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Mozilla Study: Browser Competition Severely Limited
Users often know how to switch browsers. Nevertheless, they stick with the preset browser. Mozilla blames this among other things on misleading user interfaces.
Bitkom Ranks Germany’s Smartest Cities
Hamburg wins just ahead of Munich. Dresden among the top 3 for the first time, while the chasing pack catches up.
Market for Wearables Shrinks 6.9 Percent in Second Quarter
Rising inflation and the significant growth of previous years are currently weakening demand. In 2022, the market is expected to stagnate overall. From 2023, market researchers expect it to grow again.
Number of Cloud Certifications at IT Service Providers Has Tripled
The number of cloud certifications at IT service providers has increased dramatically over the past three years.
Risks and Side Effects of Missing Security Measures
Recent study by Mimecast highlights level of security threats in healthcare.
Ransomware Attacks on Retail: More Attacks, Less Ransomware
Sophos Ransomware Report in Retail: 77 percent of retailers have been victims of a ransomware attack.
Hackers Access Data from Samsung Customers
Samsung's US subsidiary is affected. The unknown perpetrators stole names, addresses and details of registered products. Samsung informs law enforcement and calls in a cybersecurity company.
Price of Smart Devices More Important Than Cybersecurity
BlackBerry study: Criminals can access home networks connected to corporate devices.
Amount of Available Marketing Data Overwhelms CMOs
Study by Adverity examines the biggest challenges in data-driven marketing.
Ransomware-as-a-Service Brings Developers Fat Profits
Trend Micro: Ransomware attacks on Linux and embedded systems in double digits.
Fraud Network of Over 10,000 Fake Investment Sites
Scams target potential investors in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Belgium, Portugal as well as other countries in Europe.
Number of DDoS Attacks Decreases, But Become More Dangerous
Enterprises are being highly targeted with sophisticated DDoS attacks. Critical payloads are being reached faster.
Tesla Also Wants to Become an Electric Utility Company
Tesla Energy Ventures is the name of the subsidiary with which Tesla will start, for the moment only in Texas, the retail marketing of electricity.
Microsoft Warns of Possible Data Loss on Windows Systems with Current CPUs
Windows computers that support the VAES instruction set are affected. An update temporarily reduces the performance of AES-based operations significantly.
Ethereum’s Share Price Increases Significantly, Rising 106%.
September 15 will see the "Merger" update of Ethereum that will change its operating protocol making it faster and more energy efficient.
Microsoft Withdraws Update For Microsoft 365
It causes Office applications like Outlook to crash. The problem occurs as soon as a contact is opened. Microsoft advises uninstalling the latest update for Microsoft 365.
Heading Toward 40 Million NFT Transactions
The metaverse will drive the market for non-fungible tokens, which this year will hover around 24 million transactions and by 2027 is expected to reach 40 million.
Hödlmayr Optimises Internal Vehicle Logistics Processes
Continuous digitalisation of internal logistics processes for around 500,000 vehicles per year.
Ben Chestnut to Step Down as Mailchimp CEO 21 Years After Co-founding Company
He passes the torch to Rania Succar, who has, up until now, worked at QuickBooks, while he switches roles and becomes a consultant.
Sophos: Automotive Supplier Falls Victim to Cyber Extortionists Three Times
Groups LockBit, Hive and BlackCat compromised the network within about two weeks. Apparently, they each use the same hacked RDP connection. Only after the third attack the company approached Sophos for help.
Eternity Arms Itself to Compete in WebRTC Telecoms
Its differentiation proposal involves expanding into the metaverse. The startup has already received 1 million euros of investment in Spain.
Australia Imposes $60 Million Fine on Google
Justice has determined that the company misled Android users regarding the collection of their location data.
Focus of Cyberattacks On The Healthcare Sector
Attractive target for ransomware groups as attacks can be life-threatening and ransom demands are more likely to be paid.
Cisco Reports Hacker Attack
Unknown persons penetrate the company's network. Beforehand, they hacked the Google account of a Cisco employee and obtained VPN access data. The ransomware group Yanluowang claims responsibility for the attack.
Google Patches 77 Security Holes in Android
The August patchday brings fixes for five critical vulnerabilities. All supported Android versions up to and including Android 12 and 12L are vulnerable. Samsung starts distributing the August updates already in July.
ZTE Introduces Privacy Protection Brand for Mobile Phones
The company is committed to strengthening information security across all its products and services.
Who Wins the Battle for IT Talent: Tech Giants or Smaller IT Companies?
Freedom and a personal working atmosphere are decisive for job changes to smaller companies.
WhatsApp to Allow “More Than Two Days” to Delete Messages
The "Delete for all" option is going from being available for just over an hour after sending the message to two days and a half.
Globant Automotive Studio and the “Ultimate Reinvention of Mobility”
This Studio is part of the Reinvention Studios and will offer eight different practices on aspects such as metaverse, autonomous driving and sustainability.