• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jun-14-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Don’t run JavaScript email attachments: ​they​ can carry potent ransomware

Attackers are infecting computers with a new ransomware program called RAA that’s written entirely in JavaScript and locks users’ files by using strong encryption.
Most malware programs for Windows are written in compiled programming languages like C or C++ and take […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jun-14-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Here are 5 reasons Symantec is buying Blue Coat

As cyber threats diversify and expand, anti-virus provider Symantec is doing the same. Late Sunday, the company said it would shell out $4.65 billion to acquire Web security provider Blue Coat. Here are five reasons the deal could make sense for […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jun-14-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Here are 5 reasons Symantec is buying Blue Coat

As cyber threats diversify and expand, anti-virus provider Symantec is doing the same. Late Sunday, the company said it would shell out $4.65 billion to acquire Web security provider Blue Coat. Here are five reasons the deal could make sense for […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jun-13-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on A popular cloud privacy bill stalls in the Senate

A bill to give email and other documents stored in the cloud new protections from government searches may be dead in the U.S. Senate over a proposed amendment to expand the FBI’s surveillance powers.The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act would […]