Monthly Archives: November 2014

Calligo Partners with Manx Telecom for Offshore Cloud Services

Offshore cloud service provider Calligo announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Manx Telecom, a telecommunications company based in the Isle of Man, to provide pan-jurisdictional cloud services. Continue reading

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Cyber Criminals Exploit Password Managers to Gain Access to Master Passwords

Designed to securely store strong passwords, password manager software is now becoming a target of cyber criminals. This week, IBM’s cyber security division Trusteer has reported a new configuration of the Citadel trojan which is designed to steal a master password that provides access to all individual accounts. Continue reading

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DDoS Attacks of More than 10 Gbps Rise Significantly in Q3

Large-scale DDoS attacks (defined as 10 Gbps and up) grew significantly in the third quarter of 2014, according to a report released Thursday by Verisign. Attacks of this nature represent more than 20 percent of all attacks from July to September 2014. Removing a couple of isolated attacks in the… Continue reading

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Indian Ecommerce Market to Reach $15 Billion by 2016: Report

The online shopping market in India will reach $15 billion by 2016, up from $35 million this year, according to a new report on Thursday by Google and Forrester Research. Continue reading

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China Ramps Up Censorship as it Hosts World Internet Conference

China is taking down its firewall in just one city for three days while it hosts the World Internet Conference. Unfortunately, this is temporary, and comes at a time when China seems to otherwise be increasing censorship. On Tuesday, the Guardian reported that Chinese Internet censorship watchdog Greatfire.org was being… Continue reading

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