Cybercrooks are increasingly capitalising on the mass adoption of mobile devices by exploiting smartphone users, at home or at work. …
IE9 hammers rivals in download blocking test: NSS Labs
The in-house reputation system used in Internet Explorer 8 and 9 is markedly superior at blocking social-engineering attacks than the …
Researcher claims dangerous vulnerability in Skype
A security consultant has notified Skype of a cross-site scripting flaw that could be used to change the password on …
Global data doubling every two years: study
EMC today announced results of the EMC-sponsored IDC Digital Universe study, “Extracting Value from Chaos”—which found the world’s information is …
IT can drive profits, not just cost savings: HPC expert
IT departments can help companies increase their revenue and profits, not just cut costs and make efficiency savings, according to …
Microsoft patents spy tech for Skype
A newly patented Microsoft technology called Legal Intercept that would allow the company to secretly intercept, monitor and record Skype …
Mozilla to add PDF viewer to Firefox
Mozilla is working on a project that will add PDF rendering to Firefox using HTML5 and JavaScript, eliminating the need …
Harris Atlas discusses cyber security at roundtable
The world is at the precipice of a migration of technologies according to Dale Meyerrose, VP and GM of Cyberspace …
Sony Pictures hacked
LulzSec, a hacking group that recently made news for hacking into PBS, claimed today that it has broken into several …
Sony takes down PlayStation Network after URL error
Nothing comes easy to Sony these days. The company was forced to take part of its Sony PlayStation Network offline …
EMC launches cloud tiering appliance
EMC Corporation today introduced the EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance, enabling storage administrators to more-effectively and simply manage their file-based unstructured …
EMC announces Project Lightning
EMC today outlined an aggressive strategy designed to accelerate the adoption and innovative use of flash storage technology in information …
Gartner outlines data management trends
As the master data management (MDM) market grows and matures, new trends will help shape its evolution, according to Gartner. …
Sony details PlayStation attack, apologises for breach
Sony’s PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services will begin a phased resumption this week, after the company took them offline …
Dell announces desktops with remote access capabilities
Dell has announced a desktop workstation that acts like a server from which remote client PCs can exploit graphics processing …
Mobile independence
Consumerisation of IT has created a desire in every employee to access corporate information using a array of personal mobile …
Verizon reports exponential increase in data breaches
Criminals carried out more but smaller data thefts last year than in previous years, indicating a shift toward simpler exploits …
The truth about malvertisements
Online advertisements are a part of our daily browsing experience as it has also become an essential part of companies’ …
Web pages compromised in mass injection attack
More than 50,000 webpages have been compromised in an SQL injection attack that has been dubbed Lizamoon. Security firm Websense …
Wi-Fi goes underground
London underground has announced plans to extend Wi-Fi access at tube stations after a successful trial at Charing Cross. Tube …