Almost three million Android phones, many of them used by people in the US, are vulnerable to code-execution attacks that remotely seize full control of the devices, researchers said Thursday. Until recently, the flaw could have been exploited by anyone who took the time to obtain two Internet domains that …
Powerful backdoor/rootkit found preinstalled on 3 million Android phonesRead More »
A new report from Check Point claims that the average day in an enterprise organization is rife with malware and malicious applications. A new report, released by security company Check Point on Tuesday, claims that some form of known malware is downloaded every 81 seconds in an enterprise organization. The …
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Browsing the web used to be hard to do and almost taboo with the likes of Prodigy and then AOL via a dial up modem. Computers were not found in every home and cell phones were bigger than the average lunchbox, when people used lunchboxes. However now the internet is …
More details have emerged about the need for the iOS 9.3.5 patch, which looks to have terminated a trio of exploits capable of a remote jailbreak and mass exfiltration of data from a target’s iPhone, including device and account passwords. Read more from Apple Insider…
Microsoft Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint are getting intelligent updates to help improve productivity and performance with the addition of machine learning and natural language processing. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it was updating a host of its Office 365 applications with cloud-based intelligent services that it says will “save you …
Microsoft adds new cloud-based tools and machine learning features to Office appsRead More »
It can happen to any of us, and at this rate, it will: Massive collections of passwords from various online services are being posted online (the dark web, mostly) at an alarming rate. Due to a possibly related string of megabreaches, over 640 million passwords have been compromised. Read more …
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In a new report from SolarWinds, 92% of companies say adopting cloud is critical to long-term success. But, most don’t think they’ll ever be fully cloud. On Tuesday, IT management software provider SolarWinds released its annual report titled IT Trends Report 2016: The Hybrid IT Evolution, detailing some interesting trends …
Cloud computing: We’ll never be all in, say most companiesRead More »
In recent years, we’ve seen attitudes toward computer security shift from “let’s wait and see” to “protect yourselves at all costs.” And while security has been thrust center stage in all arenas, from healthcare to ecommerce to higher education, there are still entities becoming compromised to greater degrees every few …
A troubling trajectory of malware and ransomware targeting OS X and iOSRead More »
The relationship between business leaders and IT is equal parts necessary and contentious. More and more, though, decisions made on the business side are having an even greater impact on IT. On Tuesday, IDG released the results of a study commissioned by Datalink, which showed just how closely linked IT …
How business outcomes are transforming IT spendingRead More »