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Degrading Tor network performance only costs a few thousand dollars per month
Attackers can flood Tor's bridges with just $17k/month, Tor's load balancers for only $2.8k/month, academics say.
Encryption has created an uncrackable puzzle for the real world
Encryption protects us, so maybe it's time for us to protect it. But no answer to the encryption debate is without a downside.
Hy-Vee issues warning to customers after discovering point-of-sale breach
Company doesn't know what locations were impacted, but it's warning customers early so they can keep an eye out for suspicious transactions.
Singapore to feel impact of China-US trade dispute if prolonged
Tensions between the two economic powerhouses will lead to fragmented technology markets and, if prolonged, drag down Singapore's economy, says its prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, who urges both countries to find ways to establish mutual trust.
Over 20 Texas local governments hit in 'coordinated ransomware attack'
Infection blamed on a strain of ransomware known only as the ".JSE ransomware."
Windows or Chromebook? A Best Buy salesman told me it isn't even close
After Google hires Bill Nye to explain that people are just scared to leave their decrepit Windows laptops for Chromebooks, I thought I'd get another opinion. It was harsh.
China top internet firms pump 45% more into R&D
Led by Alibaba, China's top 100 internet companies invested 153.87 billion yuan (US$21.85 billion) in research and development last year, up 45% year-on-year and accounting for 10% of their overall revenue.
Microsoft makes Notepad a separate Store app starting with new Windows 10 20H1 test build
Microsoft is continuing to make incremental improvements to Windows 10 20H1, due out next year, with test build 18963.
Cloud security is too important to leave to cloud providers
11 cloud vulnerabilities that keep customers up at night.
Google wants to reduce lifespan for HTTPS certificates to one year
A Google proposal would cut lifespan of SSL certificates from 825 days to 397 days.
