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Go to Denmark for the Safest Computing
Kaspersky Labs just released their quarterly threat report for Q3 2012, and it’s dry reading for most folks not fascinated by IT security as I am. There are some notable trends that their research has surfaced, and I thought you might find some of these data points interesting: You are least likely to be infected
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Malware Apps for Android on the Rise
According to analyst IDC, Android-based smartphones account for three out of every 4 phones sold worldwide in Q3 2012. As anticipated, this expansion of the market has also prompted a surge in fraudulent apps being developed and installed on phones. Security firm F-Secure reports a 10X increase in the number of distinct malware apps detected
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Millions of SC ID’s Compromised
On Friday, the state of South Carolina announced that it had been the victim of a major security breach, and that as many as 3.6 million state residents (nearly 77% of the total state population) may have had their Social Security numbers and other personal identifying data stolen by person or persons unknown. As security
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Frustrated with Siri?
Everyone I know that uses an iPhone has told me that Siri is, at best, a fun party trick, and at worst, completely useless. If you were sold on your latest iPhone by the promises Zooey Deschanel or Martin Scorsese failed to deliver, then you may find solace in a competitive offering from Google. Voice
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East Coast Flood Impact Felt Around the Nation
Normally, New Jersey and Manhattan datacenters don’t have to worry about floods, but Hurricane Sandy quickly overwhelmed many major providers like Internap and Peer 1 who provide service across the country. While most of their electronics were relatively safe from the torrential rains and high winds, water will – given time and opportunity – get into everything,
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Cloudy with a Chance of Outages
On October 26 of last week, a number of popular, “cloud-based” services suffered multi-hour interruptions. Among the outages was Google’s App Engine, a platform that is used by thousands of other websites and internet platforms including one of my favorites, Passpack.com. Some of your favorites may have been impacted as well: Dropbox, Tumblr and even
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