APT3 hacking collective has ties to Chinese government
Cybersecurity experts from Recorded Future think the cybercrime group we know as APT3 is on the Chinese Ministry of State Security’s payroll.
It bases its conclusions on the work of "intrusiontruth," a group claiming to have investigated some of the most important APT actors. Analyzing APT3’s C&C infrastructure, it came across two names, Wu Yingzhuo and Dong Hao, who allegedly registered many of the domains that the threat actors had used.
Why IBM has it wrong about Anywhere Work
When IBM announced recently it was summoning workers back to central offices after decades of pioneering a remote work model -- it was a seminal moment for the legacy tech company and a head-scratching moment for future-forward companies everywhere. IBM’s desire to reignite innovation and collaboration and all the other long-touted benefits of manufacturing physical proximity among employees is understandable after 20 straight quarters of declining revenue. But it also feels really counter-culture: not in a cool, old-is-new again kind of way, but in a doesn’t-IBM-know-this-is-a-bad-idea kind of way?
The move will have long-term effects on IBM’s ability to hire the next generation of talent, which in study after study has voiced support for workplace flexibility and work-life balance over all else.
Demand for microservices skills is growing
Job positions that require skills in so-called "microservices" have seen a huge boost to increase by 133 percent in the last year.
According to a new report by Rackspace, this has made such positions among the most popular IT jobs on the market today.
Adylkuzz malware mines Monero to generate revenue
A new form of malware is targeting innocent victims in order to mine cryptocurrency for its creators.
Adylkuzz, which targets the Monero cryptocurrency, stays hidden within an infected machine, and does not give visual warnings or interfere with users’ files.
Enterprise IT is back
There is no doubt that public clouds like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google constitute rapidly growing and attractive alternatives to traditional on premise IT operations leading many organizations to conclude that they are "not IT companies" and/or "do not want to be in the IT business."
But few companies can escape the mandate to be present online, to conduct business online, and to deal with partners, suppliers, customers, and employees online. This mandate is causing companies to embark upon initiatives to "digitize" their businesses, which means to implement these crucial business functions in software.
IT leaders want to adopt unified communications systems
Enterprise communications are set to see a major overhaul within the next five years, according to a new report. Research from Fuze found that almost six in ten (59 percent) of companies have prioritized adopting new communication technology.
Based on a survey of 900 IT leaders, the report says 64 percent are looking to cut the number of communications apps to remove complexity. Two thirds (64 percent) are also looking to move their communications completely into the cloud. Sixty-three percent will have adopted a unified communications system by 2022, and 62 percent think video will replace voice-based comms by 2022.
Many senior executives do not know GDPR is coming
More than four fifths (84 percent) of small business owners in the UK, and almost half (43 percent) of senior executives in large companies have no idea what GDPR is and that it’s coming.
That's according to Shred-it’s Security Tracker research, which also found that roughly one in seven (14 percent) of small business owners, and 31 percent of senior executives know what the fines of not complying with the GDPR are.
Does the integration of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and LinkedIn lay the groundwork for a CRM software war?
When Microsoft purchased LinkedIn back in December 2016, many predicted the eventual integration of Dynamics with the world’s primary professional social network. As well as being a valuable business networking tool, LinkedIn is just as useful for cold sales leads and recruitment prospects as it is for connecting people.
With Dynamics 365 designed to combine the company’s CRM and ERP services into a single cloud-based platform, the prospect of having access to nearly 500 million LinkedIn users could be more than enough to sway a new customer towards Microsoft. Dynamics 365 now has a clear advantage, but what impact will this have on the CRM software market when pitted against its competitors?
The rise of the connected car
Everyone thinks autonomous, self-driving cars are the next big opportunity in the automobile industry -- but it is the connected car that will drive the next major transformation in car owners’ driving experience. Previously, low-bandwidth cellular network connectivity and immature, cobbled-together proprietary technologies prevented automobile manufacturers from fully realizing the potential of the connected car.
However, with the arrival of standards-based, broadband-enabled turnkey connected car platforms, automobile manufacturers can finally make cars an integral part of the Internet of Things (IoT) and offer drivers mobility, preventive maintenance, infotainment and other connected car services that deliver a significantly better driving experience. In addition, the rise of the connected car will be a powerful force driving the development of the technology and infrastructure required to build a real path to a self-driving car future.
IT pros are feeling stressed at work
The road to becoming an IT professional is often thought to be a lifelong process, however, new research claims that this is not the case.
A new report from Spiceworks, entitled "A Portrait of IT Workers," says 41 pe cent of IT pros in the UK consider themselves "accidental" and that they ended up in their career via a "non-traditional" route.
Many users rely on VPNs to circumvent geoblocks
A new report has revealed that VPN usage in the UK has increased with almost one in six people now using a VPN alongside their internet connection.
According to YouGov's "Incognito Individual" report, 16 percent of British adults have used either a VPN or proxy server. This up-tick in users trying a VPN was often the direct result of trying access region-locked content or websites. Of those surveyed, 48 percent of respondents admitted to using a VPN or a proxy to access content they would otherwise be unable to view.
VMware to deliver Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
VMware has announced two major announcements with Microsoft and Samsung.
The cloud infrastructure and business mobility firm has announced it will now deliver VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure, helping its customers migrate to Windows 10 faster. VMware virtual desktops and applications are now also available to Azure enterprise users.
HPE's 'The Machine' computer prototype has 160TB of memory
HPE has unveiled a hugely powerful new platform which it believes can help usher in a potential new age of computing.
The latest offering from its "The Machine" research project, the new prototype comes with a whopping 160TB of memory, spread across 40 physical nodes -- the equivalent of 6,000 Blu-Ray discs.
What are organizations looking for in new IT hires?
The IT industry is booming and everyone, from small organizations to massive Fortune 500 companies, is hiring right now. For IT pros, this is good news.
However, the truth is that most don’t know how to get hired by the companies they want to work for.
UK consumers could 'break up' with breached businesses
Two thirds of consumers in the UK would "break up" with a brand if it suffers a data breach.
That's according to a new report by Talend which highlights the importance of businesses engaging with customers to ensure they provide high-quality data security.
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