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Google Play app with 500,000 downloads sent user contacts to Russian server
Yes, “of course” are Google Play Store apps secure. Google Android tells you that anything else isn’t when you try to use another app store. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/12/google-removes-malicious-app-that-infected-500000-google-play-users/
Security threats in public web development repositories
Includes a list of malicious packages. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/12/malicious-packages-sneaked-into-npm-repository-stole-discord-tokens/ #cybersecurity #webdevelopment #security
Importance of security rises
Close to being more important to check the security skills of your next employee, than the really needed skills. – Any upgrade in security skills are urgent, if you intend to use electronic equipment for your business or governmental activities. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/12/solarwinds-hackers-have-a-whole-bag-of-new-tricks-for-mass-compromise-attacks/
Empower your employees to meet security threats
A cyber attack costs a German company an average of 809,000 euros. In half of all attacks, criminals exploit the ignorance of the workforce as a gateway. Especially on special occasions, such as Christmas, cyber criminals rely on people’s carelessness. If employees have little knowledge about IT security and are insufficiently sensitised to cyber dangers…
Suggestions to long term ‘solve’ HR challenges
Manage Your Talent Pipeline Like a Supply Chain: https://hbr.org/2021/11/manage-your-talent-pipeline-like-a-supply-chain
Spain desperately needs tech workers (too)
https://www.elconfidencialdigital.com/articulo/dinero/empresas-busqueda-desesperada-informaticos-ingenieros-matematicos/20211124172403310967.html Consider deepl.com for translation.
How often can you change job (in Germany)
A discussion of the German job market and about how often you can change job in Germany (in German, but interesting for HR people). https://www.golem.de/news/it-arbeitsmarkt-wie-viele-jobwechsel-vertraegt-ein-lebenslauf-2111-161005.html #germanyjobs #germany #hr Consider deepl.com for translation.
100,000 employees in the IT industry in Denmark
Close to 100,000 employees in the IT industry in Denmark. Apart from a brief slowdown during the corona, the number of full-time employees has increased continuously since 2013, and there are now 98,558 employees in the industry. In just one year, 4,685 more IT people have been hired, representing an increase of 5.0%. It is…
Shortage of IT professionals in Denmark (too)
90 percent of companies in Denmark want more IT professionals The shortage of employees with IT skills has reached new heights, with almost two in three companies now saying they have had to give up filling positions altogether due to a lack of IT professionals. A new survey by IT-Branchen shows that 89.9% of Danish…