The startup r2c, founded by MIT alumni, offers a database of software security checks to simplify the process of securing code. The unfortunate reality of the software security industry is that it’s much easier to attack a system than it is to safeguard it. Hackers only need to find one vulnerability to have success, while…
A month after reports first broke that the Israeli Police were allegedly using the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group’s spyware to break into the phones of Israeli civilians, many questions still remain about what the police did or didn’t do, what technology they used, who did or did not approve the full scope of their…
Not long ago, I tackled the long-overdue tech project of cleaning out my computer’s “Pictures” folder. It had grown ever more unwieldy after years of backing up my phone’s photos and dumping the contents of my DSLR’s memory cards, so I decided it was finally time to eliminate duplicate photos, blurry shots, useless screengrabs, and…
Try as they may, critics of SQL (syntax query language) have never really been able to dent its popularity. Decades after its creation, the majority of the world’s databases still run on SQL, and the majority of data analysis still happens via SQL queries. It’s not too big a stretch to say that the…
On Tuesday, the company announced its plans to release Chrome OS Flex, a completely free offshoot of the Chrome OS operating system you’ll often find on inexpensive laptops and all-in-one computers. The difference? Instead of relying on new hardware, Chrome OS Flex is designed to run on PCs and Macs as old as about 13…
It seems as if we’re encountering new cyber threats every day — and the severity of their impact is growing. We now routinely deal with zero-day vulnerabilities and hybrid attacks, and when we face incidents such as Log4Shell, we rely on a group of volunteers to protect code that is deeply embedded in essential systems….
