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A new flavor of the SwiftKey Flow for Android devices is now available for download, namely version 4.0.0.76, which is still part of the Beta releases from the company.
This is one of the last beta iterations of the app set to arrive on devices before the final, gold app flavor is made available for download, and b... |
29 January 2013
03:03 GMT |
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According to Deloitte's Canadian Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions 2013 report, over 90% of all user-generated passwords, even ones considered to be strong, will become very easy to hack.
“Passwords containing at least eight characters, one number, mixed-case letters and non-a... |
17 January 2013
15:01 GMT |
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The latest Consumer Electronics Show (CES) from Vegas clearly shows that more and more devices are being connected to the Internet. However, Internet-enabled devices can always attract the attention of cybercriminals.
In a recently-published infographic, Trend Micro explains how vulnerable the automated home of tomo... |
12 January 2013
10:11 GMT |
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With the clock ticking on 2012 and us getting ready for a brand new year, perhaps the thought crossed your mind as to what you should expect from 2013. Will there be flying cars? Will we be contacted by alien life and see UFOs on a daily basis? What do experts and regular people say?This is by no means a blog meant t... |
28 December 2012
21:20 GMT |
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Integrated cybercrime prevention solutions provider ThreatMetrix has released a list of top cybersecurity trends that they believe will impact businesses and consumers in 2013.
The company highlights the fact that, in 2012, a number of US federal and state agencies have been targeted by cybercriminals – both ... |
28 December 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Most experts agree that in 2013 we’ll probably see an evolution in most sectors of cybercrime. Mobile malware will improve, crimeware and hacking as a service will expand, and big scale attacks will increase.
On the other hand, the influence of the notorious Anonymous hacker community will most likely decline,... |
27 December 2012
09:53 GMT |
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Over the past period, the malware economy has taken an interesting turn. The underground markets used to be a place frequented only by cybercriminals, but now they're becoming a valuable resource for both researchers and nation states. According to experts from security firm Zscaler, now that the value of a zer... |
22 December 2012
04:23 GMT |
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Imperva has released its set of predictions for 2013 and, according to their studies, the number one trend is that “government malware goes commercial.”
Experts believe that just as the technological advancements in military aircraft have influenced commercial aviation, the techniques used in state-spons... |
21 December 2012
17:51 GMT |
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One of the predictions for 2013 made by Venafi – a provider of enterprise key and certificate management (EKCM) solutions – is that we’ll likely see an increase in the IT security budgets of organizations.
“All signs indicate that most IT security budgets will grow in 2013 due to the increase... |
21 December 2012
09:57 GMT |
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With the end of 2013 approaching fast, most security solutions providers are rushing to publish their predictions for the year to come. One interesting prediction is made by Panda Security, which believes that next year, the cyber-arms race will escalate even more.
Experts have often warned that the involvement of g... |
21 December 2012
07:16 GMT |
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In their predictions for 2013, experts from security firm Trend Micro have revealed that it’s likely that Africa will become a new safe haven for cybercriminals.
Now, Security Threat Researcher Loucif Kharouni, who is doing some detailed research on Africa’s threat landscape, explains why the old contin... |
21 December 2012
05:17 GMT |
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Bitdefender has released an interesting set of predictions for the year to come. Experts reveal that in 2013 cybercriminals will come up with new approaches to Bitcoin mining.
Over the past period, a number of cybercriminal groups have turned to Bitcoin mining on compromised computers to make a profit. As the virtua... |
18 December 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Similar to other security solutions providers, Trend Micro has also released a series of interesting predictions for 2013. According to one of them, Africa will likely become a safe harbor for cybercriminals.
The old continent’s Internet infrastructure continues to improve and cybercriminals might choose ... |
17 December 2012
16:21 GMT |
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A large number of organizations have moved their operations to the cloud in order to take advantage of the many benefits offered by the relatively new technology. On the other hand, the cloud has many benefits for cybercriminals as well.
According to Amichai Shulman, CTO of Imperva, in 2013 we should expect to see a... |
13 December 2012
04:12 GMT |
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In its latest Security Threat Report, Sophos makes some interesting predictions for 2013. According to one of them, the latest exploit mitigation technologies will make it more difficult for cybercriminals to leverage software vulnerabilities in their attacks.
Over the past year, we’ve learned about numerous ... |
7 December 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Security firm Trusteer has released an interesting infographic that details the malware trends for 2013.
According to experts, in 2013 we’ll see an emergence of malware – such as Citadel and ZeuS – targeting the Google Chrome browser. Since Chrome is no longer immune to man-in-the-browser attacks,... |
6 December 2012
04:36 GMT |
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As 2012 draws to an end, security solutions providers are rushing the forecast of the security threats that will have the most impact next year. The Information Security Forum (ISF), a leading organization on information risk management and cyber security, is one of them.
According to the ISF, there are five major t... |
28 November 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Since 2012 is almost over, many internauts are probably wondering what’s in stall for them next year. To answer this question, the representatives of four companies have come to our aid, each predicting the future of the cyber security scene from their own perspective. According to Nick Cavalancia, VP of Spect... |
20 November 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Cyber security has become a highly important topic. Over the past few years, governments and organizations from all over the world have come to realize that they need to come up with proper strategies and solutions in order to protect themselves against cyber threats.
But what will the future hold?
Security experts... |
13 November 2012
13:31 GMT |
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We all make predictions every day. They cover a variety of topics, from the weather to the stock market, and they usually have variable chances of coming to pass. A new study indicates that relying on your intuition can make for more accurate predictions, although the reason this happens is unclear.
Writing in the l... |
17 April 2012
10:34 GMT |
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According to the results of a new analysis conducted by a Unites States Geological Survey (USGS) scientist, it would seem that the large earthquakes which affected the planet over the past couple of years are not indicative of a general trend towards more powerful tremors.
In other words, the magnitude 7.2 tremor t... |
8 November 2011
06:22 GMT |
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Since the earliest days of agriculture, people have been trying to develop ways of figuring out when it was going to rain, and when the first snow would fall. Weather prediction is now a tricky business, but researchers want to make it more reliable. At this point, predictions can only be made for a few days in advan... |
10 September 2010
02:44 GMT |
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Redmond-based software giant Microsoft announced back in February the launch of a new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, expected to help it regain the market share it has been losing lately in the smartphone segment. And “expected” seems to be the right term to use here, since the latest reports ... |
28 May 2010
06:59 GMT |
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According to a new scientific investigation, it would appear that people who have power, of any kind, tend to be more optimistic than their peers. But, while optimism was shown to be linked with a better state of the immune system, this comes with a disadvantage as well. The team behind the new study says that these ... |
27 March 2010
08:02 GMT |
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The human brain is the most important component of our body, as it is the only organ that enables us to make sense of everything around us. It integrates all the five sense, and more, and allows us to situate ourselves within our environment, find answers to questions, and perceive emotions, among many other things. ... |
13 March 2010
05:51 GMT |
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Engineers working for the automobile industry are currently working towards creating smarter cars that could literally learn your driving patterns. The new, highly-advanced systems would have the advantage of figuring out when you are not driving safely, and display a message, warning you of this. Already, existing l... |
23 February 2010
09:27 GMT |
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Leading mobile music discovery provider Shazam announced today its forecast for the upcoming year in the sound area. According to the company, its predictions are based on the behavior of its 50 million users, and is not similar with polls like BBC’s “Sound of 2010”, and Spin magazine’s &ldqu... |
21 December 2009
11:00 GMT |
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Over the past few years, geologists and planetary scientists have been saying that, in the near future, methods of predicting earthquakes more accurately, and further ahead, may become common throughout the world. However, as the years go by, this seems to less and less be the case. The vast majority of earthquake pr... |
29 October 2009
10:05 GMT |
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Since the full effects of global warming and climate change started coming into international focus, some experts have determined that large numbers of refugees, mostly coming form underdeveloped, Third-World countries, will flood the borders of the developed world. Their figures, which stated that millions of immigr... |
26 June 2009
03:59 GMT |
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Australian researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Sydney, published a new scientific study in the journal Archives of Ophthalmology, saying that the number of people suffering from presbyopia – a stiffening of the eye lenses or of the muscle operating these lenses – will drastically i... |
9 December 2008
03:23 GMT |
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In what might seem to be a shocking statement, having in mind that the games industry keeps growing, former Sony CEO Chris Deering said that just 30% of the games produced manage to recover their costs, so developers must "explore new models" in order to survive. However, this does not mean that the industry is showi... |
12 August 2008
04:17 GMT |
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