The insurance industry needs to radically change its business models, or risk becoming irrelevant. That’s the harsh warning from Simon Winter, executive director: banking, financial services, capital markets and insurance at Dell EMEA, who tells IT-Online that insurance is one of the last unreconstructed industries left. Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Innovation Day in Copenhagen.
Kaspersky Lab has announced that its internal networks were the victim of an advanced attack which attempted to steal information about its products and clients. According to the company’s blog post, the attack was complex and stealthy, exploiting several zero-day vulnerabilities. “We’re quite confident that there’s a nation state behind it,” the blog post said. “We’ve called it Duqu 2.0.” This is due to its similarity to the “Duqu” malware found in 2011, used in attacks against Iran, India, France and Ukraine. Duqu was at the time linked to the Stuxnet malware, believed to be created by the US’ and Israel’s spy agencies.
Apple has launched Apple Music, a streaming music service and worldwide live radio station from Apple broadcasting 24 hours a day, as well as a platform to allow music fans to connect with artists. Apple Music combines the largest and most diverse collection of music into programmed playlists for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, Apple TV and Android devices. Apple Music will be available starting on June 30 in over 100 countries.
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has acquired a close-up image of a “fresh” (on a geological scale, though quite old on a human scale) impact crater in the Sirenum Fossae region of Mars. This impact crater appears relatively recent as it has a sharp rim and well-preserved ejecta. The steep inner slopes are carved by gullies and include possible recurring slope lineae on the equator-facing slopes.
