The Dutch government's cyber security center has published guidelines that it hopes will encourage ethical hackers to disclose security vulnerabilities in a responsible way. "Persons who report an IT vulnerability have an important social responsibility," the Dutch ministry of Security and Justice that were published by the country's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC). White-hat hackers and security researchers play an important role in securing IT systems by ) With the guide, the government wants to provide organizations with a framework to create their own policies on responsible disclosure. Ivo Opstelten, Minister of Security and Justice, plans to encourage a wide use of the responsible disclosure guidelines within the government, he said in sent to the parliament.
JBL will be rocking CES 2013 with new audio gear for Apple hardware that sports new Lightning connectors as well as several high-end AV receivers aimed at audiophiles. (pictured above) is a Bluetooth wireless speaker that not only charges smartphones and tablets via a USB port, but also includes a bass port, two 1-5/8-inch drivers and a 2 x 5-watt amplifier. The cylindrical speaker runs for up to 12 hours, is housed in rubber for durability and incorporates a standard 3.5-millimeter mini jack so you can use it with older non-Bluetooth devices. The JBL charge comes in black, blue and green, is priced at $149 and will be available sometime in the first quarter of 2013. generation iPad, iPhone 5 and new iPods. The speaker plays for up to five hours on battery, acts as an AC charger for Apple’s latest slew of mobile devices but also can power and play non-Apple devices thanks to a built-in USB connector. Available in black and white, the JBL OnBeat Mini is priced at $149 and will be available in March. is a loudspeaker that lets you connect wirelessly using Bluetooth or via Apple’s Lightning connector. Also serving as a charger when Apple’s new line of devices are docked to it, the speaker puts out 50 watts and makes use of a 4-1/2-inch subwoofer for deep and palatable bass sound. Priced at $399, the JBL OnBeat Rumble will show up at select retailers in the spring.
Over the past year, patent battles have been fought by tech companies in courtrooms all over the world. The litigation is far from over though, however, and will continue throughout 2013. This is what's at stake on the patent battlefield in the near future. The patent brouhaha reached its high point in August when a California District Court jury awarded a in a patent trial against Samsung over tablets and smartphones. Samsung is appealing the verdict and the two companies are continuing litigation in other countries too. In Germany, for instance, Apple and Samsung are still locked in several lawsuits over numerous patents. Apple, for example, against Samsung in the German courts. On its part, Samsung is suing Apple in Germany and other E.U. countries over patents it claims are essential to certain telecommunication standards.
Move over, big-screen TVs, cell phones, and tablets, because cars might steal the show at next week's International CES. As preparations for the annual electronics show approach their climax here, two of the most awaited announcements aren't from big-name electronics companies but rather auto makers Toyota and Audi. Each company plans to unveil prototype self-driving car technology here on Monday.
. The Army, Air Force and Defense Information Systems Agency banded together to exact a good high-volume deal from Microsoft based on the 2 million users who will be supported by the contract, according to a DOD press release.
T-Mobile may be looking to shake things up again in the cell phone carrier wars. The company known for its discounts will reportedly unveil a plan Wednesday that offers its prepaid customers unlimited nationwide 4G service for $70 a month. , a blog that follows T-Mobile developments. If accurate, the new plan would replace the current $70 plan, which caps data usage at 5GB a month.
Windows 8 notebooks apparently didn't create a lot of cheer around the Christmas tree this holiday season. Market research firm NPD says while shoppers started off strong, their purchasing dropped off throughout the rest of the season for an overall sales decline of 7 percent compared with 2011. The firm blames Windows 8, in part. Friday. The Port Washington, N.Y.-based firm said Windows notebook holiday unit sales dropped 11 percent, on par with Black Friday, and similar to the yearly trend, but revenue trends weakened since Black Friday to end the holiday period down 10.5 percent.
As the economy improves and at least some of the concerns about the so-called U.S. "fiscal cliff" are resolved, desire for new mobile, analytics, and storage technology will drive information technology spending this year, according to market researchers and economists. The first batch of IT spending forecasts for the year are already in, and they look positive relative to the doldrums the tech industry was in during the last six months. Global IT purchases will increase by 3.3 percent in 2013, in terms of U.S. dollars, to US$2.1 trillion, according to a Forrester report released this week. Because the dollar has been strong relative to other currencies recently, however, a better way to understand IT spending growth is to look at the spending increase in terms of local currencies, according to Andrew Bartels, chief economist at Forrester. In local currency terms, IT spending growth this year will be a relatively healthy 5.4 percent, he noted.
An elite hacker group credited last year with having an inexhaustible supply of zero-day vulnerabilities was responsible for digging up and first using the newest unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE), a Symantec manager said. The gang, dubbed "Elderwood" after a source code variable regularly used by the hackers, had been profiled last September by Symantec in a research paper that outlined its strategies as well as its hacking tactics. Last week, Symantec linked Elderwood to the , which researchers said last week was being used to attack Windows PCs whose owners visited the Council on Foreign Relations' (CSR) website using IE6, IE7, or IE8. CSR is a high-profile foreign policy think-tank. Symantec based its conclusion on several factors, including similarities in attack code used both in past exploits and the most recent.
As consumers, we've been taught to trust the padlock icon that appears on the address bar of our browsers. We're told it's a sign our communication with a website is safe. But an incident this week involving Google and a Turkish security company belies that notion. that in August 2011 it accidentally issued to two master keys to two "entities." Master keys, which are called intermediate certificates, allow the entities to create digital certificates for any domain on the Internet. Digital certificates are actually encryption keys used to verify a website is what it says it is. The certificate for your bank, for example, verifies to your browser that you're actually talking to your bank when you do online banking. Certificates are used to encrypt information between you and a website, too. That's what the green padlock on your browser's address bar means. The browser is communicating with the website using Secure Sockets Layer, after verification of its authenticity.
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