The day after World IPv6 test Day, it looks as if the Internet 1.0 has been getting back to its IPv4-borne …
Acer says names, emails hacked in Europe
Taiwanese PC maker Acer is investigating the hacker attack that stole customer data from its Packard Bell unit in Europe, …
IMF is victim of ‘sophisticated cyberattack,’ says report
The International Monetary Fund has reportedly been hit with a “large and sophisticated cyberattack” that potentially puts sensitive, confidential data …
Citigroup breach impacts 200,000 cardholders
Citigroup has acknowledged that hackers broke into its network and stole credit-card information related to tens of thousands of customers …
Amazon’s Android e-store inferior: Apple
Apple this week called Amazon’s Appstore for Android “inferior” as it urged a federal court to block the online retailer …
Data loss rampant worldwide: survey
Data loss is rampant among businesses worldwide, with the most common cause of losses being lost or stolen equipment, according …
Setting standards
Qatar First Investment Bank chooses the cloud to host its disaster recovery apps and data, and finds that it could …
UAE outsourcing industry to witness 10% growth: DOZ
Dubai Outsource Zone (DOZ) today, on the occasion of their fourth anniversary released a report entitled “Outsourcing opportunities in the …
People-asset or risk?
When speaking about information security, the first thing everybody thinks of is IT itself, the PC, network or server used. …
First tablets with Intel’s Oak Trail chips shipped out
The first tablets based on Intel’s processor code-named Oak Trail started shipping late last week, with the initial models targeted …
Citrix founder’s new startup targets data sprawl
Citrix founder Edward Iacobucci is launching a startup calledVirtualWorks Group that plans to organize the mountains of data overwhelming modern …
Each to their own
Has cloud computing reached its absolute peak in terms of hype? The topic makes for animated discussions at technology seminars these days and the hype seems to have reached a crescendo, making it really difficult to separate fact from fiction.
Sony Pictures hacked
LulzSec, a hacking group that recently made news for hacking into PBS, claimed today that it has broken into several …
HP unveils performance suite
HP today unveiled a new suite of software to operationalise, measure and improve IT performance across the industry’s broadest set …
Fake Firefox warnings lead to scareware: Sophos
IT security and control firm Sophos is warning people to be vigilant, following the discovery of an advanced ‘scareware’ campaign …
Blue Coat announces new regional appointments
Blue Coat Systems, a leading provider of Web security and WAN optimisation solutions, today announced that it has named Gary …
Obama’s CTO eyes the cloud
The federal government is “bullish” on prospects for using cloud and mobile technologies, although perhaps not at the expense of …
Gmail targeted by phishers
Google has disrupted what it believes to be a targeted phishing campaign aimed at stealing e-mail from government officials, contractors …
HP launches Executive Scorecard software
Hewlett-Packard plans to introduce a scorecard application that can visually summarise a wide swath of metrics taken from other HP …
Khalifa University sets up cyber operations centre
Khalifa University, Cassidian and Emiraje Systems have recently established the Cyber Operations Centre of Excellence. The new centre will be …