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John Lucker

Big Data Alchemy: Turn Info Into Money

May 14, 2013

Data markets could become a new market category. Here, companies buy, sell or trade data for mutual benefit.

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Mathew Schwartz

Twitter Two-Factor Authentication: Too Little, Too Late?

April 26, 2013

Two-factor authentication is a good step. But for securing many sites, Twitter included, it's not enough.

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Mathew Schwartz

Android Smartphone Sellers Should Patch, Refund Or Perish

April 22, 2013

FTC should crack down on wireless carriers and smartphone manufacturers that put their customers at risk by failing to update Android devices.

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John Foley

Boston Bombers Can't Elude City's Tech Infrastructure

April 19, 2013

Video surveillance played a key role in identifying the suspects in Monday's tragic Boston Marathon bombing, setting a precedent for increasing...

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Mathew Schwartz

CISPA 2.0: House Intelligence Committee Fumbles Privacy Again

April 16, 2013

Cybersecurity bill's backers portray threat intelligence sharing as a panacea, but yet again ignore the potential privacy and security downsides.

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Mathew Schwartz

Laws Can't Save Banks From DDoS Attacks

April 05, 2013

A threat information-sharing bill wouldn't do much to help banks defend themselves against distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks.

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Thomas Claburn

Indoor Location Tracking Has Lost Common Sense

April 03, 2013

Technology to help people navigate indoors is all the rage. But unless you really want to be tracked through the mall, it's largely unnecessary.

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Mathew Schwartz

Spamhaus DDoS Attacks: What Business Should Learn

March 29, 2013

What should your company take away from this week's attacks? Lock down unsecured DNS repeaters being exploited by attackers and prep DDoS response...

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Mathew Schwartz

Unpatched Remote Access Tools: Your Gift To Attackers

March 25, 2013

Three-year old "TeamSpy" espionage campaign should be a wake-up call. Lock down your remote-access tools, or else.

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Chris Murphy

Accenture's 7 Tech Trends Driving Digital Business

March 20, 2013

From customer relationships to cloud, and why mobile isn't one of them.

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