Gartner says 25% DDoS attacks occur this year will be application-based
MALAYSIA: Gartner Inc. (Gartner), a global information technology research and advisory company predicted that 25 per cent of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that occur in 2013 will be application-based. Gartner has identified some of the top 2013 criminal trends and potential safeguards and solutions for firms at risk of attack. More detailed analysis is available in the report “Arming Financial and E-Commerce...
Square offers one-stop POS solution for retailers
US: Square Inc. has introduced Square Register, a one-stop solution for businesses running in a brick-and-mortar shop to accept payments, track sales and share item and location information. Square Register serves as the full point-of-sale system for the retailers which can be setup easily in minutes. The retailers just need to purchase the Business in a Box for Square Register which contains two Square Readers, an iPad stand, a cash...
BII’s CoOLPAY powers online power of AirAsia in Indonesia
INDONESIA: PT Bank International Indonesia TBK (BII) which owned by Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) has implemented a cash management system and online payment gateway namely BII CoOLPAY for AirAsia Indonesia, the Jakarta Globe reported. BII CoOLPAY will facilitate payment processing for AirAsia Indonesia’s electronic ticket purchases and online reporting through its travel bureau partners. On other hand, Tune Hotel – a budget...
How to Avoid “Honey Traps” When Seeking Your Soul Mate Online
MALAYSIA: The experts at Kaspersky Lab highlight some of the dangers of looking for romance on the Internet. It’s a fact that numerous scammers, marriage fraudsters and other shadowy characters are out to manipulate the natural human desire to find a partner. Various virtual “honey traps” are not uncommon on the World Wide Web – and once dazzled by a momentary passion, a user can easily find himself left without money or...
KPDNKK to protect online shoppers with new regulation
MALAYSIA: Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced that new Consumer Protection Regulations (Online Commerce Transaction) 2012 which was gazetted on Dec 21, 2012 will be implemented from July 1, 2013 to protect online shoppers from cheating merchants in the country, The Star reported. Companies will face a maximum fine of RM100,000 for the first offence and the quantum doubles...
NAB teams up with UnionPay to bring Aussie businesses to Chinese online market
AUSTRALIA: National Australia Bank (NAB) has introduced its new online payment capability that enables Australian businesses to accept more than 3.4 billion UnionPay cards which are issued mainly in China as well as in nearly 30 countries and regions worldwide. In collaboration with UnionPay, Chinese internet shoppers can use their UnionPay cards online to buy goods and services from NAB’s merchants in Renminbi (RMB) which is then...
Visa introduces mobile money hosted solution for financial institutions
CALIFORNIA: Visa Inc. has launched the world’s first bank-grade managed service for mobile money, allowing mobile operators and financial institutions to offer mobile financial services to consumer in an easy and cost effective way. The India’s mobile operator Aircel and Bank of Kigali and Urwego Opportunity Bank in Rwanda are the pilot users in this platform. The Visa’s mobile money platform allows Visa to host and fully manage all...
Amazon introduces application management solution AWS OpsWorks
SEATTLE: Amazon Web Services Inc. today unveiled its application management solution namely AWS OpsWorks, for the complete lifecycle of complex applications, including resource provisioning, configuration management, deployment, monitoring, and access control. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, AWS OpsWorks enables developers to orchestrate all tasks required to model, deploy, scale, and maintain their applications. For...
Yahoo! acquires mobile app company Alike
U.S.: The mobile app company Alike has announced that it has been acquired by Yahoo! and the whole Alike team will be joining the Yahoo Mobile team to continue to build amazing mobile experiences to delight mobile users. Alike allows you to recommend nearby venues that are your “favourites” which is similar to Facebook’s approach in tagging the things around you that you’re interested in. It will ranks recommendations based on how...
Top Security Recommendations for 2013 by Trustwave
According to the 2013 Trustwave Global Security Report, most of the top vulnerabilities and threats were found to negatively impact multi-national corporations, merchants and government entities throughout 2012. To improve security posture, Trustwave, a provider of compliance, Web, application, network and data security solutions delivered through the cloud, managed security services, software and appliances recommends six focus areas...
