When Zaharia started work on Spark around 2010, analyzing "big data" generally meant using MapReduce, the Java-based ...

Both Mr. Back and Satoshi were involved with the Cypherpunks, a group of anarchists formed in the early 1990s who wanted to ...

Hackers hijacked the update system for the Smart Slider 3 Pro plugin for WordPress and Joomla, and pushed a malicious version ...

The maker of the popular open-source file encryption software VeraCrypt said Microsoft locked his online account, which may ...

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? The hunt for Bitcoin’s elusive inventor has become a mythical quest, akin to discovering Atlantis or ...

Bitcoin’s creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto ...

Hackers gained access to an API for the CPUID project and changed the download links on the official website to serve ...

LinkedIn is facing two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ browsers to determine which extensions they’re running.

Here are the bills that passed the Alabama Legislature this week. Tuesday, April 7 House HB 662, sponsored by Rep. Ritchie ...

Meetings ¯ Washington County Family and Children First council meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. April 15, at the Washington County E.O.C. office, 204 Davis Ave., Suite C. For more information, call ...

How highly organized, state-sponsored “espionage ecosystems” are disrupting global security and world economies.

These days, it feels like every other week there’s a big cyber security incident making headlines. It’s not just about some ...