VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Along with the alarming growth of the user base for Android-run handsets around the globe, it has also become the most vulnerable mobile OS. This is evident from the fact that many popular apps such as Dropbox, Snapchat and Uber have been hacked in recent times, according to Wegilant. The open nature of Android OS has given rise to Android Security Bugs, Loopholes and Vulnerabilities. Although Android has security features built into the operating system that significantly reduce the frequency and impact of application security issues, it still is a prime target for hackers. It has, today, grown so significant that many applications continue to face challenges pertaining to security. Recently, Google also stopped providing security updates for devices running on Android 4.3 Jellybean and earlier. Toshendra Sharma, Founder & CEO, Wegilant ,  commented,  “ There are around one billion Android users in the world and Android has targeted to take this figure to 1...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Acronis Technologies has announced a few predictions for 2014 which is related to the security demands needed to drive innovation in Cloud storage. According to the Director of Product Management at Acronis, Sergey Kandaurov, first and foremost, customers will increasingly change how they choose what to store and where to store it. Additionally, smaller service providers will emphasize their proximity and personal service to woo customers and differentiate themselves from larger, more dominant Cloud service providers. Despite Dropbox's high prospects and valuation, companies will start to block access to services like Dropbox and shift from public clouds toward private, more secure clouds hosted on their premises, allowing data to remain under their own control. As more and more people choose to store their business-critical workload in the Cloud, issues of business continuity will become front and center. With larger volumes...