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New ‘StoatWaffle’ malware auto‑executes attacks on developers

The newly observed malware abuses VS Code’s “runOn:folderOpen” feature to execute automatically from trusted projects, enabling near-frictionless compromise.

By Shweta Sharma

Mar 24, 20263 mins

DeveloperMalwareSecurity

Flash Player remains target of choice for exploit kits

A recent report finds that six of the top 10 vulnerabilities target Flash Player as cybercriminals take advantage of irregular and slow patching schedules

By Fahmida Rashid

Dec 7, 2016 5 mins

Endpoint Protection Patch Management Software Security

Slack to deepen integration with Google Drive, in face of Microsoft Teams debut

G Suite users will be able to pair Google's Team Drive with Slack channels, and use bots to approve file-sharing requests from within Slack

By Blair Frank

Dec 7, 2016 2 mins

Cloud Storage Small and Medium Business Software Development

Trump’s plan for protecting IT jobs raises hopes, fears

Incoming administration may be setting up a three-pronged attack on offshore outsourcing

By Patrick Thibodeau

Dec 7, 2016 6 mins

Careers IT Jobs Technology Industry

Malicious online ads expose millions to possible hack

The attack campaign, called Stegano, has been spreading from malicious ads hosted by news websites

By Michael Kan

Dec 7, 2016 2 mins

Hacking Security Technology Industry

US Supreme Court leaves gap in Samsung-Apple patent ruling

The court did not provide guidance on a test for 'article of manufacture' for determining damages

By John Ribeiro

Dec 7, 2016 4 mins

Intellectual Property Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Cloud convenience is killing the open source database

Thanks to stalwarts like MySQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra, the database realm has been a haven for open source — but the cloud is changing all that

By Matt Asay

Dec 7, 2016 4 mins

Amazon.com Databases Open Source

PHP 7 user migrations are well underway

A survey by PHP vendor Zend finds that only 14 percent of users don't plan to move to version 7 of the server-side web development language

By Paul Krill

Dec 7, 2016 3 mins

PHP Software Development Web Development

IBM Bluemix wants to take the drudgery out of devops

IBM's Bluemix Continuous Delivery offers reusable workflows for devops, with familiar services like GitHub and Slack as part of the plan

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 6, 2016 2 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Technology Industry

IBM Watson steps into real-world cybersecurity

Watson for Cyber Security is a beta program that introduces IBM's machine learning technology to real-world security environments

By Fahmida Rashid

Dec 6, 2016 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence Security Technology Industry

IBM building blockchain ecosystem

To help build an ecosystem around IBM Blockchain and the Linux Foundation Hyperledger Fabric, Big Blue is offering a revenue-sharing program, along with tools and expert support

By Thor Olavsrud

Dec 6, 2016 4 mins

Open Source Technology Industry

Enterprises face Windows 10 support deadlines as service model kicks into gear

Rapid release tempo also means rapid retirement cadence

By Gregg Keizer

Dec 6, 2016 5 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

WD will make a record-breaking 14TB hard drive available next year

WD is now shipping a 14TB version of its helium-infused hard drive to customers for testing

By Agam Shah

Dec 6, 2016 2 mins

Technology Industry

Move over Memcached and Redis, here comes Netflix’s Hollow

Netflix's new Java-powered data caching system promises to speed access to local data sets and aid developers building on top of that data

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 6, 2016 3 mins

Databases Development Tools Java

Dropbox boosts mobile productivity with offline folder support

Users will soon be able to save key files for use later on their smartphones and tablets

By Blair Frank

Dec 6, 2016 2 mins

Cloud Storage Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Here’s how the Windows 10 Creators Update helps enterprises

New features include enhanced security, analytics, and device management

By Blair Frank

Dec 6, 2016 4 mins

Careers Security Small and Medium Business

Supreme Court kills $399M patent award against Samsung in Apple case

A lower court incorrectly awarded damages based on the whole smartphone, not the patented pieces, justices say

By Grant Gross

Dec 6, 2016 2 mins

Intellectual Property Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

App developers not ready for iOS transport security requirements

Many iOS apps opt out of Apple's App Transport Security (ATS) feature or deliberately weaken it

By Lucian Constantin

Dec 6, 2016 4 mins

Encryption Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Microsoft’s new Zo chatbot dodges politics, doesn’t always make sense

The bot takes another shot at imitating a young woman on the internet

By Blair Frank

Dec 6, 2016 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Technology Industry

AT&T means business with a 5G trial at Intel

The carrier believes its month-long test will be the first for a business in the U.S.

By Stephen Lawson

Dec 6, 2016 3 mins

AT&T Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Obama’s cybersecurity plan faces uncertainty with Trump

The Obama-backed commission has come up with a variety of recommendations to improve the country's cybersecurity problems

By Michael Kan

Dec 6, 2016 4 mins

Hacking Security Technology Industry

How Amazon’s AI-powered store might work its magic

Amazon Go is billed as a checkout-free store powered by AI and machine learning. Here's what might be going on behind the shelves

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 6, 2016 4 mins

Amazon.com Artificial Intelligence Technology Industry

Lift language opens the door to cross-platform parallelism

A project sponsored in part by Google aims to allow algorithms to be optimized to get the most out of whatever hardware it runs on

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 6, 2016 2 mins

Development Tools Open Source Technology Industry

New PHP release brings another speed boost

Version 7.1.0 of the language also backs nullable types

By Paul Krill

Dec 6, 2016 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Python up, C still down in language popularity

The two languages take divergent paths in the Tiobe and PyPL popularity indexes, with Python getting a spike thanks to AI while C founders due to lack of major support

By Paul Krill

Dec 5, 2016 3 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Chrome bug triggered errors on websites using Symantec SSL certificates

The bug affected Chrome on all platforms, as well as the WebView component on Android

By Lucian Constantin

Dec 5, 2016 3 mins

Encryption Privacy Technology Industry

IT job growth in 2016 was at a three-year low

The total number of IT jobs created this year is shaping up to be less than half of what it was in the boom year of 2014

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 5, 2016 3 mins

Careers IT Jobs Technology Industry

4 likely future twists for Python

What does the future hold for Python, aside from new versions of the language? Let's check the crystal ball

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 5, 2016 4 mins

Development Tools Open Source Software Development

Slim, speedy Svelte framework puts JavaScript on a diet

The framework removes abstractions in order to produce vanilla JavaScript that runs much faster, particularly on mobile devices

By Paul Krill

Dec 2, 2016 2 mins

JavaScript Software Development

Researchers find a way bypass the iOS activation lock

The researchers crashed the lock screen by inserting long strings in the Wi-Fi configuration settings

By Lucian Constantin

Dec 2, 2016 2 mins

Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Google goes ‘fuzzy’ to combat insecure software

Google's new OSS-Fuzz initiative tests key open source software projects at scale, so you won't have to

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 2, 2016 3 mins

App Testing Development Tools Technology Industry

Remote management app exposes millions of Android users to hacking

Man-in-the-middle attackers could exploit an AirDroid flaw to execute malicious code on devices

By Lucian Constantin

Dec 2, 2016 4 mins

Hacking Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

How to find out if your iPhone 6s is eligible for free battery replacement

Certain Apple iPhone 6s devices shutting down even though battery life indicator shows 30 percent

By Bob Brown

Dec 2, 2016 2 mins

Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

AWS looks to take the drudge work out of data analysis

At re:Invent, company unveils AWS Glue, a new service designed to be a fully managed data catalog and ETL system

By Sharon Gaudin

Dec 2, 2016 2 mins

Amazon.com Analytics Web Development

What happens when a country cracks down on fake news? Ask China

Year after year, China has arrested internet users for posting fake online rumors

By Michael Kan

Dec 2, 2016 4 mins

Technology Industry

NetSuite goes global under Oracle’s flag

The cloud-based software company can now serve more countries and integrate its products with Oracle services

By Stephen Lawson

Dec 2, 2016 3 mins

Cloud Computing SaaS Technology Industry

Mysteries of the GPU in Apple’s iPhone 7 are unlocked

Apple's GPU in the A10 Fusion chip used in the iPhone 7 is based on the same architecture used in the A9 chip, with tweaks for the speed boost

By Agam Shah

Dec 2, 2016 4 mins

Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Now AWS wants to be your cloud APM provider, too

Amazon X-Ray and Pinpoint allow end-to-end instrumentation of apps, but existing APM vendors can stand their ground by offering robust reporting tools

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 2, 2016 3 mins

Amazon.com Cloud Computing Devops

AWS makes CI, microservices moves for devs

AWS Code Build and AWS Step Functions help with software builds and complex distributed apps

By Paul Krill

Dec 2, 2016 2 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

AWS makes CI, microservices moves for devs

AWS Code Build and AWS Step Functions help with software builds and complex distributed apps

By Paul Krill

Dec 2, 2016 2 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Development Tools

AWS Lambda adds C# support

Functions for the cloud-based compute service now can be built using Microsoft’s managed code language

By Paul Krill

Dec 1, 2016 2 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

AWS tries to protect its customers from DDoS attacks with new service

Shield is available for free and enabled by default for all web applications running on AWS

By Blair Frank

Dec 1, 2016 2 mins

Amazon.com Cloud Computing Cloud Security

Docker for AWS: Who’s it really for?

With several Docker solutions already running on Amazon's cloud, why pick the newly released Docker for AWS? Depends on whether you're a Docker maven or an AWS master

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 1, 2016 4 mins

Amazon.com Careers Devops

2016 will be 1 second longer: Google can help you cope

The company will let others use it time servers to ride out a 'leap second' on Dec. 31

By Stephen Lawson

Dec 1, 2016 4 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Visual Studio toolkit will build bootable apps

Open source Cosmos, due next year, reduces hardware dependencies for C#, F#, and Visual Basic

By Paul Krill

Dec 1, 2016 2 mins

Open Source Small and Medium Business Software Development

Amazon will literally truck your data into its cloud

Its new 'Snowmobile' data truck offers 100PB of data transfer

By Blair Frank

Nov 30, 2016 3 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

AWS Greengrass weds IoT devices to the cloud

AWS Chief predicts IoT devices will increasingly become customers’ on-premises infrastructure

By Brandon Butler

Nov 30, 2016 2 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

New supercomputer will unite x86, Power9, and ARM chips

Ambitious supercomputer being built at Barcelona Supercomputing Center will host a trifecta of chip architectures

By Agam Shah

Nov 30, 2016 3 mins

High-Performance Computing Technology Industry

Amazon’s next wave of machine learning: Powerful, practical

Experts get more flexible GPUs on EC2 and FPGA programming, while users looking for out-of-the-box smarts can build Alexa-style conversational interfaces

By Serdar Yegulalp

Nov 30, 2016 4 mins

Amazon.com Artificial Intelligence Development Tools