Security firm ESET has spotted a new threat against the Apple Mac OS X platform, in addition to a similar threat that it previously revealed, though slight differences appear. The latest threat implements persistence on an infected system. It also has updated command and control information. On the other hand, the more recent threat enables [...]
Symantec has warned against encrypting the latest generation of MacBook Air Notebooks and Mac Mini Desktops after they were found to have a known issue with Symantec PGP Whole Disk Encryption. Symantec Engineering has isolated this issue down to specifically the latest version of Mac Book Air notebooks 4.2 with the Intel Core i5 and [...]
Apple has sold over four million iPhone 4S in just three days after its launch on October 14, with more than 25 million customers already using iOS 5, touted as the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, in the first five days of its release, and more than 20 million customers having signed up for [...]
Google is shutting down some of its products including Google Buzz, Code Search, Code Search API, and Jaiku, saying “changing the world takes focus on the future, and honesty about the past.” “We aspire to build great products that really change people’s lives, products they use two or three times a day,” said Bradley Horowitz, [...]
Verizon Wireless has introduced a breakthrough business tool that combines the processing power of Android smartphones and its wireless network with existing enterprise telephone systems to support employee mobility while maintaining corporate security and control. “As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile, enterprises are compelled to expend precious time, money and IT resources to manage employees’ [...]
In just one day, Apple’s iPhone 4S pre-orders have topped one million, surpassing the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 held by iPhone 4. iPhone 4S has a 3.5-inch screen; an 8-megapixel, full 1080p high-definition resolution video recording; dual-core A5 chip processor that is seven times faster than the processor in the iPhone 4; [...]
Apple has launched iPhone 4S, packed with new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for fast performance, a new camera with advanced optics, full 1080p HD resolution video recording, and Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps users get things done just by asking. With the launch of iPhone 4S also comes the launch of iOS [...]
Steve Jobs, the Apple Inc. co-founder who revolutionized digital technology and the way people communicate, has died at the age of 56. In an email sent to all Apple employees yesterday, Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook who replaced Jobs last August confirmed his death, saying “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and [...]
In their ongoing assault against botnet operators and the hosting companies that allow anonymous domain registrations which facilitate them, Kaspersky Lab, Microsoft and Kyrus Tech have successfully worked together to take out the Kelihos botnet, originally named Hlux by Kaspersky Lab. Kelihos was used for delivering billions of spam messages, stealing personal data, performing DDoS [...]
A Websense-sponsored global survey of 4,640 IT and IT security practitioners about social media and security in their organizations revealed an increase in malware that has been opened up with social media in a business. Asked whether their organizations experienced any increase in virus and malware attacks as a result of employees’ use of social [...]
The highly encrypted computer worm called Conficker that can furtively penetrate and run PCs has been infecting over 20 million computers for the past three years, according to Kaspersky Lab. The self-updating worm penetrates the core of the operating system of the computer and transfers the control to a remote controller, wrote Mark Bowden, author [...]
Shortly after reports came out that the HP board was considering Meg Whitman to replace Leo Apotheker as its CEO, the former eBay chief is now leading one of the world’s largest companies. HP recently struggled with poor company performance after Apotheker failed in different strategic shifts during his 11-month stint as CEO, including its [...]
Amazon and digital content distribution service firm OverDrive have joined hands to make the Kindle Library Lending Program available in thousands of public libraries across USA this month following its rumored distribution last April. Kindle Library Lending has now gone live in select areas only according to the official discussion forum for Amazon’s Kindle, with [...]
The tech world welcomes Hewlett-Packard Co’s bid to replace HP CEO Leo Apotheker after less than a year on the job, but laughs at the idea of replacing him with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman. HP is considering hiring a new CEO as the company struggles to brave the shareholder lawsuits and intense criticism from [...]
There is no evidence supporting allegations that R68-million was misappropriated from the Cricket South Africa (CSA) account arising from the IPL tournament, KPMG’s independent audit of the finances of CSA revealed. The audit report, received by CSA recently, covers the 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) and the ICC Champions’ Trophy tournament, which were organized and [...]
Following the August release of a white paper by Japan’s defense ministry urging vigilance against cyber crime, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, the country’s biggest defense contractor, has become the first victim of a cyber attack on the industry. Mitsubishi, which is in talks with Hitachi Ltd. over a possible merger of some businesses, admitted on [...]
ZeuS Trojan, one of the most destructive malware seen in the wild and whose source code has recently been made available in the underground market for free, is targeting the Android OS. Android, one of the most popular operating systems for mobile devices, is feared to be next in line of target operating systems by [...]
WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP), and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have agreed to create the first commercial applications of the IBM Watson technology. Under the agreement, WellPoint will develop and launch Watson-based solutions to help improve patient care through the delivery of up-to-date, evidence-based health care for millions of Americans. IBM will develop the base Watson healthcare [...]
Hackers have penetrated the Twitter account of NBC News and posted messages alleging that there has been a terrorist attack at Ground Zero in New York, amid ubiquitous commemorations of the 9/11 attack and anniversary events remembering the Flight 93 heroes. NBCNews’s Digital Officer Vivian Schiller confirmed in a Twitter post that the news agency’s [...]
As if to show an utter disrespect to the chair of the Justice Department’s Cybercrime Subcommittee, “skimmers” have successfully stolen $1,000 from U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan of Seattle in the latest of a growing ATM robbery cases. Skimmers are ATM thieves that put up a magnetic device on Automated Teller Machines to steal highly confidential [...]
