by Joseph Forbes | Feb 2, 2013 | NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Web Hosting
from the just-because-you’re-paranoid-doesn’t-mean-they-aren’t-after-you dept. Last week the CEO ServiceNow made a minor splash by claiming that it was awfully easy for a cloud provider to spy on the data they stored for you or discriminate based on...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 2, 2013 | HACKING, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the your-curtains-are-ugly dept. Eighteen brands of security camera digital video recorders are vulnerable to an attack that would allow a hacker to remotely gain control of the devices to watch, copy, delete or alter video streams at will, as well as to use the...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 2, 2013 | INTERNET, NERD NEWS, Web Hosting
from the click-here-to-subscribe dept. “Microsoft’s release of Office 2013 represents the latest in a series of makeover moves, this time aimed at shifting use of its bedrock productivity suite to the cloud. Early hands-on testing suggests Office 2013 is...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 2, 2013 | Malware Reports, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the watch-what-you-click dept. The popular belief is that security risks increase as the user engages in riskier and shadier behavior online, but that apparently isn’t the case, Cisco found in its 2013 Annual Security report. It can be more dangerous to...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 1, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the touch-makes-life-more-bearable dept. The Register tells us that Microsoft has begun squabbling with PC manufacturers over the reasons behind the failure of Windows 8. Microsoft is ‘frustrated with major OEMs who didn’t build nearly enough touch...
