The level of sophistication of attacks shows the growing difficulty in guarding against cyber criminals. “I long for the days of the Melissa and ‘I love you’ computer viruses,” says Parenty, referring e-mail viruses that circulated the globe in 1999 and …
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Despite being a $40 billion a year global industry, cyber security is facing a crisis of confidence. The escalation of the “Hack Du Jour” from simple identity theft, large scale data breaches, corporate and government espionage and Wikileaks …
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Horace Dediu / asymco:
Why the Mac keeps growing — When the iPhone vs. Android rhetorical war heats up, both sides bring up the history of Macs vs. Windows PCs. The commonly held thesis is that Windows triumphed as the PC was commoditized (and modularized). This triumph was at the expense of the over-serving and over-priced Mac.
If you have an account with Amazon.com — and millions of consumers do — be on the lookout for new and evolving phishing scams aimed at stealing your account username and password. Identity thieves have launched a …
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