On the global battlefield of cyberwarfare, there’s a vast army of faceless foot soldiers — and they’ve just been revealed as double agents. The directed denial of service (DDoS) attack that brought the Internet to its knees one day last month used everyday household appliances like cameras, universal remotes, DVRs and even washing machines. That’s […]
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Update Date: Nov 05, 2016 07:45 AM EDT WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 16: (L-R) Kevin Charest, chief information security officer for the Health and Human Services Department; Teresa Fryer, chief information security officer and director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Enterprise Information Security Group, and Frank Baitman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information
Last week, a 19-year-old British teenager pleaded guilty to running Titanium Stresser, a service that is alleged to have facilitated 1.7 million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyberattacks. Adam Mudd’s website, which he designed as a 15-year-old, earned him somewhere in excess of $385,000. It was marketed under disclaimer as a legitimate IP stresser, a tool for testing
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The contender to Amazon’s digital assistant home device has arrived. The fight is on this Holidays. Who will win? Amazon stood up Google and Apple with the release of Amazon Echo two years ago. That is right. While Google was still playing with sandbox toys, Amazon has shipped a device that can answer all your
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Shares of Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR) popped nearly 15% on Friday after the Internet of Things pure play released better-than-expected third-quarter 2016 results. And according to Sierra Wireless management, the company should only get stronger going forward. Before we get there, however, let’s dig deeper to see what Sierra Wireless achieved in its latest quarter. IMAGE
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A key hurdle to widespread gigabit-speed Internet is the high cost of getting fiber optic lines over the last mile — from the fiber backbone in nearby streets to each house. But increasingly, cellular operators, broadband providers including Google Fiber and several startups are exploring a new, less expensive way to bridge the last mile
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The Echo Dot is an absolute steal with these bundles. (Photo: Reviewed.com) We’ve scoured the web to find you the best deals on good products. While Reviewed.com may receive a small share of the revenue from your purchase, editorial opinions are independent from any business sales. Amazon’s putting all of its cards on smart home with the
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Do you, like many others, wake up each morning, gaze upon your Amazon Echo, and think, “Damn it, Echo. Instead of a shiny cylinder, why can’t you be a singing fish?” Good news, friend. Your dreams have come true. On his Facebook profile, artist Brian Kane briefly demonstrates what happens when you take one of
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releEarlier this week, Thread Group announced its intention to expand Thread beyond the connected home and into the commercial building and professional sectors. The group, established in 2014, will continue its efforts to drive adoption of the Thread wireless networking specification — leveraging this technology for the commercial building and professional sectors by adding extensions
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Sure, you can have Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa speak to you through an Echo, but why not have it respond to commands from the mouth of a wall-mounted singing fish? Developer Brian Kane hacked Alexa to speak through the mouth of Billy Big Mouth Bass, a singing, robotic fish, the kind usually seen mounted on
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