In the wake of the Dyn attack, Consumer Reports published a number of suggestions for consumers looking to protect their home networks and devices. Jay Wennington/Unsplash Is your DVR a double-agent? It isn’t an idle question. An event that was largely ignored by the general public in the wild final weeks of the election campaign […]
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ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Advanced analytics and other emerging technologies are revolutionizing the way governments and public service agencies are trying to address citizen demands, helping to overcome persistent challenges such as regulatory compliance, outdated legacy IT infrastructures and organizational cultures, according to a new research report from Accenture (NYSE:ACN). The report, Emerging Technologies in Public Service, examines
Over the last few weeks, a series of powerful hacker attacks powered by the malware known as Mirai have used botnets created of internet-connected devices to clobber targets ranging from the internet backbone company Dyn to the French internet service provider OVH. And just when it seemed that Mirai might be losing steam, new evidence shows that it’s still
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The phenomenon of hackers knocking websites offline with massive floods of Internet traffic is nothing new. But the pattern of these so-called DDoS attacks (for “distributed denial of service”) is changing, according to a new report from internet provider Akamai AKAM . The report, published on Tuesday, suggests the overall number of DDoS attacks has
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As Samsung is constantly looking for new revenue streams, the South Korean tech giant has reportedly started putting a larger focus on automotive electronics and Internet of Things (IoT) technology earlier this year. Today, the Seoul-based conglomerate announced another step in that endeavor as it officially confirmed an $8 billion acquisition of a connected car system
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A Brazilian student wins an advanced materials contest, Local Motors launches a SaaS division, Airbus certifies an additive material from Stratasys, and other industry news. Blog: 11/14/2016 Jedd Cole Assistant Editor, Modern Machine Shop, Modern Machine Shop Nadia Ayad is a materials engineering student from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She recently won Sandvik Coromant’s Graphene
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Scandinavian ERP software vendor IFS (Industrial and Financial Systems) recently held its user and partner conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. The general mood of management, customers, partners and its private equity investor was positive. I estimate that 1,200 or so people attended this event of which a record 240 were partners. Background IFS is an ERP
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Don’t take things so seriously. At least that’s how the team at Viget in Boulder approaches the internet of things. A caped snitch helps weigh down the LEDs in Viget’s Temper-O-Meter. The interactive design agency likes to approach its projects with a sense of humor, like the social-media responsive brooch it created for NBC Sports
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ZUG, Switzerland & GENEVA & BUENOS AIRES, Argentina–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WISeKey International Holding (WIHN, a company listed on the Swiss stock exchange) through WISeKey ELA (its Spanish company headquartered in Bilbao), AC Investment & Consultant S.A. and Trend Technologies S.A. reached an agreement to form a Joint Venture for the creation of a new company WISeKey
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Numerex Corp. (NASDAQ:NMRX) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note issued on Friday. According to Zacks, “Numerex Corp. (NASDAQ:NMRX) is a leading provider of managed enterprise solutions enabling the Internet of Things (IoT). The Company’s solutions produce new revenue streams or create operating efficiencies
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