Kyt Dotson

Kyt Dotson is a Senior Editor at SiliconAngle and works to cover beats surrounding DevOps, security, gaming, and cutting edge technology. Before joining SiliconAngle, Kyt worked as a software engineer starting at Motorola in Q&A to eventually settle at Pets911.com where he helped build a vast database for pet adoption and a lost and found system. Kyt is a published author who writes science fiction and fantasy works that incorporate ideas from modern-day technological innovation and explore the outcome of living with those technologies.

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Chaos Computer Club Teaches German Airports that Good Security isn’t RFID Deep

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

It looks like the Chaos Computer Club are at it again and recently revealed during a German TV programme entitled “Data theft via wireless – security risks at German airports” that their airports have a massive security hole. The threat is a …

World of Warcraft Turns 7: Players Blow out Candles, Eat Cake

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

The world of massively-multiplayer online (MMO) gaming still feels like it’s in its infancy even while Activision-Blizzard’s most popular MMO World of Warcraft has reached the milestone of seven years running. A significant portion of the gaming population spend hours in games …

Kinect Developers Start Your Compilers: Microsoft to Launch Accelerator Program

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

Developers seeking to take advantage of Kinect and Natural User Interface technology might just get a boost up from Microsoft this coming spring. The software giant has begun signups for their Kinect Accelerator program. The company will be accepting 10 best-suited startups …

Infrastructure Cybersecurity Comes to the Forefront with Illinois Water Pump Sabotage Hack

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

Joe Weiss, a managing partner for Applied Control Solutions, published barebones information on a hack damaging a city water pump that the US Department of Homeland Security indicated happened in Springfield, Illinois. The Register caught the story and unravels it a bit. …

500,000 Bitcoins Transferred in One Exchange

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

This isn’t exactly big news on the Bitcoin front, but it’s still a curiosity worth noting. Yesterday, Nov 16, the coffers of a Bitcoin wallet transferred five-hundred thousand bitcoins from one account to another. This exchange had been caught and broadcast by …

Activision Foundering with Social Media: Call of Duty Elite Suffers Setbacks

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

Call of Duty Elite emerged alongside Activision’s much anticipated launch of Modern Warfare 3; the service would merge social and stat tracking for players to keep abreast of the exploits of friends and teammates. However, the service is suffering a multitude of …

Occupy World of Warcraft: The Allure of Virtual Gold

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

With the Occupy Wall Street protests reaching the hearts and minds of millions and raising the specter of the difference between the haves and the have-nots, the economy of many nation-states come into question. Much of the wealth of the world is …

World of Warcraft Subscriptions Plummet Ten Percent; Activision-Blizzard Triples Profits

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

During an investor call for Activision-Blizzard revealed some interesting news about the overall health of the massively popular massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft. Blizzard’s MMO lost more subscribers than previous years and has hit its all-time-low from 11.4 million in …

Facebook Gore-Porn Account Hijacking Epidemic Reaches a Fever Pitch

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

It’s as if the circus of pornographic horrors has marched into the hallowed, staid halls of Facebook, painting over the frescoes and setting up shops of debauchery on every corner. A new exploit, slowly gathering steam over the past few days, has …

Bitcoin Wallet Encryption Bug Discovered in Official Client

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

News is circulating the Internet right now that a serious bug has been discovered in the newly minted “encrypt wallet” functionality of the official client for Bitcoin versions 0.4 and 0.5. The private keys may be left unencrypted in the wallet.dat file …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Chaos Computer Club Teaches German Airports that Good Security isn’t RFID Deep

World of Warcraft Turns 7: Players Blow out Candles, Eat Cake

Kinect Developers Start Your Compilers: Microsoft to Launch Accelerator Program

Infrastructure Cybersecurity Comes to the Forefront with Illinois Water Pump Sabotage Hack

500,000 Bitcoins Transferred in One Exchange

Occupy World of Warcraft: The Allure of Virtual Gold

World of Warcraft Subscriptions Plummet Ten Percent; Activision-Blizzard Triples Profits

Facebook Gore-Porn Account Hijacking Epidemic Reaches a Fever Pitch

Bitcoin Wallet Encryption Bug Discovered in Official Client

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