Asavin Wattanajantra
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Intel and SAP unite to move enterprises to web
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Cloud computing and web-based services need to move from the consumer space to the business world, says tech giants Intel and SAP.
How sharing a little data can mean big trouble
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News A simple Twitter message about your working day can reveal much more information about your company than you might have intended.
UK ready and willing for biometric fingerprinting
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News It seems that the British has more faith in biometric technology than governments and banks.
Cyber criminals make big bucks with scareware
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The online bad guys set to enjoy big money simply by what one professor calls a form of "entrapment marketing".
Postal strike could cost online retailers millions
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The Royal Mail postal strike could spell big trouble for smaller online retailers in the run up to Christmas, according to research.
Euro security agency ENISA appoints new chief
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENSIA) gets new leadership.
Businesses block social networks over legal fears
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Some UK companies have already been asked to provide electronic information from social networks for legal cases.
Virgin Money cashes in on open source for charity
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Jaspersoft's open source business intelligence software looks to be the right fit for Virgin as it launches a new charitable website.
Microsoft webmail targeted by spear phishing attacks
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Security firm says it is currently seeing 30,000 phishing attacks against business users using Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) every hour.
Computers being held to ransom by fake antivirus
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News A new threat demands that victims pay up for fake antivirus, or they don’t get their computer back.
London cyber criminals face jail for Natwest fraud
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News A Police Central e-Crime Unit operation leads to a £600,000 internet fraud gang facing jail.
McAfee Mac software highlights new risks
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The increasing use of Macs in the business world has convinced McAfee that Apple-specific security software is now necessary.
Botnet creators return with Bredolab trojan
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News The authors of the Cutwail botnet are fighting back to get more market share.
SAP and HP link up over business intelligence
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Industry giants HP and SAP have announced a partnership focused on business intelligence and data warehousing.
Adobe adds to patching burden with 29 flaw fixes
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Adobe has its own major security patch update for its PDF-reading software.
Salford security tech allows better public sector comms
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Salford is one of the councils around the UK, which needs to follow a government mandate in order to access a new government network.
Cyber criminals surfing the Google Wave
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News High demand for Google Wave invites hasn't gone unnoticed by the criminal community.
Snow Leopard bug is eating user data
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Some angry Apple users find that the new Mac OS is deleting folders thanks to a bug in the system.
Latest spam emails are 'almost foolproof'
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Spammers are taking advantage of brand reputations to create spam that looks exactly like legitimate mail.
Android patched to fix denial of service bugs
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Flaws in the open source Android mobile platform have been fixed.
Businesses aren't trusted to handle customer data
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Employees don't think that customers' identities are safe in the hands of the companies they work for.
EC urges UK and Europe to do more about spam
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Making sure that legislation is enforced could make a big difference in the war against spam.
Businesses can't ignore ‘spear phishing’ attacks
By Asavin Wattanajantra published
News Attacks this week against personal webmail accounts have raised the profile of phishing, which could also be used against businesses.
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