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Imagine getting a friend’s advice on a personal problem and being safe in the knowledge that it would be impossible for your friend to divulge the question, or even his own reply. Researchers at Microsoft have taken a step toward making something similar possible for cloud computing, so that data sent to an [...] With an eye toward helping tomorrow’s data-deluged organizations, IBM researchers have created a super-fast storage system capable of scanning in 10 billion files in 43 minutes. This system handily bested their previous system, demonstrated at Supercomputing 2007, which scanned 1 billion files in three hours. Key to the increased performance was the [...] People solely relying on patching and upgrades are leading themselves into a false sense of security and individual protection is no longer sufficient in the age of multi-vector attacks, according to the president of the Australian Internet Industry Association. Most people rely on operating system and software updates – including security patches – [...]  January 21st, 2011 by lhaas
 1 commentThe cloud is proving itself a double-edged sword: It grants individuals and organizations with limited resources quick, inexpensive access to a wealth of computing power. That’s all well and good for a research organization crunching data to cure a debilitating disease or a developer who has authored the next big mobile app. But [...] A post on Slashdot reads: “I work in a small office with just two computers. Both machines run long-term-service releases of Ubuntu, with Gnome, and Evolution for scheduling, contact management and electronic mail. We plan to stick with Linux long-term. For telephone service, we’re using smartphones. In order to keep everything straight, we [...] Social networking is a major vector for malicious software. For about six hours on Tuesday, a small snippet of JavaScript code ran rampant among Twitter users. The code used a particular class of flaw to execute simple commands, including changing the color of the interface and posting itself to the users’ followers. Victims [...] Interesting… Should we be concerned with Cloud Hacking? Winkler: The Real Problems With Cloud Computing. Why Twitter Hack is NOT a Cloud Security Wake-up Call. |
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