The Optane SSD can serve as memory or storage depending on your needs. At last, Intel is making a stand-alone drive based on its extremely fast 3D storage technology… although you’re probably not about to pick one up yourself.…
Google Announces First-Ever SHA1 Collision Attack
By Catalin Cimpanu The SHA1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1) cryptographic hash function is now officially dead and useless, after Google announced today the first ever successful collision attack. SHA1 is a cryptographic hash function used generate hashes for digital data, hashes…
The Hard Drives Most (and Least) Likely to Fail, According to Backblaze
Author: Thorin Klosowski Every year, backup service Backblaze takes a look at failure rates amongst the hard drives in its data centers. This year’s no different, and they’ve got all kinds of stats for all kinds of drive. By the end…
Amazon Web Services unveils ‘Shield’ to protect sites from crippling online attacks
BY TODD BISHOP on December 1, 2016 at 9:33 am A little more than a month after a massive online assault took down Reddit, Netflix, Twitter and other major online properties, cloud giant Amazon Web Services this morning unveiled a new…
Avast’s Four Free Ransomware Decryption Tools Decrypt Locked Files
Author: Patrick Allan Ransomware, malware that enables attackers to disable systems or encrypt your data until you pay them, is on the rise. If you’ve become the victim of an attack, these four decryption tools might save the day. The tools,…
AI evolution brings the automation to SME
Despite usually having incomparably smaller resources available than large enterprises, small and medium ones do not necessarily have to give up on the idea of using the same tools as their larger counterparts to improve and streamline their businesses. The…