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Not all that long ago, tech pundits were convinced that by 2020 the personal computer as we know it would be extinct. You can even… Read More »The PC was supposed to die a decade ago

After years of countless reviews, discussions, and code rewrites, Linus Torvalds approved on Saturday a new security feature for the Linux kernel, named “lockdown.” The… Read More »Linux kernel ‘lockdown’ feature

Cisco has disclosed over a dozen high-severity vulnerabilities affecting the widely deployed Cisco IOS and IOS XE network automation software, including a nasty one affecting… Read More »Cisco warning

Ramsomware continues to be one of the biggest menaces on the internet. Clicking on the wrong link could be enough to set off a sequence… Read More »Avoiding Ransomware

There’s an urgent need for NATO and its member countries to address the cybersecurity of space-based satellite control systems because they’re vulnerable to cyberattacks –… Read More »Space Cyberwarfare

Google is rolling out new security features to help organizations halt email as the attack vector for ransomware. While mass ransomware attacks have become less… Read More »G Suite gains more phishing protections

Firefox maker Mozilla will kill off support for RSS and Atom feeds in this December’s release of Firefox 64. Along with dropping RSS and Atom… Read More »Mozilla Cuts RSS Support in Firefox 64

There comes a time in every news cycle when we need (once again, in an apparently never-ending process) to educate over-enthusiastic and somewhat less-than-informed journalists about the laws pertaining to White House email.Read More »White House email rules

September 15, 2018 by Catalin Cimpanu   A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in the WebKit rendering engine used by Safari that crashes and… Read More »WebKit rendering engine vulnerability

A boom in machine-learning applications continues to drive up the popularity of 27-year-old Python, so much that it could soon outrank 33-year-old C++ on TIOBE’s programming language index.Read More »Python’s Popularity