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Ransomware, stolen data or malware: How do online crooks really make their money?
The cybercrime economy has "now become a kind of mirror image of contemporary capitalism", says paper.
Can these minimalist phones save us from our smartphone obsession?
Approaches include a smaller smartphone, an attractively designed minimalist phone, and bringing more sophisticated apps to feature phones.
The best Safari extensions to boost your productivity, security, and performance
If you are an Apple Safari user, you should check out our selection of the best extensions for enhancing your browser security, as well as productivity and performance.
Medical marijuana: How IT can spark the budding cannabis industry
This fast-growing but difficult-to-navigate vertical needs IT providers. But how many will cater to a $20 billion industry that the feds consider illegal?
Are you ready for GDPR?
Richard Hogg, global GDPR evangelist at IBM, discusses the progress, and lack of, being made by organizations in light of the upcoming GDPR enforcement date; how consumers might exercise their new rights; how AI and machine learning will help organizations comply and respond; and what job opportunities might exist as a result.
Google's Project Zero exposes unpatched Windows 10 lockdown bypass
Google denies multiple requests by Microsoft for an extension to Project Zero's 90-day disclose-or-fix deadline.
Software automation policy guidelines
Software automation is used for many business and IT processes, depending on industry vertical and individual company business and IT needs. Because this automation is far-reaching, policy considerations...
How to completely erase any device
Maybe you're super-paranoid, or maybe you just want to sell your old device and have piece of mind. Either way, being able to delete data is a valuable skill. Here's everything you need to know about securely wiping hard drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), flash drives, and even iOS and Android devices.
Oracle critical update fixes 254 flaws - so get patching now
Fixes for vulnerabilities spread across 20 products and a Solaris patch that addresses the Spectre processor flaw.
iPhone terminator: Apple's Daisy teardown robot can rip your phone apart in 18 secs
Apple has a new robot that can recover about 1kg of gold and 7.5kg of silver from every 100,000 old iPhones.
These tattoos only become visible when detecting cancer-linked disease
The tattoo "cells" erupt on the skin when potentially dangerous levels of particular minerals are detected.
