Predictions for "Cyber Monday" are wide of the mark for clothing retailers–which will actually see their busiest shopping day a few days later on Thursday December 5th, according to analysis by virtual fitting room provider Fits.me. ...
Tags: Fits.Me, 'Big Day', Clothing Retailers
Salesforce is taking security on its platform more seriously than ever, with a number of upgrades to its existing two-factor authentication on the horizon, a senior security director told Salesforce 2013 Dreamforce delegates today. ...
Tags: Dreamforce 2013, Tougher Security
The FBI has offered large rewards for information that could help them catch a clutch of alleged cyber-criminals. They include an El Salvadoran national accused of selling a Trojan designed to spy on husbands or wives believed by their ...
Malicious software aimed at stealing online banking credentials surged in the third quarter of this year to a level not seen since 2002, according to a new report from Trend Micro. The security vendor said it counted more than 200,000 new ...
Security researchers have uncovered two unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE) which have been exploited by attackers in an unusual “watering hole” campaign launched from a U.S.-based website that specialises in ...
Tags: IE, zero-day, hacker, watering hole
Oil giant BP is currently having a “big internal debate” about how it can lock down personal computers without losing out on flexibility for employees, as a direct result of the increasing threat of cyber attacks. Outgoing CIO ...
A Chicago-based company that runs derivatives exchanges said Friday it was the victim of a July cyber attack that compromised customer information. CME Group, which runs four exchanges, said in a statement that information belonging to ...
The Chinese economy, which saw a notable slowdown early this year, has recovered solidly based on latest data, and analysts expect the recovery momentum to be stable. One of the most convincing indicators emerged on Monday, or "Singles' ...
Tags: China's Recovery, Firm Footing
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday fast approaching, analysts say the outlook for the busiest shopping days of the year will be challenging for most retailers facing aggressive competition and still-cautious shoppers. John D. Morris, Retail ...
UK companies are struggling to find employees with the big data and analytics skills that they need. That's according to a new report released by SAS Institute, called "Big Data Analytics: Adoption and employment trends". It suggests ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
It's not possible for an organisation to be aware of and secure every mobile device on the network, not matter how much the IT department tries, because staff will always connect their own smartphones and tablets to the office wireless ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, network
Siemens Offers Free Webinars on Best Practices in Industrial Security, Plant Efficiency, Software Management and Data Analytics Hear from experts about industrial manufacturing best practices in plant productivity, flexibility, ...
Tags: Siemens, Software, Data Analytics
“Collecting more and more unstructured data will open up another whole degree of attractiveness and may well lead to attackers seeing value in a form not previously recognised by the organisation that owns the data.” So ...
Kaspersky Lab has revealed research results that show an increase in malware in the Middle East. The data, provided by Kaspersky Security Network, reveals that The UAE had the highest rate of attacks in the region, suffering 34% of all ...
Tags: Computer Products, Kaspersky, software
The cyber-extortionists behind the Cryptolocker "ransomware", which encrypts users' files and refuses to decrypt them without payment, have extended their deadline for affect PC users. Cryptolocker uses 256-bit Advanced Encryption ...
Tags: Computer Products, web surcrity