Computerworld - Mingis on Tech - video podcast teaser [3x2/1800x1200]](https://images.techhive.com/images/article/2017/02/cw_audio_teaser_mingis_on_tech_3x2_primary_1800x1200-100710181-small.3x2.jpg)
Mingis on Tech: As blockchain hype cools, a 'trough of disillusionment' for 2019?
A year ago, blockchain aficionados were all but declaring the distributed ledger technology would be bigger than the internet. Maybe so, but not yet. So where does blockchain go from here?
Top 4 enterprise tech trends to watch in 2019
Security, AI, cloud computing and blockchain are all expected to see significant advances this year.
![Slack logo/wordmark [2019]](https://images.idgesg.net/images/article/2019/01/slack_logo_wordmark_2019_3x2-100785482-small.3x2.jpg){kind=logo}
-
White Paper
-
White Paper
-
Video/Webcast
Sponsored -
White Paper
-
Solution Brief
Sponsored
What Readers Like
BrandPosts
Learn more-
Sponsored by Huawei
Sponsored Links