Turning clouds into crackers: $45 a password
Security experts recommend long, complex passwords because they require a super computer’s power to hack into a system. So what happens now that a super computer is available to anyone with a credit...
View ArticleU.S. Navy gives Amazon EC2 a thumbs up
From this point on, any debate about the security of Amazon Web Services is sure to bring in a call to the military. The U.S. Navy is looking at cloud computing technologies as it develops its next...
View ArticleFTC investigating cloud computing as possible threat to consumer privacy
Will cloud computing architectures make it easier for snoops to satisfy their curiosity? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun to explore whether cloud computing has implications for data...
View ArticleChinese hack into Google mail may be a flaw in Microsoft browser, not cloud...
When Google warned that it might not be able to provide secure email within China, a number of people considered it an indictment of the cloud computing model. However, it now appears that the security...
View ArticleMicrosoft is asking Congress to legislate on cloud computing
Apparently Brad Smith’s mother never told him, “Be careful what you wish for.” Mr. Smith went to Washington yesterday and spoke out in favor of federal laws to support cloud computing. Smith is a...
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