Use advice from DARPA or the CRAAP test to tell the difference between accurate information and suspicious posts. A browser extension from BotSight labels tweets based on an analysis of…

Cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting the Cobalt Strike testing toolkit to carry out ransomware campaigns, says Cisco Talos Incident Response. Image: kaptnali, Getty Images/iStockphoto Ransomware attacks often rely on trojans to…

Commentary: The shift in the open source industry from infrastructure like Splunk to Elasticsearch comes down to trust, says Gaurav Gupta, a prominent product executive turned investor. Image: marekuliasz, Getty…

You can't rely on a GUI forever. Instead, check out these helpful Linux guides on how to manage users and servers with the command line. Open source powers many corporate…

Commentary: If you're looking for a software/IT job, find out why you might be better off searching outside tech. Also, learn what these hiring trends mean for open source. Image:…

IBM, Google, SAS, and Oracle offer online courses and exams to quantify data science skills and expertise with modeling and analysis software. At the end of August, Glassdoor had more…

Quick Assist offers you a fast and easy way to connect to a remote PC to view or troubleshoot a problem. Image: Microsoft You can connect to a remote PC…

A new study finds that almost all job listings specify a location for the position. A study by the low-code company Mendix compared job listings in a particular area with…

Small municipalities suffer the majority of ransomware, but they aren't the only ones suffering as ransoms rise and payouts become more common. Image: vchal, iStockphoto Barracuda Networks' analysis of ransomware…

Get details and tips about one of Amazon's biggest sales of the year. Image: Ray Pawulich/CNET Amazon Prime Day is a two-day sale on Amazon's website, exclusively for its Prime…