Facebook turns off facial recognition in Europe
Facebook has assented to keeping the facial recognition feature (“Tag Suggest”) for its European users off until European regulators allow it to be reinstated, and …
Big Data grows as data security shrinks
A report published by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has revealed that despite the growing issue of “Big Data,” most organisations are actually keeping looser tabs …
Decoding digital danger: The ever-moving threat
It was announced recently that GCHQ, the Government’s electronic intelligence unit, is to advise Britain’s senior business leaders on how to oppose the mounting …
Gartner says Windows 8 is a big gamble
Microsoft is taking a big gamble over the next few months with Windows and Office, the two products responsible for most of its revenue and profit, according to Gartner. It is …
Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion
Beneath OS X easy-to-use GUI interface lies a powerful Unix engine. Mac users have Unix, as well as a host of tools ported over from Linux, at their fingertips; the just need …
Week in review: IE zero-day patched, Flame C&Cs reveal more malware, and the new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Google adds Do Not Track support to Chrome The next official release of …
Microsoft patches IE zero-day and Flash flaws in IE 10
Microsoft has delivered on its promise and has issued a security update for Internet Explorer to address the zero-day memory-corruption vulnerability in versions 9 and earlier …
Yet another global cyber espionage campaign tied to China
A new cyber espionage campaign targeting energy and military companies and organizations has been unearthed by the researchers of Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit Threat …
Ex-CME programmer admits to stealing source code
A former senior software engineer for Chicago-based CME Group pleaded guilty to theft of trade secrets for stealing computer source code and other proprietary information …
Key components for mobile device management of BYOD
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Mobile Working Group released a research report identifying 17 key elements that are critical for organizations to consider for the full …
Moving federal mission-critical applications to the cloud
As federal agencies are making cloud progress, the early-adopters that are moving their mission-critical applications to the cloud are realizing cost savings and improved …
SUSE Manager update streamlines Linux management
SUSE released SUSE Manager 1.7 of its systems management solution for enterprise Linux environments. SUSE Manager’s capabilities help enterprises to comprehensively …