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Lenovo laptops have once again exposed to critical security flaws. A serious hardware vulnerability, thought to be confined to UEFI drivers in Lenovo laptops, has been found in firmware running on its motherboards. The exploit, dubbed ThinkPwn, was published earlier this week by a researcher named Dmytro Oleksiuk. Other PC vendors are also potentially vulnerable to ThinkPwn. A newly released exploit can disable the write protection of critical firmware areas in Lenovo ThinkPads and possibly laptops from other vendors as well. Many new Windows security features, like Secure Boot, Virtual Secure Mode...

Enterprises are largely adopting automation for higher efficiency in the operations, however, it is feared that the technology might take away 6.4 lakh “low-skilled” jobs in the IT sector by 2021. According to US-based research firm, India’s IT services industry will lose 6.4 lakh “low-skilled” jobs to automation in the next five years. According to HfS Research, by 2021, IT industry in India and overseas will lose 9 percent headcount, or about 1.4 million jobs. The HfS report states “low-skilled” jobs will fall by 30 percent. However, the report said the...

Business travelers are more vulnerable to cyber attacks and their data is more likely to be stolen by cyber criminals, the latest report by security solution provider Kaspersky has revealed. An indiscriminate behavior of senior executives while they are online, is playing into the hands of cybercriminals, the report noted. The study from Kaspersky Lab polled 11,850 people from across Europe, Russia, Latin America, Asia Pacific and the US. It found the pressure from work to get online is clouding the judgment of business travelers when connecting to the Internet. According to...

DOEL International, a transnational company for ICT, Mobility & CE products and services provider with manufacturing and R&D in Taiwan has made its entry into India. Sudip De, Director at Doel International Pvt Ltd, said, “We are very happy to share the launch of DOEL International Pvt Ltd, for the increasing demand for quality services and innovative products. We are going aggressive on DOEL brand that is aimed at tech-savvy and on-the-go users. To meet the increasing demand for accessories of today’s Smart World we are introducing more products which...

Fujitsu Limited has joined hands with Oracle Corporation to form a new strategic alliance to deliver enterprise-grade, world-class cloud services to customers in Japan and their subsidiaries around the world. To help organizations capitalize on this opportunity and confidently move enterprise workloads to the cloud, Oracle Cloud Application and Platform services - such as Oracle Database Cloud Service and Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud - will be powered by Fujitsu’s datacenters in Japan. Under the new strategic alliance, Fujitsu will work to drive sales of robust cloud offerings to...

Computer Age Management Services Pvt. Ltd (CAMS), a service partner to the domestic Asset Management industry, today announced the appointment of Anuj Kumar, an IBM veteran, as its Chief Operating Officer (COO), with immediate effect. To be based in Chennai, reporting to N K Prasad, President & CEO, Kumar would drive CAMS management objectives to further strengthen the technology transformation architecture and fortify existing relationships with mutual funds. Kumar will lead the asset management services with an expanded service suite, driving innovation and leadership in the areas of Service quality,...

In an alarm to Android users almost 85 million devices running on Google’s mobile operating system have got infected by a malware called HummingBad. According to CheckPoint, majority of the HummingBad victims are in India and China. The malware affects most almost all Android OS versions, however, the most affected are devices running on Android KitKat and Android Jelly Bean. According to the Times of India report, the HummingBad malware is a “drive-by download attack” that users face when they visit certain websites. It includes two components: First component tries to gain root...

Intex Technologies business head Sanjay Kalirona has served a resignation. According to the report, Kalirona resigned late last week and will leave the company by mid of this month. Kalirona joins the list of a slew of senior executives stepping down from the number 3 smartphone player in the country. According to sources, Kalirona would be joining another local yet lesser known rival, Zen Mobiles, as chief operating officer. Both Intex Technologies and Zen Mobiles didn’t respond to emailed queries, while Kalirona declined to comment on his move. Kalirona is an...

The initial public offering (IPO) of India’s sixth largest IT firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Infotech Limited will open from July 11 as its parent company L&T is putting 1.75 crore shares on the block at a price band of INR 705-INR 710 for each equity share of face value of INR 1. The total offer size is INR 1,233-INR 1,242 crore at the respective ends of the price band. The company with a topline of $887 million in FY16 plans to to double its revenues in the next three to four...

Former Microsoft veteran Karan Bajwa is set to join enterprise IT major IBM. Karan Bajwa, the former managing director of Microsoft, stepped down from the company in June this year. The appointment of Bajwa is expected to boost sale of IBM products and solutions in India. Bajwa tweeted that he is a reborn IBMer. “Starting my second innings at IBM, a company that earlier taught me the first principles of business”, he tweeted on 4th June. According to the report published in BusinessLine, Karan Bajwa would be the second in command reporting to...