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Malware monetization settles into four main vectors
Malware monetization settles into four main vectors
When it comes to malware, threats are coalescing into four typical methods that cybercriminals are using today to extract money from their victims, according to Fortinet Labs. The research also showed increasing activity in mobile malware variants of the Android Plankton ad kit, as well as in hacktivist web server vulnerability scanning.
Feb. 4, 2013
Scaling the next frontier: Hybrid Clouds, Fabric Innovations and the Cisco Open Network Environment
Scaling the next frontier: Hybrid Clouds, Fabric Innovations and the Cisco Open Network Environment
First, the Internet of Things: Consider these impressive stats shared in a keynote from Cisco’s CTO and CSO Padmasree Warrior last week at Cisco Live, London:    50 Billion...
Feb. 4, 2013
Introducing Nexus 6000 Series – Industry’s Highest Density Layer 2/3 40 Gigabit Fixed Switch
Introducing Nexus 6000 Series – Industry’s Highest Density Layer 2/3 40 Gigabit Fixed Switch
The evolution of the applications environment is creating new demands on IT and in the data center. Broad adoption of scale-out application architectures
Feb. 4, 2013
Cisco Launches Nexus 1000V InterCloud – Part 1
Cisco Launches Nexus 1000V InterCloud – Part 1
In a recent post, I previewed some new hybrid cloud market research from Forrester that spoke to the business drivers and technical hurdles to cloud
Feb. 4, 2013
VDI “The Missing Questions” #2: Core Speed scaling (Burst)
VDI “The Missing Questions” #2: Core Speed scaling (Burst)
Welcome back as we continue to dive deeper into advanced CPU (Central Processing Unit - I had a "tech writer" change a document on me one time, he assumed
Feb. 4, 2013
Twitter hacked – 250,000 user details may have been lost
Twitter hacked – 250,000 user details may have been lost
Late on Friday afternoon Twitter announced that it had been breached and that attackers may have had access to usernames, email addresses, session tokens and encrypted/salted versions of passwords for approximately 250,000 users.
Feb. 3, 2013
Road to the IGF: Simogo's Year Walk
Road to the IGF: Simogo's Year Walk
The latest in our Road to the IGF series has Simogo talking about its haunting and intentionally-mysterious Visual Art nominee Year Walk, a divergence from the studio's familiar, cute tone.
Feb. 1, 2013
Depth and accessibility can be friends, says Tropico dev
Depth and accessibility can be friends, says Tropico dev
Omerta: City of Gangsters puts you in the role of an up-and-coming mob boss. Bisser Dyankov, game designer on the upcoming title, discusses balancing accessibility and hardcore strategy.
Feb. 1, 2013
Stealth in 2D: Design lessons from Mark of the Ninja
Stealth in 2D: Design lessons from Mark of the Ninja
How do you make a 2D stealth game? In the February postmortem for Game Developer magazine, devs explain how they adapted core stealth principles for 2D -- and some of the challenges they ran into.
Feb. 1, 2013
Get a job: Blizzard and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
Get a job: Blizzard and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Blizzard, Harmonix, Sony Computer Entertainment America, and others.
Feb. 1, 2013
Video: Spec Ops: The Line's unique visual effects pipeline
Video: Spec Ops: The Line's unique visual effects pipeline
Spec Ops: The Line lead FX artist Florian Zender suggests rapidly iterating on visual effects as "thin slices" to adapt to team members' changing needs, in this free lecture from GDC Europe 2012.
Feb. 1, 2013
GDC 2013 adds visual art talks from Journey, Rayman, StarCraft II
GDC 2013 adds visual art talks from Journey, Rayman, StarCraft II
GDC 2013 organizers have added talks on the tech behind StarCraft II's visually lush cutscenes, the creative process for the acclaimed Journey's art, and the standout animation tools created for Rayman Origins/Legends.
Feb. 1, 2013