Financial services sector pushing hybrid cloud usage more than ever
The financial services sector is pushing hybrid cloud usage more than ever, a new report from Nutanix states. The company’s third annual Enterprise Cloud Index Report claims that financial services firms expect hybrid cloud to be the only IT model to show positive growth within half a decade. It is expected to grow by 39 percent during that time. Furthermore, …
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Global PC market recorded 25 percent growth in Q4 2020
In the fourth quarter of 2020, the global PC market grew by 25 percent, compared to the same period last year. According to new data from market analysts Canalys, a record 90.3 million units were purchased worldwide, excluding tablets. The report states that Q4 stood on the shoulders of a stellar Q3, recording an additional 13 percent growth over the …
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Investment in cybersecurity start-ups defies lockdown slowdown
Cybersecurity startups in the UK have raised more than $880 million since lockdown was first enforced, a new report from Plexal and Beauhurst shows. The majority of investment, however, went towards relatively well established firms and only circa $16 million went to newly formed startups looking for their first investors. Investment into cybersecurity startups rose by more than half (52 …
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The post-pandemic intelligent business | ITProPortal
No one saw Covid-19 coming. Nor its massive effect on businesses across the globe. More than anything, it’s proved that businesses cannot rely solely on past experience. We are now living in a dynamic world where the pace of change and technological advancement is exponentially increasing. The key to future success in this environment is resilience and adaptability. If there …
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United Nations discloses possible data breach
The systems of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) were found to have contained a vulnerability that could have exposed 100,000 personal data records, Bleeping Computer has reported. Ethical hackers from Sakura Samurai set out to analyze the strength of the UN’s network and managed to obtain the data in less than 24 hours. By abusing exposed Git directories and …
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New ransomware trend will have executives worried
Ransomware attacks have evolved once again, giving C-suite executives a serious cause for concern. According to a new report from ZDNet, some ransomware operators are no longer casting a wide net across an organization in the hopes of finding sensitive data to encrypt. Instead, they’re specifically targeting computers and other devices used by managers and top executives. They hope that …
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SolarWinds hackers also used brute force password techniques to breach victims
While the majority of victims of the SolarWinds supply chain attack were breached through the compromised Orion update, some had their perimeters breached via brute force password techniques. According to a recently updated advisory from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the SolarWinds attackers didn’t always rely on the poisoned Orion update as the initial access vector. “CISA …
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IEEE survey: a post-Covid cybersecurity roadmap for 2021
It has become something of a routine for the passing of the year to be marked by technology predictions. As interesting as it is to do a bit of crystal ball gazing, these trends often feel largely incremental, with most predictions littered with the latest buzzwords and marketing chatter. However, 2020 is a year like no other, and no doubt …
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Ten challenges facing IT managers right now – and how to overcome them
In 2020, the IT manager has moved into the center of business operations. Necessity is the mother of invention, and with the pandemic leading to mass remote working, IT managers have played an integral role in keeping us connected and safer using technology both new and old. The days of the IT manager working from the side-lines is over. Whilst …
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Zero-day attack – An inevitable threat?
A Zero-day vulnerability is a software flaw that has the potential to be abused in multiple different ways and which is unknown to the targeted software. The term ‘Zero-day Attack’ refers to an attack situation in which a vulnerability is both exploited in the wild and unknown to the target software, and the target therefore has “Zero days” to remedy …
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