Privacy & Security


There’s no way Cloudera can do an IPO by May.


Pivotal will now be pushing Hortonworks’ version of Hadoop in most cases.


“Oftentimes what is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is designed to carve out their commercial interests.”


Shouldn’t regular people be entitled keep their communications private, just like the president does, asked Kara Swisher?


Revelations about the NSA’s data collection practices have hurt tech companies and damaged trust, he says.


Tim Cook says the Apple Pay expansion is coming in September.


Images and messages shared to social media through the service cannot be printed, saved, copied or screen captured.




Big Red has been resistant to joining in the price-cutting trend.


The FTC releases a long-awaited report on connected devices with suggestions on protecting consumers as use soars.


With the new feature, the privacy-oriented messaging service is tip-toeing into social media.


He wants a fairer world for artists and songwriters


This will be the year that companies start really learning from big data, Index partner Mike Volpi says.


The state of the union is – wait for it – strong but is in need of some technical upgrades, President Obama says.


The 25 most popular passwords are also the 25 worst ones to choose.


The Obama administration was able to pin blame for the Sony attacks on North Korea because they had already infiltrated North Korean networks.


As cars become more computerized, car companies need to worry more about hackers attacking them.


An oddly public four-year stealth phase is coming to an end.


The CENTCOM hack didn’t actually hurt America. But it might be a propaganda win for ISIS.


Human patterns are unique, but ultimately also incredibly predictable.


Netflix and Google are still disruptive companies -- but no longer primarily because of their software.


The move follows a similar offer from T-Mobile.


The internet’s underworld allows people to buy drugs and download child pornography.


The group has hacked Sony before — and could be linked to this attack.


The FBI’s evidence for a North Korean connection is weak, but the US government might be holding back its strongest material.


The hacker group tried attacking North Korea twice before. Both were utter failures.


Line-by-line, here’s what North Korea really means when it, say, threatens to attack the White House.


The hackers either perfectly understood how American media works or badly misunderstood it.




If you look at North Korea’s long record of attacks, this one starts to make a lot more sense.


According to experts on both cyberwar and North Korea, the hack probably isn’t part of a broader online offensive.


The hackers who forced Sony Pictures to shelve The Interview have reportedly sent the studio another email promising to end the leaks unless Sony releases the movie in the future.


The Obama administration pointed the finger at North Korea for hacking into Sony Pictures and making terrorist threats against the movie The Interview.


“We cannot be told we can’t see something by Kim Jong-un, of all f*cking people.”


“I’m aware that I am a spy in the house of Pulitzer ... because I’m a statistician.”


It’s not just Sony: The Hermit Kingdom’s cyberwar program has been wreaking havoc for years.


This is an act of incredible cowardice, no matter the excuse or caveat used to explain it.


Hackers have stolen millions of documents from Sony Pictures, a major Hollywood studio. Here’s what you need to know.


A US government investigation blames North Korea for the Sony hack.


Those behind the Sony hack have graduated from threatening to release more information to threats of terrorism.