Apple IDs targeted in global phishing scam
A new phishing threat is targeting businesses and consumers with Apple IDs in an effort to steal IDs, passwords and credit card information.
The attack has been identified by Comodo Antispam Labs and looks like an official Apple email. It has the Apple logo and includes Apple's physical address, as well as an email address that, at a quick glance, appears to to be from Apple -- giving the recipient the illusion of the message being authentic.
Post-Stagefright analysis shows Android users remain indifferent to attacks
In the past few months, Android users have seen a series of attacks by hackers exploiting bugs, collectively putting more than a billion devices at risk worldwide.
In late July, Stagefright hit the news as a weakness in the system that was being exploited by hackers. This was followed by Stagefright 2.0 and Kemoge, making for massive malware attacks on Android phones in three out of the last four months.
Poor management of admin accounts puts businesses at risk
Login details for an administrator or other privileged account falling into the wrong hands can have serious consequences for a business.
But a new global security survey from Dell reveals that organizations have haphazard processes for managing administrative or other privileged accounts, making them vulnerable to security breaches.
Location is key to app experiences but users are reluctant to share it
According to a new survey 83 percent of app users say location is crucial to their app experiences, but nearly 40 percent are hesitant to share their location.
These are part of the findings of a study by Skyhook Wireless which looks at the extent to which people turn location services on or off for their apps and tries to understand why many smartphone users choose not to take advantage of the benefits sharing location can bring.
Linux Foundation teams with big industry players to launch Open API Initiative
As we've seen with IBM's announcement earlier today, APIs are flavor of the development month at the moment.
Now the The Linux Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux and collaborative development, is announcing the launch of an Open API Initiative to promote and facilitate the adoption and use of an open API standard.
New solution helps track hybrid mobile app performance
Gartner predicts that by 2016 more than 50 percent of mobile apps will be hybrid, combining elements of both native and Web applications.
This allows apps to benefit from the portability of HTML5 Web apps along with a container that allows access to a device's native features. For businesses they offer faster development with easier updating and management.
New survey reveals what drives mobile shopping habits
Clean sites with low load times and fewer pages to navigate are more likely to get consumers to spend money according to new research.
The survey by Instart Logic of 2,000 US consumers also shows that consumer confidence in a brand is tied to their quality of experience while online shopping.
More than half of CIOs favor cloud-first strategies
Business information leaders are keen to adopt the benefits of the cloud according to a new study by data protection company Bitglass.
The company surveyed nearly 100 CIOs and IT leaders attending the Gartner Symposium IT Expo in Orlando, to better understand their top challenges for 2016 and how they plan to address them.
IBM announces new solutions for the API economy
APIs are the glue which allow different parts of systems data and logic to connect and they’re changing the way businesses and IT departments work.
But whilst they make life easier for the user, they present new challenges for enterprises and developers who need to ensure security and management of APIs at the back end, while maintaining a dynamic consumer experience at the front end.
How behavioral biometrics can help secure systems
Increasingly the security industry is looking for alternatives to the hard to manage and all too easily compromised password.
Biometrics like fingerprints and retinal scans are starting to make ground, but California-based two-factor authentication specialist SecureAuth has announced a new partnership with BehavioSec which aims to use behavioral analysis as a security tool.
Microsoft and Red Hat announce enterprise cloud partnership
Microsoft Azure is set to become a Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider as part of a new partnership announced today.
The tie up between Microsoft and the leading open source provider means Red Hat Enterprise Linux will be offered as the preferred choice for enterprise Linux workloads on Azure.
Human element is key to effective use of analytics
While most organizations are primarily focused on technology and tools, it's people who translate data and insights from analytics into business outcomes.
This is a key finding of a new report by Forbes Insights and professional services organization EY which shows that people and culture are critical to realizing business value from data and analytics.
CloudCenter platform simplifies application deployments
Managing development projects across an enterprise can be a complex process, involving tracking multiple phases and teams.
Cloud management company CliQr's latest CloudCenter platform introduces features that help developer and operations teams simplify and streamline deployment of any application to any data center, public or private cloud.
Druva extends its protection to Azure
The increasing demands of compliance and legal requirements are forcing companies to retain more and more data as well as having to comply with local regulations. Many organizations see the public cloud as an attractive option for storing this information but that in itself raises additional security issues.
For Azure users the headaches are about to be reduced as data protection specialist Druva is extending its cloud solutions to Microsoft's public cloud and infrastructure platform.
New predictive content solution helps drive customer relationships
To stay competitive companies have to understand their customers, in the modern data-driven world that means adopting a more personalized approach and abandoning old mass marketing techniques.
San Francisco-based Boomtrain is announcing the integration of its predictive personalization platform with the Marketo marketing software to offer companies deeper understanding of individual customers and help them build stronger relationships.
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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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