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Phishing Sites Use Whitelisting Technology To Keep Out Unwanted Targets
One of the favorite tactics of businesses is to use ‘whitelisting’ to keep malicious visitors at bay, but now it looks as if cybercriminals have turned the tables on them, employing the same tactics so they can target specific victims, according to a new report by the RSA security firm. The report describes how hackers ...
Building Big Data: How Facebook’s Graph Search Was Born
Facebook’s revolutionary search strategy, Graph Search, represents an intriguing marriage of Big Data and social networking that should allow people and businesses to connect in dozens of new and exciting ways. In case you missed our earlier coverage, Graph Search is essentially an all-encompassing Facebook search engine based on your unique ‘social graph’ that allows ...
Facebook’s Open Compute Shapes the Future of Big Data Servers
When a company grows to the size that Facebook has, vendors no longer get to dictate the specs of its server acquisitions. Instead, the boot is on the other foot Facebook gets to determine exactly what it wants, with customized server requirements made especially to order to meet its unique and over-sized needs. Now, Facebook ...
New Java Flaw Discovered, Selling for $5K on Black Web
Oh dear, oh dear. Oracle must think it’s experiencing a bad case of déjà vu right now – just days after it released a patch for a ‘serious’ vulnerability discovered in its Java software last week, news has emerged of yet another serious flaw that could threaten the security of millions of PCs around the ...
US Power Plant Shut Down by Malware-Infected USB Stick
In a case that bears strong similarities to the highly publicized Stuxnet attack on Iran, two US power plants have befallen the same fate, becoming infected with malware via USB sticks, according to the Department of Homeland Security. In one of the two cases, both of which occurred last year, it’s believed that a technician working for ...
Software Developer Sacked for Outsourcing Job to China
Ever heard the old saying “work smarter, not harder”? Well, if you happen to be an employer of some sort, you might want to think twice before you go proffering this kind of advice to one of your underlings… The example of forty-something year-old software developer “Bob” is a fine case in point. Here we ...
Facebook Graph Search + Your Privacy Explained
Facebook made a bit of a stir yesterday with the announcement of its new Graph Search feature that enables users to search for all kinds of interesting topics and recommendations. For example, if you’re feeling flirtatious you could search for “friends of friends who are single and live in New York” and see if it’s ...
IBM and Oracle Go Head-to-Head for Splunk Buyout
Big Data Elephants Set To Battle For Splunk Hot on the heels of Dell’s rumored mega-buyout, rival firm IBM is reported to be flexing its own financial muscles as it looks to make data analytics firm Splunk its first major acquisition of the year. Once again it was Bloomberg who first jumped on the story, ...
Dell’s Buyout Moving Fast: Talks Now at “Advanced Stage”
Things are moving fast at Dell as latest reports suggest that talks about its rumored buyout have already reached an advanced stage, with investors believed to have lined up at least four major banks to provide financing for the deal. Reuters reports that shares in Dell continued to soar on the back of the rumors, ...
Dell Buyout: Investors Too Fickle for Software-Led Initiatives?
Strong rumors have emerged today regarding a possible buyout of Dell, with the PC maker said to be talking to two investment firms about a possible acquisition, according to sources close to the company. The story was broken by Bloomberg, which cited unnamed sources as saying that the company was involved in “preliminary” talks with ...
