March 16, 2013

Netflix relies heavily on cloud computing, specifically on Amazon Web Services, and it’s always looking for ways to improve the technology that supports its on-demand video service. To that end, it’s sponsoring a new contest that will give away $100,000 in prizes to teams that come up with innovative ways

In one of the most ironic news stories of the week, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has taken its National Vulnerability Database (NVD) website offline because of a cyberattack. Hackers planted malware on two of the servers that run the site, which tracks known software vulnerabilities.