Online retailers are their own worst enemy

As retailers count the cost of credit card fraud after the holiday season, payment services provider PayGate says the new year is a good time for e-commerce businesses to improve their protection. “International credit card fraud does happen, but the reality is that...

UK drops HP/Autonomy investigation

The Senior Fraud Office (SFO) in the UK has dropped the investigation into HP’s $10-billion acquisition of Autonomy, which took place two years ago. Bloomberg News reports that the SFO closed the investigation yesterday saying it found “insufficient evidence for a...

Security predictions for the year ahead

Sophos has released its Security Threat Trends 2015 report that exposes the biggest security risks on the horizon and explains the real-world impact of evolving cyber threats on businesses and consumers in the new year. The full report highlights the following 10...

Territorial control slipping in Africa

African countries are increasingly struggling to maintain territorial integrity, according to the latest report from Think Security Africa’s fifth annual review on security in Africa. The study assesses changes in Africa’s security situation between 2013 and 2014 in...

The leaders in data centre transformation

International Data Corporation (IDC) has released a new MarketScape report profiling the leading vendors participating in the worldwide data centre transformation consulting and implementation market. A significant component of this evaluation is the inclusion of...

2014 the warmest in 134 years

The year 2014 ranks as Earth’s warmest since 1880, according to two separate analyses by NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists. The 10 warmest years in the instrumental record, with the exception of 1998, have now occurred since...