{"id":11459,"date":"2014-09-15T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T12:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2014-09-15T12:44:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T12:44:11","slug":"tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-982014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-982014\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech News Recap for the Week of 9\/8\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Were you busy last week? Here&#8217;s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 9\/8\/2014.<\/p>\n<h2>Tech News Recap<\/h2>\n<p>After the\u00a0scandalous\u00a0iCloud security breach Apple adds 2 factor authentication, Home Depot confirms a security breach,\u00a0and researchers cracked a piece of TorrentLocker\u00a0ransomeware using an encryption\u00a0vulnerability. There were also some interesting articles around\u00a0the\u00a0Defense Department&#8217;s outlook on cybersecurity, cloudwashing, the iPhone 6, as well as an interview\u00a0with VMware&#8217;s CTO of the Americas Chris\u00a0Wolf.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple adding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toptechnews.com\/article\/index.php?story_id=011000CDYEK9\">2 factor authentication<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/amazon-fire-phone-now-99-cents\/#ftag=CAD590a51e\">Amazon Fire Phone<\/a>: Was $200, now just 99 cents<\/li>\n<li>Home Depot Confirms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/2604350\/data-breach\/home-depot-confirms-payment-systems-breach-across-us-stores.html?utm_campaign=sflow_tweet#tk.rss_all\">Payment Systems Breach<\/a> Across U.S. Stores<\/li>\n<li>There Finally May Be a Deal Brewing for <a href=\"http:\/\/recode.net\/2014\/09\/08\/there-finally-may-be-a-deal-brewing-for-rackspace-or-maybe-not\/\">Rackspace<\/a>. Or Maybe Not<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/biznesscio.com\/2014\/09\/09\/the-cio-golden-rule-talking-in-the-language-of-the-business\/\">CIO Golden Rule<\/a> &#8211; Talking in the Language of the Business<\/li>\n<li>Will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/quickerbettertech\/2014\/09\/08\/tomorrow-apple-will-officially-kill-the-credit-card\/?hootPostID=af7104a37eb28b267f9d51256df69823\">Apple<\/a> Officially Kill the Credit Card?<\/li>\n<li>How to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdata-startups.com\/data-scientist-democratize-data-company\/#.VA7m0LhlvOI.twitter\">Democratize Data<\/a> Across Departments Within an Organization<\/li>\n<li>VMware&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com\/news\/2240230295\/VMwares-vCloud-Air-makes-renewed-cloud-push\">vCloud Air<\/a> makes renewed cloud push<\/li>\n<li>Comparing <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/cloud-computing\/comparing-clouds-makes-sense-use\/\">Cloud Platforms<\/a>: When it Makes Sense to Use Each<\/li>\n<li>The Wolf of VMware: A Q&amp;A with <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualizationreview.com\/articles\/2014\/08\/01\/the-wolf-of-vmware.aspx\">VMware&#8217;s Chris Wolf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Should CIOs buy the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cioinsight.com\/blogs\/why-you-should-buy-the-new-iphone.html\">iPhone<\/a>? Will it show people you an innovative tech-savvy leader?<\/li>\n<li>How to Avoid a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/gartnergroup\/2014\/09\/10\/how-to-avoid-a-cloud-strategy-that-fails\/\">Cloud Strategy<\/a> that Fails<\/li>\n<li>DOD Deputy CIO: &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/fcw.com\/articles\/2014\/09\/10\/cybersecurity-should-vary.aspx\">Cybersecurity<\/a> should vary by mission&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Will Stores Warm up to <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/will-stores-warm-up-to-apple-pay-1410392952\">Apply Pay<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Researchers crack <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hacksurfer.com\/posts\/researchers-crack-torrentlocker-ransomware-using-encryption-vulnerability?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">TorrentLocker ransomware<\/a> using encryption vulnerability<\/li>\n<li>Forbes <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/cloud-computing\/forbes-cloudwashing-article-a-few-key-points\/\">Cloudwashing<\/a> Article: A Few Key Points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Watch this on-demand webinar if you would like to learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/GreenPagesCMaaSNetEnrichMay2014WebinarRecordingBlog\">modernizing your IT operations<\/a> to allow your team to focus on more strategic initiatives.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=VV9yOMRYrZw:HMSbhbZt3qE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=VV9yOMRYrZw:HMSbhbZt3qE:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=VV9yOMRYrZw:HMSbhbZt3qE:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=VV9yOMRYrZw:HMSbhbZt3qE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=VV9yOMRYrZw:HMSbhbZt3qE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=VV9yOMRYrZw:HMSbhbZt3qE:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/JourneyToTheCloud\/~4\/VV9yOMRYrZw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Were you busy last week? Here&rsquo;s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 9\/8\/2014. Tech News Recap After the&nbsp;scandalous&nbsp;iCloud security breach Apple adds 2 factor authentication, Home Depot confirms a security breach,&nbsp;and researchers cracked a piece of TorrentLocker&nbsp;ransomeware using an encryption&nbsp;vulnerability. There were also some interesting&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/miscellaneous-it\/tech-news-recap-week-982014\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,181,1836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-miscellaneous-it","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}