Keeping every app and service updated is no small task, but Secunia has found the biggest security threat could be a familiar one, Oracle’s Java.
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Java is security’s top enemy: Report
Filed Under: Applications & Software, In this week's e-newsletter, IT Support, Latest News & Views Tagged With: Java
DDoS attacks run rampant: Can anything stop them?
One of the oldest weapons in a hacker’s arsenal is still one of the most effective: the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.
Filed Under: In this week's e-newsletter, IT Security Tagged With: DDoS, hacks
Google: Fixing vulnerable OS is too dangerous
See if you can follow the logic on this one: Google knows its Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OS is vulnerable, but it’s not going to fix it because it could wind up being too dangerous.
Filed Under: In this week's e-newsletter, Mobile Technology Tagged With: Android, Mobile Technology, webview
Creating better passwords (that users can actually remember)
Just about every day there’s a news story that the age of passwords is almost over. Something – anything – more secure and easier to use is about to replace them once and for all. We won’t hold our breath.
Filed Under: In this week's e-newsletter, IT Security, Special Report Tagged With: end users, passwords
Big Data still isn’t catching on yet: Will it ever?
For years now we’ve been hearing that the age of Big Data is just around the corner. But what if it isn’t?
Filed Under: Data Center, In this week's e-newsletter Tagged With: big data
Facebook and work: A match made in …
Facebook and work usually don’t get mentioned in the same sentence – unless you’re talking about a security breach. But Mark Zuckerberg and Co. want to change that.
Filed Under: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Networking, Vendors and service providers Tagged With: facebook at work, social media
Microsoft and Google fight, we all lose
Conflicting policies on how and when to address patches left IT with the possibility of a zero-day attack. The cause of that gap in protection: Microsoft and Google didn’t quite see eye-to-eye on when patches need to be made available.
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Don’t believe everything you read: Windows 7 isn’t dead
There are plenty of headlines this week that are trying to shock and scare IT by screaming that Microsoft has ended support for Windows 7. That’s not actually true – but the OS has reached a milestone.
Filed Under: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Operating Systems Tagged With: Microsoft, Windows 7
Cloud security struggles continue to hamper IT
The benefits of the cloud can’t be fully realized when the security risks are great. Although companies want to move forward with cloud projects, many are being held back by security issues.
Filed Under: Data Center, In this week's e-newsletter, IT Security Tagged With: cloud policy, cloud security
2014 was a very good year for uptime … with some exceptions
It’s pretty much undisputed that the cloud can provide efficiency and cost-savings that hosting apps or data on site can’t always match. But there’s always been a big caveat to that: In order to get those benefits, you need the cloud to be available and running smoothly.
Filed Under: Data Center, In this week's e-newsletter, IT Support, Vendors and service providers Tagged With: cloud providers, uptime