Tagged: Security
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Facebook confirms hit by cyber attack, no evidence user data compromised News
16.02.2013 Social networking giant Facebook has confirmed that it has been the victim of an attack by hackers. It says several of its engineers’ computers were hacked using a zero-day Java...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Mobility, Mobile, IT Management, Internet, Digital Media, Data Management, Data Centre -
YouTuber discovers how to bypass iPhone 5 lock screen on iOS 6 News
14.02.2013 Another iOS 6 issue has been discovered and this one allows someone to access the dialler app, full contact list and call history from the lock screen by following a few simple... -
Irish IT security expert shortlisted for international award News
13.02.2013 Brian Honan of BH Consulting has been shortlisted for ‘Information Security Person of the Year’ in the prestigious SC Magazine awards.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, IT Organisation, IT Management, CIO -
US TV station hacked – zombie alert transmitted to stunned TV viewers (video) News
12.02.2013 A TV station in Montana became the subject of the latest hacker hoax when hackers broke into its emergency alert system and issued a warning to thousands of TV viewers that the... -
The five minute CIO: Brian McIntyre News
08.02.2013 Sage Ireland’s head of R&D Brian McIntyre on why it’s better to be Agile when building a product to deliver good customer experience, and the challenge on moving from a... -
25pc of Irish school-goers experience cyber bullying – above average for Europe News
04.02.2013 A quarter of Irish nine to 16-year-olds have been bullied online, a DIT and Kids Online study has revealed. The study, published in time for Safer Internet Day 2013, found that...Categories: Web, Software, Social Media, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Twitter joins growing list of media websites to be hacked - 250k accounts compromised News
03.02.2013 It emerged over the weekend that as many as 250,000 Twitter accounts may have been compromised in a hacker attack. Twitter joins a growing array of major sites to be attacked in...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Internet, Digital Media -
Hackers break into New York Times, steal employee passwords News
31.01.2013 The New York Times has claimed that hackers based in China managed to infiltrate its computer network and access employee emails. -
Weekend news round-up: Eric Schmidt wants an open web; Kim Dotcom speaks out News
21.01.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, fresh from his trip to North Korea, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt outlines the economic advantages of... -
Should we stop using Java? Experts and the US Department of Homeland Security think so News
15.01.2013 Last weekend, security experts everywhere were alerting users to a zero-day vulnerability that left computers using even the latest version of Java open to attacks from... -
Why it sucks to be the IT guy (infographic) News
12.01.2013 Let’s face it, for most of us at work, we’d be unable to complete our jobs without our IT guy (or girl, if you will). A new infographic takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the... -
Dell SecureWorks reveals new cloud security service News
07.01.2013 Dell SecureWorks has revealed a new vulnerability management service and a new web application scanning service for the cloud and virtualised computing environments. -
IT professionals fear loss of control when it comes to cloud computing News
21.12.2012 IT professionals are still being deterred by the perceived risks of cloud computing with loss of control one of their biggest worries, a global study of 4,500 IT professionals... -
14pc of kids want a tablet computer from Santa News
20.12.2012 One in seven children have asked their parents for a tablet computer this Christmas, according to research from Futuresource Consulting.Categories: Computers, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Hardware, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Wireless Communications -
Parents told to beware of hidden dangers in kids’ smartphone and tablet apps News
20.12.2012 Kids are going gaga for smartphones and tablet computers this Christmas, but a security expert has warned that parents need to be wary of apps that are capable of gathering data... -
Employees pose greater threat to IT security than hackers – survey News
20.12.2012 It seems that Irish employers are more concerned about the actions of careless employees rather than external hacking threats when it comes to their IT systems, that’s according... -
Sligo start-up VentiSys wins security category of Tech Trailblazers Awards News
18.12.2012 VentiSys, a start-up operating out of Sligo, has been named winner of the Security Trailblazers category in the global Tech Trailblazers Awards. -
50-fold increase in the size of data globally between 2010 and 2020 (infographic) News
11.12.2012 The amount of data being created in the world is surpassing expectations and a new report by IDC suggests that the digital universe will reach 40 zettabytes by 2020, exceeding...