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Cymru Discovers 300,000 Compromised Home Routers
Cymru Discovers 300,000 Compromised Home Routers
Team Cymru, a US security research firm based in Illinois has been investigating a SOHO router pharming campaign since January. So far it has identified 300,000 compromised devices, predominantly in Europe and Asia, with evidence that the campaign started at least in December 2013.
March 4, 2014
Neutrino Exploit Kit Up For Sale
Neutrino Exploit Kit Up For Sale
The (Russian) Neutrino exploit kit was first described by the French researcher Kafeine (Malware don't need Coffee) almost exactly one year ago.
March 4, 2014
Less than Half of RSA Conference Attendees Think NSA Surveillance is Wrong
Less than Half of RSA Conference Attendees Think NSA Surveillance is Wrong
Even though Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA mass surveillance programs have dominated headlines since last year and sparked an ongoing trend toward “transparency” on the part of the tech giants, it turns out that infosecurity professionals aren’t quite as concerned as the general public or some politicians.
March 4, 2014
Zeus Trojan Gets Persistent with New Rootkit
Zeus Trojan Gets Persistent with New Rootkit
The Zeus banking trojan and botnet has had a number of iterations over the years, particularly since the source code was leaked online.
March 4, 2014
IoT at Mobile World Conference with Cisco and SAP
IoT at Mobile World Conference with Cisco and SAP
Wow, that was one heck of a week.  MWC 2014 is over, but, it was incredible.  The show was packed, the collaboration with customers was dynamic and, once
March 4, 2014
Big Data Ecosystem Challenges
Big Data Ecosystem Challenges
Information security is one of the largest business problems facing organisations. Log data generated from networks and computer systems can be
March 4, 2014
#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep3: Cisco Networking Academy
#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep3: Cisco Networking Academy
#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists, hosted by Cisco’s Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja). This week we’re talking about the
March 4, 2014
Common Core Mobile Technology Uplifts School Performance
Common Core Mobile Technology Uplifts School Performance
Studies show the importance of quality education when it comes to the development of a country. The education system of the 21st century is very different
March 4, 2014
Observations from Mobile World Congress 2014
Observations from Mobile World Congress 2014
I have just returned from a very interesting and jammed-packed week at Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona. More than 75,000 people were estimated to have attended this...
March 4, 2014
#IoE Napkin Math and Your Daily Commute
#IoE Napkin Math and Your Daily Commute
Google is creating a vehicle that drives itself. This isn't really news, right? They're testing it all over the place, and it's on the roads in
March 4, 2014
One-Third Of Women in STEM Said They Felt Isolated at Work. Here’s How We’re Helping.
One-Third Of Women in STEM Said They Felt Isolated at Work. Here’s How We’re Helping.
This blog was originally posted on the Huffington Post. When people ask why we should encourage women and girls to pursue technology education, I tell
March 4, 2014
ACI Design Principles: The role of SDN Overlays in Application Centric Deployments – Part 2
ACI Design Principles: The role of SDN Overlays in Application Centric Deployments – Part 2
This is the second of a two-part blog series developed in association with Tom Edsall, a Cisco Fellow and CTO of Insieme Networks, recently acquired by Cisco Systems. While
March 4, 2014