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91% of APT attacks start with a spear-phishing email...
91% of APT attacks start with a spear-phishing email...
...and 94% of the emails carry a malicious attachment – usually in ZIP, XLS or RTF format. These are the findings of new research published today.
Nov. 28, 2012
Crystal ball time: Top 2013 risks include cyber war, cloud and BYOD
Crystal ball time: Top 2013 risks include cyber war, cloud and BYOD
As the year draws inexorably to a close, it’s only fair and natural that we, as an industry, peer into the future to see what could await us in the New Year. The latest to tackle such prognostication is the Information Security Forum (ISF), which has ID’d the top five security threats businesses will face in 2013.
Nov. 28, 2012
Six Projects To Move Enterprises Toward the Clouds
Six Projects To Move Enterprises Toward the Clouds
By Uwe Lambrette, Director, IBSG Service Provider How exactly is the enterprise migration to the clouds progressing? In 2010, the Cisco Internet Business
Nov. 28, 2012
UN Nuclear Energy Server Hacked by Anti-Israel Hackers
UN Nuclear Energy Server Hacked by Anti-Israel Hackers
An unknown anti-Israeli hacking group who goes by the handle of Parastoo has hacked into a UN Nuclear energy server three days ago, stealing the confidential
Nov. 28, 2012
Habbo set to launch its own social games platform
Habbo set to launch its own social games platform
Following a child safety scandal at online chat service Habbo, developer Sulake is now looking to reel users back in with the upcoming launch of a new game platform within the website.
Nov. 27, 2012
Can the Wii U heal the split between TV and tablets?
Can the Wii U heal the split between TV and tablets?
"If earlier Nintendo systems made video games safe for homes and families, the Wii U turns the tables: it attempts to make the current trends in the internet and consumer electronics safe for video games." - Ian Bogost
Nov. 27, 2012
Sponsored Post: Webcast to examine 3D workflow used in 2D hit Fieldrunners
Sponsored Post: Webcast to examine 3D workflow used in 2D hit Fieldrunners
Targeting mobile and casual industries, software company Autodesk has announced a free, sponsored webcast with the CEO behind Fieldrunners to discuss the 3D tool workflow behind the hit 2D series.
Nov. 27, 2012
Twitch and the video game voyeur revolution
Twitch and the video game voyeur revolution
Developers are lining up to integrate Twitch's popular livestreaming platform into their titles, but what kind of titles are the best fit for in-client broadcasting? And is it too early to jump on this feature?
Nov. 27, 2012
Irish design consultant Tadhg Kelly joins U.S. startup
Irish design consultant Tadhg Kelly joins U.S. startup
Britain-based game design consultant (and frequent Gamasutra contributor) Tadhg Kelly is making a move to the United States to take on the role of creative director at a Seattle-based startup focused on real-time multiplayer social games.
Nov. 27, 2012
Windows 8 sales outpace Windows 7's, despite criticism
Windows 8 sales outpace Windows 7's, despite criticism
Microsoft sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses during its first month of public availability, which it says is more than Windows 7 sold during its same debut period, as criticism from the game dev community continues.
Nov. 27, 2012
Xbox 360 sales down, non-game usage up during Black Friday week
Xbox 360 sales down, non-game usage up during Black Friday week
Sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 console during Black Friday week in the U.S. exceeded the company's expectations at 750,000, though they didn't manage to topple last year's record numbers.
Nov. 27, 2012
Europol and ICE seize 132 domain names on Cyber Monday
Europol and ICE seize 132 domain names on Cyber Monday
The US Operation In Our Sights temporarily morphed into Project Cyber Monday 3 – with a European Project Transatlantic offshoot – and netted a combined haul of 132 seized counterfeiting website domains.
Nov. 27, 2012