Research from Barracuda Labs has found over 10 million people were exposed to drive-by download risks during February 2012. This press release is scheduled to be distributed tomorrow, but I wanted to share with you ahead of time.
London: Commenting on the loss of 1.5 million cardholder credentials by an Atlanta, Georgia-based transaction processor, Venafi says that it comes as no surprise that cybercriminals have targeted the firm, as each set of cardholder credentials are worth between $1.00 and $6.00, depending on the card issuer and the cardholder’s location plus account classification.
When it comes to Internet access in the workplace the main concerns for most organisations are still the cost of that access, the connection speed and its reliability. However the bigger and more dangerous issues are of course the security threat the connection poses to the business, what it’s being used for as well as when and where employees are actually accessing it.
Trust/trəst/ : Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.
The foundations of the working of human society are built on trust. This has been so since the beginning of recorded history. As our communities evolved from hunter gatherer groups into agricultural chiefdoms, and ultimately modern states their operation, increasing complexity and success relied not only upon our cultural evolution as posited by Robert Wright in Non-Zero (http://www.nonzero.org/) but also upon trust. Trust is integral to our ‘culture.’
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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