Massive Increase in Malware Distribution

Top statistics from 2013 to 2014 include the following… 159% increase in malware URLs tracked by CYREN in 2014 50% increase in average daily number of emails containing malware – from 1.69 to 2.5 billion  42.34% of all spam was pharmacy related – the most frequent topic followed by job offers  30% decline in the average daily amount of spam from 78.2 billion... By IT Next

6 Technology Gurus IT Managers Adore

By Mastufa Ahmed

Your Web Browser Could Be Hit By a FREAK Attack!

The 'FREAK' encryption bug, which was earlier considered a threat to only certain mobile devices and Apple computers, can actually harm many more browsers and websites, warn experts. A new research by French scientists has shown that major SSL clients including OpenSSL can be compromised with this new vulnerability called the 'FREAK' (Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT) vulnerability. Indusface, a... By IT Next

The Death of SSL?

A vulnerability discovered recently could prove to be the final nail in SSL’s (Secure Socket Layer) coffin.  The latest vulnerability to hit SSL, called ‘Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys’ (or FREAK), is claims to breach as many as 36 percent of all websites trusted by browsers. According to reports, several highly-ranked websites, including the likes of FBI and NSA, are... By Yashvendra Singh

Highlights of Union Budget 2015

By Mastufa Ahmed

Principles Governing Open Government Data (OGD) Platform

The Open Government Data (OGD) Platform (http://data.gov.in/) is an initiative taken by government to create an online portal through which various departments can share their non-sensitive data. The objective is to increase transparency and efficiency in functioning of offices under the government sector. The data hosted on the portal includes income tax and inflation statistics, housing and... By Sanjay Kumar

Digitalization Has Moved To Center Stage For CIOs In India

According to Gartner’s 2015 CIO Agenda survey, digitalization has moved to center stage for CIOs in India. “Eighty-two percent of CIOs in India agree that embracing an expanding array of digital opportunities brings with it a set of new, higher-level risks that 70 percent of respondents say the enterprise is ill-equipped to deal with. Eighty-five percent believe that they need to... By CIO&Leader

Is BI the flavour of 2015?

Enterprise technology leaders in India are excited about Business Intelligence (BI). Most of the CIOs that I interact with speak of doing two things this year -- moving applications to the cloud and deploying a BI solution. BI certainly seems to be on top of their priority list in 2015. The major push for the adoption of BI (unlike other ITsolutions) is coming from the top management in an... By Yashvendra Singh

Smartphone Sales Surpassed One Billion Units in 2014

Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users had a record fourth quarter of 2014 with an increase of 29.9 percent from the fourth quarter of 2013 to reach 367.5 million units, according to Gartner, Inc. Samsung lost the top spot to Apple in the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2014. Samsung had been in the top spot since 2011. In 2014, sales of smartphones to end users totaled 1... By IT NEXT

Top Mobile Application Security Issues

Researchers reviewed popular apps with more than 50,000 downloads to assess their exposure to a common vulnerability, and found that 31% of them were exposed to it. Of those, 18% were in categories with potentially sensitive data, including finance, medical, communication, shopping, health, and productivity. Additional research conducted in the second half of 2013 found a 500% increase in the... By

Why a Leader Shouldn't be Lonely at the Top

Ancient wisdom had us believe that the higher we climb, the harder would be the fall.  Down the ages, this metaphor couldn’t curtail the human spirit of reaching out for the skies and beyond. The human race has continued its upward march relentlessly with the spirit of entrepreneurship and adventure often guiding us to dizzying levels, especially when this growth is looked at from... By Nikita Saxena

5 Companies That Got it Right on Social Media

 On October 7, 2014 when Flipkart CEOs Sachin and Binny Bansal posted a personal and detailed apology on the site blog for their ‘Big Billion Day Sale’ fiasco a day earlier, it went viral on Facebook and Twitter. They not only accepted that they had erred, but also managed to recover a lot of Flipkart’s customer loyalty by soothing irate buyers. Conversely, when Uber... By Nikita Saxena