Day: December 18, 2019

Why Cloud, Collaboration Breed Insider Threats

Many employees don’t follow company security policies when they use handy productivity tools. …read more Source:: Threatpost


The IoT wars are over, maybe? Amazon, Apple, Google give up on smart-home domination dreams, agree to develop common standards

The bad news: You may have to buy all new kit if you want things to work After years of trying and failing to dominate the smart home market with their own standards, tech giants Amazon, Apple and Google have finally agreed to work on a set of common code that will allow smart home…


Drive safer when you add this $299 night-vision display to your car – CNET

Back in stock! Normally $499, this impressive new product lights up the night for drivers. …read more Source:: CNet


Hackaday Superconference: Nick Poole On Boggling The Boardhouse

By now we are all used to the role of the printed circuit board in artwork, because of the burgeoning creativity in the conference and unofficial #BadgeLife electronic badge scenes. When the masters of electronic design tools turn their hand to producing for aesthetic rather than technical reasons, the results were always going to be…


Walt Mossberg: Tim Cook’s Apple Had a Great Decade But No New Blockbusters

Veteran tech columnist, who retired two years ago, returns with one story to cap the end of the decade: Apple hasn’t said how many Watches and AirPods it’s sold, but they’re widely believed to be the dominant players in each of their categories and, in the grand Apple tradition, the envy of competitors that scramble…


5 Security Resolutions to Prevent a Ransomware Attack in 2020

Proactively consider tools to detect anomalous behavior, automatically remediate, and segment threats from moving across the network. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Microsoft Issues Out-of-Cycle SharePoint Update

The update repairs vulnerabilities that could lead to very effective phishing messages. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Baby Yoda: Everything we know about The Mandalorian star – CNET

Hot property, he is. Learn about him, you must. …read more Source:: CNet


Bitcoin Was the Best Investment of the Decade

The decade is almost over — and one incredibly volatile investment stood out from all the rest as the best of the 2010s. Want to guess what it was? Bitcoin. From a report: According to a recent report by Bank of America Securities, if you invested $1 in bitcoin at the start of the decade,…


FBI warns against using free WiFi networks while traveling

FBI: Use your phone’s mobile data connection instead. …read more Source:: ZDNet