Year: 2013

Dangerous Linux Trojan could be sign of things to come

RSA expert details “Hand of Thief” banking Trojan Desktop Linux users accustomed to a relatively malware-free lifestyle should get more vigilant in the near future – a researcher at RSA has detailed the existence of the “Hand of Thief” Trojan, which specifically targets Linux. According to cyber intelligence expert Limor Kessem, Hand of Thief operates […]

Google Android roundup: Why did JBQ leave AOSP?

Android news/rumors: The end of an era, plus giant robots annoyed as LG removes “optimus” title from latest release, Android’s continued domination and why people think it’s doomed, and a Moto X engineer hates back on critics The Android realm is not a physical place, else we would have seen flags flying at half-mast and […]

Clouds are backing up clouds, with more choices on tap

Nasuni and Backupify are introducing new offerings for their cloud-to-cloud backup services Enterprises that rely on cloud-based services are getting more options for falling back on another cloud if necessary. On Tuesday, Nasuni introduced a cloud-to-cloud mirroring option to give customers extra assurance that their data will be available in case of a service outage. […]

How employers can fight back against fake job references

How employers can fight back against fake job references Here’s whats on the homepage of “The Reference Store,” which bills itself as the world’s leading virtual reference service: “Unemployed? Fired? Forced Out? Bad Reference? Create an entirely new work history using our fake reference service. Dont let these issues keep you from finding meaningful work. […]

Black Hat: How to create a massive DDoS botnet using cheap online ads

Black Hat: How to create a massive DDoS botnet using cheap online ads JavaScript in online ads can zombify browsers to carry out denial of service attacks Las Vegas — The bad news is if you click on the wrong online ad, your browser can be immediately enlisted in a botnet carrying out a denial […]

Windows RT on ARM chips is ‘not promising,’ Asus exec says

Taiwan firm plans to focus instead on making devices running Intel chips, report says Even Asus, maker of the Microsoft Surface RT tablet, isn’t impressed with the sales results of Microsoft Windows RT-based tablets. Asus Chairman Jonney Shih told tech news website AllThingsD that the Taiwan-based manufacturer won’t be launching new Windows RT-based tablets running […]

Chief Digital Officer: Hot new tech title or flash in the pan?

Chief Digital Officer: Hot new tech title or flash in the pan? Enterprises are tapping CDOs to monetize digital assets, but how will these new execs interact with IT? And will the hiring trend hold? There’s a new C-level executive — the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) — in the boardroom, charged with ensuring that companies’ […]

Google unveils second-generation Nexus 7 tablet running Android 4.3

The device will be available starting next week via Google’s Play Store Google is rolling out a second-generation Nexus 7 tablet designed for improved performance and portability, featuring the company’s just-announced mobile operating system, Android Jelly Bean 4.3. The device offers numerous enhancements over the original Nexus 7 tablet that Google released last year. It […]

Microsoft takes Outlook Web App native on iPhone, iPad

Microsoft takes Outlook Web App native on iPhone, iPad Just as with Office Mobile — the truncated Excel, PowerPoint and Word — OWA requires an Office 365 subscription Microsoft today launched Outlook Web App (OWA) for iOS, a “native” app that reprises — and amplifies — the in-browser OWA corporate workers have long used on […]

Internet traffic jams, meet your robot nemesis

MIT researchers have built a system to write better algorithms for tackling congestion On an 80-core computer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scientists have built a tool that might make networks significantly faster just by coming up with better algorithms. The system, called Remy, generates its own algorithms for implementing TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), […]

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