Salesforce.com announced today details of its annual Dreamforce conference, the world’s largest cloud computing industry event that aims to discuss innovations and trends and enhance collaboration and communication among companies and their customers. Dreamforce 2011 invites attendees to learn how technology can impact their businesses and industries through social, mobile and open cloud computing. According [...]
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South Korea’s communications regulator announced yesterday authorities and online security analysts are assessing the damage caused by what is being described as the largest data breach in the country’s history. SK Communications discovered earlier this week that malicious code was used to hack its sites, the Nate portal, the third most visited search engine and [...]
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After being blocked by Google+ for violating community standards, members from hacktivist collective Anonymous have decided to go into the business of online connecting and launch their own social hub. The developer behind the project, Presstorm, who according to its website engages in investigative journalism, reportedly set up AnonPlus.com after Anonymous’ Google+ page and the [...]
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The British government is warning about the threat of al-Qaida using online technology to plan attacks in pursuit of a “cyber jihad,” BBC News reports. According to U.K.’s updated counterterrorism strategy published Tuesday, terrorists’ use of social media to disseminate information and radicalize people is “commonplace,” and evidence shows extremists are looking to “invade Facebook.” [...]
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Small-business owners launching new companies may want to start in the cloud, which could decrease startup costs and allow them to focus on generating revenue, says an industry cloud expert. Ivanka Menken, CEO of Australia-based IT education company The Art of Service, said cloud computing has eliminated the need for a large lump-sum investment to [...]
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The FBI plans to intensify its attention on battling cyber crime as the agency wrestles with cyber attacks at companies such as Google and Sony, according to Bloomberg. “We will increasingly put emphasis on addressing cyber threats in all of their variations,” FBI Director Robert S. Mueller said today at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing [...]
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro will “seriously consider” issuing additional guidance detailing when public companies should notify the public about cybersecurity breaches, Reuters reports. “Although we are not aware that investors have asked for more disclosure in this area, I have asked the commission staff to provide me with a briefing on current [...]
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Executive Mosaic, publisher of The New New Internet and other web properties related to government contracting, has announced the launch of the latest issue of GovConExec magazine, which highlights the insider threat, emerging federal IT topics and data breach remedies. From yesterday’s clandestine spies to today’s insidious insiders, the cover story spotlights how malicious actors [...]
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Wired magazine calls it the “nerdiest holiday ever” and the “biggest geek party since Pi Day,” but around the world, some are taking World IPv6 Day very seriously. “Granted it isn’t up there with the World Cup final, or the opening ceremony of the Olympics, but today many of the key players, including Google, Facebook, [...]
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Following last week’s media reports that Google, Lockheed Martin, L-3 and Northrop Grumman had recently been targeted by hackers, aerospace giant Boeing has now admitted to being under “continuous” cyber attack, although it has been spared from database breaches, a senior executive said. “We, as are other global enterprises, are under a continuous state of [...]
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