Symantec has identified a group of cybercriminals, whom they've named "Morpho," as targeting corporate intellectual property for financial gains, with Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft among those hit."Attackers going after intellectual property is not that usual," said Vikram Thakur, senior manager at Symantec.However, those attackers tend to be state-sponsored and target information or military or other strategic importance.MORE ON CSO: How to spot a phishing email
"That kind of intellectual property is of high value to nations across the board," he said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Enterprises are still heavily dependent on Windows Server 2003 even though there were plenty of warnings that support is coming to an end on July 14 -- and this opens them up to security, compliance and operational risks.According to a June report covering 200 enterprise data centers totaling more than 90,000 servers, only 7 percent of enterprises were completely free of Windows Server 2003, according to Softchoice, a technology services company.During the first half of 2015, 21 percent of servers scanned were still running on that operating system, down from 32 percent in 2014 and 43 percent the year before that.[ ALSO ON CSO: Windows vulnerability can compromise credentials ]To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
To some degree, open source is already present throughout the Internet of Things value chain. Cloud apps that collect and analyze data are heavily dependent on open source software and standards, for example.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
Geofencing technology -- tracking the location of a mobile device -- could offer an extra layer of security for enterprises trying to manage both company-owned and employee-owned devices. However, the technology can also raise worries about privacy and battery life.Extra layer of securityLast fall, Romania-based CoSoSys Ltd. added geofencing to its mobile device management software, tracking location via GPS, Wifi and Bluetooth beacons.But the first major use of the technology wasn't for companies tracking employees -- but for companies tracking visitors.MORE: 10 mobile startups to watch
CoSoSys has customers in the high-tech industry who want to ensure that visitors can't take pictures when they enter particular secured areas. Typically, they ask visitors to leave their mobile devices at the door, to put tape over the camera lenses.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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