McAfee: Malware likes stealing password at social networks
Fri, Jun 7, 2013: The global security firm McAfee Labs, via its quarterly global McAfee reveals that a social networking worm namely “Koobface” was very active in the first three months of 2013. The worm is design to use messages via social networks like Facebook and Twitter to trick friends into installing the code in computers which hackers can then use for malicious purposes including stealing...
Amazon online shopping site launched with marketplace model in India
Fri, Jun 7, 2013: E-Commerce giant, Amazon has launched its first shopping website – Amazon.in in India by offering books, films and TV shows only at the initial stage and will offer mobile phones and cameras within weeks, the BBC news agency reported. In India, the local regulations prevent multi-brand retailers from selling directly to consumer online. This forces Amazon to offer marketplace model that allowing third party retailers...
China’s Gome opens e-store in Tmall.com
Fri, Jun 7, 2013: Tmall, China’s largest B2C online shopping place has made Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings to open an online store on its platform. Gome is one of the largest home appliance and electronics retailers in China and now joining 87 other Chinese B2C players to sell their products on Tmall.
MasterCard to deploy 410,000 contactless POS terminals in Japan
Fri, Jun 7, 2013: MasterCard yesterday announced that it will collaborate with Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS, Sumitomo Mitsui Card, Orient Corporation and UC Card to deploy 410,000 MasterCard PayPass enabled point of sale (POS) terminals throughout Japan over the next three years. MasterCard contactless payments provide speed and convenience of making payments among the consumer. According to Bank of Japan, there were over 2 trillion yen of...
11 people suspected involves in worldwide credit card fraud ring
Fri, Jun 7, 2013: U.S. and UK law enforcement said on Wednesday that eleven people including a 23 year-old man from Vietnam have been arrested and accused of running a US$200 million worldwide credit card fraud ring, the Reuters reported.
Human and system errors cause most data breaches, a survey says
Fri, Jun 7, 2013: According to the “2012 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis”, the human errors and system problems were found have caused two-thirds of data breaches in 2012. The errors including employee mishandling of confidential data, lack of system controls, and violations of industry and government regulations. The study reveals that the global average cost of data breach has been increased to US$136 (RM419.29) per...
Says no fear of damage from outdoor elements with Samsung GALAXY S4 Active
Fri, Jun 7, 2013: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd yesterday unveiled its GALAXY S4 Active which is designed to enhance life experiences of the active user who wants to stay connected while exploring environments from the most rugged mountain trails to the roughest rivers. The fully sealed design protects GALAXY S4 Active against damage from water for up to 30 minutes of submergence at a depth of one meter and also keeps dust from it. The...
PayPal awarded as Innovative Card & Payment Product of the Year in Australia
Thu, Jun 6, 2013: PayPal Australia, via its official blog announced that it won the award of the Innovative Card & Payment Product of the Year for its Digital Wallet & In-Store Payment offering.
Overwhelming response from online shoppers bring Myer online store down
Thu, Jun 6, 2013: Myer, Australia’s largest department store group and a leader in Australian retailing, had experienced downtime for its online store on Tuesday, the online media outlet InsideRetail reported. The report says myer.com.au crashed just half an hour after the launch of its annual stocktake sale on Tuesday night due to unprecedented traffic. The site would be back up in about an hour but the site was still experiencing...
Yes 4G brings world’s first Samsung 4G Chromebook to Malaysia
Thu, Jun 6, 2013: Yes 4G recently has introduced the world’s first Samsung 4G Chromebook in the country, to make everyone can be connected to the cloud anywhere and anytime easily via its 4G network. The Samsung 4G Chromebook, which is developed by Samsung and Google comes with a built-in 4G chipset and it is designed from the ground up to work with Yes IDs, providing high-speed mobile Internet connectivity of up to 20Mbps on the Yes...
