All posts by Chris Tribbey

Get your patch chops on people, because chances are you’re running software from Microsoft, Adobe or Oracle that received critical security updates today. Adobe released a Flash ... More

Fifteen years ago, when Steve Kroft did his first story on cyberwar, the story focused on "what ifs." What if a foreign government attacked U.S. computer systems with a cyberweapon... More

Hackers have for years bought and sold their secrets in a de facto gray market for zero-day exploits—intrusion techniques for which no software patch exists. Now a new marketplac... More

The U.S. House of Representatives next week is expected to consider important measures aimed at bulking up American cyber defenses in the wake of numerous and relentless attacks. L... More

In what they hope will be an aggressive attack on the web-based theft of intellectual property, some of Hollywood’s top foreign sales executives are banding together to fight dig... More

Important Security Updates Adobe Flash Player: Adobe has released version 17.0.0.169 to fix at least 20 extremely critical vulnerabilities. Updates are available from Adobe’s we... More

Multiscreen tech company Clearleap said it has inked a multiyear deal to beef up its cloud-based video services using Microsoft’s Azure Media Services unit, claiming it will ampl... More

4K (Ultra High Definition / UHD) has matured far more rapidly compared to the transition from standard definition to HD (720p) / FHD (1080p). This can be attributed to the rise in ... More

Six years ago during spring training, I flipped a switch and began live-streaming a Mariners-themed video chat show via a small camera and laptop from a table outside the team’s ... More

Video platform provider Saffron Digital has partnered with security specialist Verimatrix to offer “advanced revenue security and monetisation tools” to broadcasters and operat... More

Leading digital security solutions provider Fortium Technologies today announced that it has signed a license agreement with Avid to make MediaSeal file encryption at-rest accessib... More

The fifth season of "Game of Thrones" is just getting underway, but already the first four episodes have been leaked online. The episodes appeared on the usual piracy platforms Su... More

Last year the movie The Expendables 3 leaked in extremely high-quality several weeks before its theatrical debut, sparking huge Hollywood controversy. The fully finished DVD Scree... More

For months, federal law enforcement agencies and industry have been deadlocked on a highly contentious issue: Should tech companies be obliged to guarantee government access to enc... More

People are more connected than ever. Everyone uses email, social media, the web and instant messaging. Some channels are for business purposes, so IT governs and monitors them. Oth... More

What's it like to be the person at your company charged with protecting more than 1 billion global users from a range of online threats? Alex Stamos, Yahoo's chief information sec... More

The volume of malware threats is actually on the decline despite the increase in breaches, according to a study from Websense Security Labs. Websense Security Labs logged 3.96 bil... More

Apple iPhone, iPad, and Mac users have one more reason to upgrade to the latest versions of iOS and OS X besides the new Photos app, the 300 additional emoji characters, and severa... More

Once a rarity and major news event, corporate data breaches are becoming a dime a dozen. Yet, the rules of the road governing data breaches and consumer notification are anything b... More