Posted on 20 September 2012 by
It seems the trend for hackers in 2012 is video games. And they aren’t leaving anyone out: NCsoft’s Guild Wars is the latest video game enterprise to fall victim to hackers, along with last month’s Blizzard Entertainment, the software company behind some of the world’s most popular games, including Starcraft, World of Warcraft and Diablo. […]
Posted on 07 August 2012 by
Being a security professional I always find it fascinating to hear from the world of code breaking. More often than not, cryptography is the stuff of Hollywood movies (from Mercury Rising, Enigma to Swordfish) but last month I come across a new system of encryption that claims to be ‘unbreakable’. How? You ask. Well, let me […]
Posted on 19 July 2012 by
Marissa Mayer’s appointment as Yahoo!’s new CEO has captured the attention of the world this week. By all accounts, she is an extremely accomplished professional. Let’s take a look at her background and achievements, aptly summarized by Tim Bradshaw: Firstly, she has a master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University where she focused on […]
