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Failure to boost cyber security could cost the world economy a staggering $3 trillion as new regulations and approaches to deal with destructive attacks would stifle innovation, says a report by the World Economic Forum. Read Original Content
The Starbucks mobile app, which is used by more than 10 million Starbucks customers to purchase drinks and food directly from their smartphones, is reportedly compromised according to security researcher Daniel Wood. Read Original Content
Enterprises are failing to implement strong mobile security policies due to a lack of awareness about the security risks posed by BYOD devices, judges Arun Bhattacharya, senior director of product marketing for enterprise mobility at CA Technologies. Read Original Content
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A full 41 percent of the government employees in a Cisco-sponsored assessment survey from Mobile Work Exchange were found to be putting themselves and their agencies at risk with existing mobile device habits. Read Original Content
According to market research firm Infonetics Research, around 10 trillion SMS/MMS messages are generated annually, opening up new opportunities for spammers and hackers and as a result, carriers are stepping up spending on security gateway solutions designed to combat SMS/MMS spam and threats. Read Original Content
Even as 2013 was marked by an unprecedented growth in malicious traffic, firms globally are grappling with a shortage of over a million cyber security professionals as they try to monitor and secure networks, a study by Cisco said. Read Original Content
China, wary of operating systems from the Western world, has built a new smartphone OS it believes will be more secure than the likes of Android and the iPhone. Read Original Content
Secure communications company Silent Circle and device maker Geeksphone have teamed up to create “the world’s first smartphone placing privacy and control directly in the hands of its users”. Read Original Content
Spending on network security, which represented 21 percent of the total security spending pie in 2013, is expected to increase in 2014 as enterprises increasingly look to thwart breaches and attacks. According to a Forrester Research survey of more than 2,000 security pros, 46 percent of companies expect to increase network security spending in 2014. Read Original Content
Millions of PCs may have been infected by malware inserted into ads on Yahoo websites - and then used to mine bitcoins. Yahoo confirmed this week that hackers had managed to insert malware into ads displayed on some of its European sites, but hasn't said how many users have been affected. Read Original Content
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Kevin Benedict serves as the Senior Vice President, Solutions Strategy, at Regalix, a Silicon Valley based company, focused on bringing the best strategies, digital technologies, processes and people together to deliver improved customer experiences, journeys and success through the combination of intelligent solutions, analytics, automation and services. He is a popular writer, speaker and futurist, and in the past 8 years he has taught workshops for large enterprises and government agencies in 18 different countries. He has over 32 years of experience working with strategic enterprise IT solutions and business processes, and he is also a veteran executive working with both solution and services companies. He has written dozens of technology and strategy reports, over a thousand articles, interviewed hundreds of technology experts, and produced videos on the future of digital technologies and their impact on industries.
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