Categorised as: Security
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Dropbox unveils new ‘Dropbox for Business’ service News
10.04.2013 Cloud storage player Dropbox has rebranded ‘Dropbox for Teams’ with the more enterprise-friendly moniker ‘Dropbox for Business’, and said that new single sign-in capabilities... -
Comsys forms pan-European partnership with Axxana News
11.04.2013 Dublin-based IT infrastructure support company Comsys has become a pan-European business partner of data protection firm Axxana in a deal valued at €1m over the next two years. -
Social fingerprinting player Trustev about to establish UK and US offices News
05.04.2013 Fast-growing Irish start-up Trustev, focused on detecting and defending against fraud in the burgeoning social commerce space, is looking to establish new offices in the US and...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Security, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Funding, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Friday is the worst day of the week for phishing attacks, apparently News
05.04.2013 Friday appears to be the top choice for phishers to send targeted emails to office workers in an effort to get them to divulge secure information and potentially cash and is...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Security, Internet, Digital Business -
Anonymous hacks North Korea’s Twitter page News
04.04.2013 Hacker group Anonymous has declared its own war against North Korea by hacking in and seizing control of the country’s Twitter and Flickr accounts. -
Irish Government to run cybersecurity planning exercise News
04.04.2013 The Irish Government is planning to run a structured exercise to test its response to simulated cyber security incidents. -
Taskforce of European data regulators to target Google over privacy changes News
02.04.2013 Internet giant Google could face a bevy of massive fines after it emerged that at least six European data-protection commissioners could take co-ordinated action over its... -
PixAlert chosen to help secure Middle East and North African TV network OSN News
03.04.2013 Dublin-headquartered security software provider PixAlert has been chosen by the leading pay TV network in the Middle East and North African OSN to help protect its network. -
Irish internet users saw little impact of major cyberattack - INEX News
02.04.2013 The exchange that handles 95pc of data traffic from Irish people using the internet has said it was unaffected while a major cyberattack was in progress last week, as a backlash... -
Weekend news round-up: Bitcoin hits US$1bn; celebs crack Google Glass News
02.04.2013 In our round-up of the weekend's best tech stories, currency Bitcoin is now valued at US$1bn; Google's 'If I had Glass' competition features an embarrassingly high proportion of...Categories: Social Media, Security, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
ComReg warns businesses to defend against PBX fraud over Easter weekend News
28.03.2013 Businesses shutting up shop for the Easter weekend have been warned by telecoms regulator ComReg to be vigilant against PBX fraud, which could leave them reeling with phone... -
Global internet slowdown triggered by largest reported DDoS attack News
27.03.2013 What started as a dispute between spam blockers and a hosting service has resulted in the largest ever distributed denial-of-service (DDos) attack reported, which could have... -
Insurance giant Zurich to create 112 jobs at two new IT hubs in Dublin News
26.03.2013 Global insurer Zurich is to establish two new IT hubs in Dublin that will result in the creation of 112 new technology jobs. The two hubs will serve the IT service and security...Categories: Servers, Security, Management, Leadership & Management, IT Management, Investments, Economy, Digital Business, Data Management -
Bosses’ loss of control fears prevent uptake of flexible working in Ireland News
26.03.2013 Insecurities around the perceived loss of control if workers adopt flexible or mobile working is the biggest factor preventing Irish employers from adopting the latest... -
Now Sony's Xperia Z falls prey to the bypass lockscreen bug News
26.03.2013 Sony’s new Xperia Z is the latest smartphone device to fall afoul of a bug that lets hackers potentially bypass the device’s lockscreen. -
Apple rolls out two-factor authentication, iForgot service is back up News
23.03.2013 Apple’s iForgot password reset page is back up and running after a security hole that allowed unauthorised resets was discovered. In recent days Apple launched two-factor...Categories: Apps, Digital Business, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Security, Software, Software & Web Development, Wireless Communications