The best and worst rated countries for internet surveillance
We all know that some countries censor their citizens' access to the internet. But which are the most intrusive when it comes to online surveillance?
Consumer security site Security Baron has created an infographic showing the best and worst, along with those named by Reporters Without Borders as, 'enemies of the internet'.
Microsoft opens up its AI training to the public
Businesses are increasingly interested in the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence across a wide range of uses. But there's an increasing shortage of the skills needed to implement AI.
Microsoft is helping to address this problem by making its AI training program -- the Microsoft Professional Program in AI, previously only available to employees -- open to the public.
Less than half of Android security apps offer effective protection
A new study from independent testing lab AV-Comparatives reveals that of over 200 Android security apps tested the majority are dubious, unsafe or ineffective.
The company downloaded 204 apps from the Google Play store in January this year and found 84 of the apps detected over 30 percent of malicious samples, and had zero false alarms. 79 detected under 30 percent of malware samples and/or had a high false alarm rate.
CloudBerry offers 50 percent discount for World Backup Day
This Saturday's World Backup Day is set to raise awareness of the importance of backing up important documents.
Backup solution specialist CloudBerry is marking the day by offering a 50 percent discount until April 2nd on its CloudBerry Backup program for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
DevOps survey highlights complexity and culture worries
Top barriers to DevOps adoption include stagnant organizational cultures and managing a jumble of legacy processes.
A new survey of DevOps and IT professionals from sandbox software company Quali finds 22 percent of respondents cite organizational culture, 21 percent legacy processes, and 20 percent growing software complexity as their top concerns.
Cryptocurrency mining booming in higher education
The higher education sector has seen a big increase in cryptocurrency mining activity according to a new report from AI security company Vectra.
Vectra used its Cognito platform to monitor traffic and collect metadata from more than 4.5 million devices and workloads from customer cloud, data center and enterprise environments. It discovered that, of all the cryptocurrency mining detections, 60 percent occurred in higher education.
79 percent of healthcare pros worried about the security of their personal data
According to new research, 79 percent of healthcare professionals say they are concerned about the cyber security of their own healthcare information.
At the same time, 68 percent believe their organizations are doing enough to protect patient privacy and personal information from cyber attackers.
Fewer than 15 percent of businesses are fully confident of recovering data in a disaster
In a new survey ahead of this Saturday's World Backup Day, data protection specialist Arcserve reveals that while downtime is a top concern, many businesses lack confidence in their ability to recover data.
In the study of 600 channel partners and IT decision makers across America, Europe and Japan, 57 percent of respondents say they aren't confident in their ability to recover their business data in the event of a downtime or disaster event. Only just over 14 percent say they feel very confident they could recover their data.
Druva unifies data management across clouds
Enterprises increasingly store data in more diverse and complex cloud environments.
Data management platform Druva is launching a new version of its cloud platform offering an as-a-service solution that unifies data protection, management and intelligence capabilities for business-critical data.
Carbon Black improves integration with open APIs
Security teams are faced with an increasing range of problems, from the volume of attacks, to lack of visibility into networks and shortage of skills.
Endpoint security specialist Carbon Black is launching its own Carbon Black Integration Network (CbIN), a technology partner program designed to improve cybersecurity through collective defense.
More than half of organizations suffer mobile attacks
Over half (57 percent) of organizations suspect their mobile workers have been hacked, or caused a mobile security issue, in the last 12 months according to a new study.
The study by mobile connectivity specialist iPass shows that public Wi-Fi is the most common source of incidents, with 81 percent of respondents saying they had seen Wi-Fi related security incidents in the last year.
Intel contributes code to open source edge computing project
The rise of IoT devices is pushing more systems towards an edge computing model in order to handle the data created more effectively.
While several open source projects exist to help solve pieces of the edge puzzle, no single project currently meets the need for a complete edge infrastructure solution.
New asset management platform lets businesses see and secure devices
One of the basic problems businesses face in preventing attacks is effective discovery and identification of their technology assets.
This is made worse by the growth of BYOD and Internet of Things devices. Israel-based Axonius is looking to solve this problem with the launch of its Cybersecurity Asset Management Platform to enable customers to see and secure all their devices.
Zoho launches revamped platform to create business mobile apps
Business operating system Zoho is launching an updated version of its Creator apps builder, delivering the ability to build native mobile apps to automate business processes.
Zoho Creator 5 introduces a drag-and-drop interface to complement its HTML/CSS screen creator, and includes pre-built design elements like buttons, layouts, and reports that users can drag onto their page.
Top vulnerabilities shift focus from Adobe to Microsoft
A new report from threat intelligence specialist Recorded Future looks at the changing way in which attackers are using vulnerabilities.
In contrast to previous years, most of the criminal exploit kits and phishing campaigns seen in 2017 have favored Microsoft products, rather than the Adobe Flash vulnerabilities which previous research showed as being the most popular.
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Ian spent almost 20 years working with computers before he discovered that writing about them was easier than fixing them. Since then he's written for a number of computer magazines and is a former editor of PC Utilities. Follow him on Mastodon
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