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Donald Trump’s memo on the Dakota Access Pipeline is more powerful than a hashtag. The post Social Media Made the World Care About Standing Rock—And Helped It Forget appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreIn meeting with large financial institutions, the single biggest thing we keep hearing about is the need to simplify and consolidate their security infrastructure. As Financial Services has evolved from person-to-person transactions to a fully digital business model, the industry’s networks have evolved as well, become increasingly complex and more difficult to defend. During this evolution, as new threats have emerged, financial organizations have gone out and purchased a host of different security products, often from different vendors,…
Read MoreAs we see from recent news, quantum computing is evolving faster than anyone could’ve expected. What does this mean for us, the average users?
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The Army’s new handgun choice focuses on flexibility and future-proofing. The post The Army’s First New Pistol in 35 Years Features A Modular Design appeared first on WIRED.
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In Minneapolis, one judge is hoping that a controversial new program can reform homegrown ISIS recruits back into normal young Americans. The post Inside Minnesota’s Risky Plan to Deradicalize ISIS Recruits appeared first on WIRED.
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But they worry about what future deals will mean for privacy and access. The post Digital Rights Activists Hail Trump’s Death Blow Against TPP appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCyberattacks involving zero-day exploits happen from time to time, affecting different platforms and applications. Over the years, Microsoft security teams have been working extremely hard to address these attacks. While delivering innovative solutions like Windows Defender Application Guard, which provides a safe virtualized layer for the Microsoft Edge browser, and Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection,…
Read MoreDespite the disruption of Axpergle (Angler), which dominated the landscape in early 2016, exploit kits as a whole continued to be a threat to PCs running unpatched software. Some of the most prominent threats, from malvertising to ransomware, used exploit kits to infect millions of computers worldwide in 2016. The prevalence of exploit kits as an…
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