The Department of Health's plan for enabling the public to access their patient medical records online from 2015 needs to take into account the possibility of security being breached,and should include tough sanctions against those who fail ...
Cross-site scripting(XSS)attacks remain the top threat to web applications,databases and websites,an analysis of 15 million cyber attacks in the third quarter of 2012 has revealed. Other top attack techniques are directory traversals,SQL ...
Tags: XSS, Web Applications, CSRF, Cross-site attacks
Network World-SAN DEIGO--If the OpenStack Summit held this week is any indication,virtual networking is a hot IT topic. A panel discussion about virtual networking in the cloud featuring representatives from HP,Big Switch and Midokura was ...
Tags: SDN, Virtual Networking, Hybrid Clouds
A second-hand laptop purchased on auction site eBay has been found to contain over 5GB of confidential information relating to global telecoms company Alcatel-Lucent. The files,shown exclusively to Computing,include service,fault and ...
Ladyblush is the "1st women's only online shopping website" in India. Launched in February 2012, it is focussed on creating a strong value proposition for Indian women shoppers, offering over 15,000 products across categories ...
Blitz Sport, a supplier of martial arts equipment, is among a handful of UK firms implementing NetSuite's SuiteCommerce platform. Blitz has replaced Sage Line 50 and Dydacomp Mail Order Manager with NetSuite SuiteCommerce, which provides ...
Tags: Blitz Sport, NetSuite, SuiteCommerce platform, cloud-based
Apple's Siri may be helping to get people comfortable with the idea of virtual assistants. Alain Avakian,the Rent.com CTO,points to Siri when he talks about his own interest in virtual chat technology and its potential to augment customer ...
Tags: Apple, virtual assistants, Rent.com, CRM Mix
Deputy Information Commissioner David Smith has told Computing that,while he does not dispute the accuracy of figures to suggest a 1,000 per cent rise in UK public and private sector data breaches in the past five years,he is unsure ...
Tags: ICO, Computing, data breaches, NHS data
Many automated teller machines(ATMs)and point-of-sale(POS)terminals fail to properly generate random numbers that are required by the EMV protocol to securely authenticate transaction requests,according to a team of researchers from the ...
Tags: ATMs, POS terminal, EMV, secret encryption key, ARQC
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Torbay Care Trust (TCT) £175,000 for a data breach it said was "entirely avoidable". The Trust, based in Devon, had published "sensitive details" of over 1,000 employees on its ...
Speculation last week of an impending new iPhone triggered a 70% increase in the number of owners trying to unload their current smartphones, online auctioneer eBay said. Smartphone trade-in offers at eBay's Instant Sale site during the ...
Tags: Smartphone, iPhone, electronic device, US
Solutionists Advanced Webstore ecommerce platform mow offers marketplace integration for Australasian online fashion retailers, delivering higher exposure, traffic, and sales for their clients. The fashion specific platform, which already ...
Tags: aussie fashion retailers, ecommerce platform, frameworks, textile
[Ask the iTunes Guy is a regular column in which we answer your questions on everything iTunes related. If theres something youd like to know, send an email to the iTunes Guy for consideration.] Among the many questions weve received ...
Tags: Apple, iTunes, iTunes Store, iPads, Apple account
Girls,if you thought all this LED technology stuff was just for boys,this one might just change your mind.What if we told you an LED light treatment could rejuvenate your skin and have anti-aging benefits too? LED light therapy has been ...
Tags: LED Light Therapy, Skin, LED
UK-Blackburn-based lighting and visuals rental specialist HSL is holding an auction to clear some high quality ex-rental stock. HSL's move to new premises and the need to make more space for the latest technologies to go into current hire ...