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Adopting a modern application architecture is critical to business success and a significant driver of profit growth in today’s digital economy, according to the results of a global survey of 1087 IT and business executives conducted by Frost & Su… Continue reading Modern application architectures create vast business benefits
CA Technologies announced its participation in scientific research to discover how Internet of Things (IoT) applications can use a type of AI known as ‘deep learning’ to imitate human decisions. The research will also explore how to prevent that AI-bas… Continue reading Researchers exploring how IoT apps can to imitate human decisions
CA Technologies announced its participation in the “Privacy and Data Protection for Engineers” (PDP4E) European research project which aims to provide software engineers with tools and methodologies to apply Privacy by Design (PbD) into the application… Continue reading CA Technologies partnering on research that will help drive Privacy by Design
An extensive global survey of consumers, cybersecurity professionals and business executives about their views on digital trust conducted by analyst firm Frost & Sullivan, highlights how consumers perceive and trust organizations to protect their … Continue reading Digital trust: Security pros, business execs and consumers see it differently
Alert Logic transforms Container Security, McAfee announces new enterprise security portfolio, ThreatConnect updates its Playbooks, Optiv Security launches new managed identity service, CA Technologies to become part of Broadcom, and more! Full Show No… Continue reading ThreatConnect, Optiv, & StackRox – Enterprise Security Weekly #99
In the news, compromised JavaScript package caught stealing npm credentials, remote iOS bugs, a $39 device that can defeat iOS USB Restricted mode, Broadcom buys CA Technologies, Burp Suite Automation Tool, & more on this episode of Application Se… Continue reading iOS Bugs, Burp Suite, & DevSecOps – Application Security Weekly #24
Commuters lost over 26,000 electronic devices on London’s Transport for London (TFL) network last year, new research from the think tank Parliament Street has revealed. The findings reveal that 26,272 devices were reported lost on the network of tubes,… Continue reading 26,000 electronic devices are lost on London Transport in one year
Broadcom, the massive semiconductor supplier you may remember from its failed attempt to acquire Qualcomm, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with CA Technologies, a major IT management software and solutions provider. The price of the acquisition is $18.9 billion in cash. CA’s shareholders will receive $44.50 per share, a 20 percent […] Continue reading Broadcom acquires CA Technologies for $18.9B in cash
In the news,Blueliv boosts its cyber-threat intelligence platform, Skybox partners with Exclusive Networks, Global Scheduling and Automation Software Market 2018 IBM, BMC Software, CA Technologies, VMware Cherry Grrl, McAfee developing security solutio… Continue reading Skybox, McAfee, & Thales – Enterprise Security Weekly #92
How good are you at telling the difference between domain names you know and trust and imposter or look-alike domains? The answer may depend on how familiar you are with the nuances of internationalized domain names (IDNs), as well as which browser or Web application you’re using.
For example, how does your browser interpret the following domain? I’ll give you a hint: Despite appearances, it is most certainly not the actual domain for software firm CA Technologies (formerly Computer Associates Intl Inc.), which owns the original ca.com domain name:
https://www.са.com/
Go ahead and click on the link above or cut-and-paste it into a browser address bar. If you’re using Google Chrome, Apple’s Safari, or some recent version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer or Edge browsers, you should notice that the address converts to “xn--80a7a.com.” This is called “punycode,” and it allows browsers to render domains with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic and Ukrainian.
Below is what it looks like in Edge on Windows 10; Google Chrome renders it much the same way. Notice what’s in the address bar (ignore the “fake site” and “Welcome to…” text, which was added as a courtesy by the person who registered this domain): Continue reading Look-Alike Domains and Visual Confusion