Why BT dumped Yahoo Mail
WASHINGTON: A British telecom company has ditched the third-largest email provider, Yahoo Mail, as its default email service, keeping in view the service’s vulnerability to getting hacked.
The State of Security
A few years back, I knew a guy who had a mole on his forehead, which started to grow and change shape. As a survivor of melanoma, I know this is not a good thing.
Singapore to boost pool of cyber-security experts over next 5 years
SINGAPORE: Singapore is ramping up its supply of cyber-security experts through a training programme that will be conducted in Israel.
Russia kills Chinese cyber spy network
Specialists of Kaspersky Lab have detected another spy network that was engaged into public and industrial espionage on the Internet.
Asian culture stifles good security practices
SINGAPORE–Elements of Asian culture, such as the region’s fear of failure, tendency to follow checklists when it comes to IT security and prioritizing low cost over quality are some hurdles organizations in the region must overcome to improve their security posture.
A Shortage of Privacy Engineers
As organizations develop new products, services, infrastructures, and business processes that facilitate the collection and management of an ever-wider range of customer data, they’re discovering that privacy issues must be addressed from the very beginning of the design process.
Ex-hacker warns over ‘social engineering’ threat
Dubai: Hackers today don’t even need to gain access to a target’s computer and could use “social engineering” on the target when it comes to disclosing information, Kevin Mitnick, the hacker-turned international cyber security consultant and the keynote speaker at the inaugural Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (Gisec) Conference taking place at Dubai World Trade Centre, said.
Hiring concepts, Avoiding Pitfalls
Few topics are discussed as much in the tech industry as how to hire great people.
Information security firm and Manipal come together to bolster India’s e-defence
New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): In today’s networked world, to bolster India’s e-defence, a leading information technology firm has tied up with one of the leading universities of India to train young minds about different kinds of security solutions, and strengthen the nation in a different manner.
[Video] Hey..What’s you password?
A fun video about one of the antics some peopel get up to at an infosec conference..
