IT News Week 4 of Aug 2018 - Disk 2

For IT News Week 4 of Aug 2018, Kaspersky Lab recognized for online banking security excellence by MRG Effitas was worth attention.
  • Aug 24, 2018 - Commvault Customers and Partners Achieve Simplification, Risk Reduction and Increased Productivity
  • Aug 23, 2018 - BOH Launches NegaraUmmph TV for National Day
  • Aug 23, 2018 - Pure Storage Announces Acquisition of StorReduce
  • Aug 23, 2018 - Lazarus group hunts cryptocurrency exchanges using macOS malware


Aug 24, 2018 - Commvault Customers and Partners Achieve Simplification, Risk Reduction and Increased Productivity

As part of the company’s journey to simplify its offerings to customers, Commvault today announced new customer and partner success stories focused on how Commvault has helped them drive simplification, risk reduction and greater data management efficiencies.

In conjunction with this announcement, Commvault has released a commissioned IDC white paper titled, “Quantifying the Business Value of Commvault Software: Worldwide Customer Survey Analysis”, that summarizes the results of the survey and further reinforces how the company is helping customers navigate their complex data management challenges.

Key highlights from customers in this white paper include:
  • 57% to 392% improvement in data coverage for protection, analytics, encryption and reporting
  • 44% reduction in annual spending on data infrastructure, software, services and compliance
  • 62% reduction in annual unplanned downtime
  • 49% improvement in average recovery time for messages, files, and VMs as well as Exchange, Oracle, SharePoint and SQL applications
  • 50-61% reduction in annual exposure to compliance failures, audit failures and/or data theft or breach
Aug 23, 2018 - BOH Launches NegaraUmmph TV for National Day

In conjunction with Malaysia’s 61st National Day, BOH Plantations Sdn Bhd has launched their online TV channel called NegaraUmmph TV, a nationwide movement that aims to bring together Malaysians from all walks of life to sing their hearts out for Malaysia.

Mr Chen Chaw Chang, Chief Commercial Officer, BOH Plantations and Pn Aina Ramly, Deputy Head of Marketing, BOH Plantations presenting the official NegaraUmmph TV website

The 24-hour e-channel which will go live at 12:00am on National Day aims to showcase Malaysians singing the national anthem 'Negaraku' in happier and more prideful ways, serving as reminder of why Malaysia is truly a unique country and should be celebrated.

Chew Chaw Chang, Chief Commercial Officer of Boh Plantations commented that as a homegrown tea maker, the NegaraUmmph TV not only demonstrates how dedicated we are in enriching the Malaysian experience, but it also proves that BOH is committed to be a part of every joy, celebration and moment in the lives of all tea lovers nationwide.

Aug 23, 2018 - Pure Storage Announces Acquisition of StorReduce

Pure Storage, the all-flash storage leader that helps innovators build a better world with data, has announced the acquisition of privately-held, Sunnyvale, California based software company StorReduce, a cloud-first software-defined storage solution for managing large scale unstructured data.

According to Gartner, developing a private/hybrid/public cloud strategy is the number one issue facing organizations today. StorReduce’s cloud-optimized technology reduces storage and bandwidth costs, enabling flash plus cloud solutions across a variety of use cases, including data tiering, migration, and protection. The acquisition allows Pure Storage to add sophisticated deduplication technology to its object storage portfolio and expand its public cloud integrations to meet the growing demand to manage unstructured data in multi-cloud environments, as part of the company’s end-to-end product suite, the Pure Data-Centric Architecture.

Aug 23, 2018 - Lazarus group hunts cryptocurrency exchanges using macOS malware

Researchers in Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) have discovered AppleJeus - a new malicious operation by the infamous Lazarus group. The attackers penetrated the network of a cryptocurrency exchange in Asia using Trojanized cryptocurrency trading software. The goal of the attack was to steal cryptocurrency from their victims. In addition to Windows-based malware, researchers were able to identify a previously unknown version targeting the macOS platform.

This is the first case where Kaspersky Lab researchers have observed the notorious Lazarus group distributing malware that targets macOS users, and it represents a wakeup call for everyone who uses this OS for cryptocurrency-related activity.

Based on the analysis by GReAT, the penetration of the stock exchange’s infrastructure began when an unsuspecting company employee downloaded a third-party application from the legitimate looking website of a company that develops software for cryptocurrency trading.

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