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- Scareware scammers hijack Twitter trending topics
- Researchers from F-Secure and Sophos are reporting on an ongoing scareware serving campaign abusing the popular micro-blogging service Twitter. Hundreds of tweets using four different URL shortening services are currently spammed through the automatically registered Twitter accounts, relying on a pseudo-random text generation using Twitter's trending topics....
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Spamming, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- The ultimate guide to scareware protection
- Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-13
- Satyam: PWC's version of the 'Who's On First?' comedy routine
- Who's on 1st? Thank you, thank you, thank you to the folks at TechMarketView for finding the most inane testimony yet in the still amusing Satyam fraud saga. The story, and you’ve got to read the source document in The Times of India, is...
- Tags: Audit, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Satyam, Indian, Financial Accounting, Financial Statements, Outsourcing, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- PwC: rotten to the core or just plain stupid?
- I hope that my good friend Vinnie Mirchandani doesn't take offense to the title of this post. PwC is his alma mater in a past life. However, events at Satyam in India, which have not received the attention they deserve in the US, have taken a decidedly weird or comic...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Satyam, Francine McKenna, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really about
- H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really aboutDICK DURBINYou link to his page right in that top paragraph... yet you still can't get his name right?RE: H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really aboutThere are thousands of highly skilled Americans that are unemployed that are willing to take...
- Tags: Obama, H-1B, H-1B legislation, worker
- Discussion threads 2009-06-05
- H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really about
- Both L-1 and H-1B visa law changes could impact SIs, outsourcers and more Dick Durbin is one-half of the Durbin-Grassley senatorial duo that is proposing new legislation re: H-1B and L-1 visas. Lately, a number of publications have opined about the latest proposed legislation and its impact...
- Tags: Legislation, Worker, Dick Durbin, DOL, Enforcement Issue, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- Report: Fraud and deception at Satyam was deep
- The fraud and deception at Satyam Computer Services in India was so in-depth that it included dual accounting books, thousands of forged invoices, thousands of unnecessary employees and dozens of fake bank statements, according to court records analyzed by the New York Times. ...
- Tags: Satyam, Deception, Fraud, Outsourcing, Financial Services, Litigation, Balance Sheets, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Financial Statements, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Satyam sold: Tech Mahindra highest bidder
- Satyam Computer Services, which had been rattled by accounting fraud, has been sold to a unit controlled by Tech Mahindra, an Indian outsourcing firm. Satyam had put itself up for auction a few weeks ago. The company installed new management following at $1 billion accounting fraud. Venturebay...
- Tags: Satyam, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-13
- Confusion and controversy continue at Satyam
- Satyam, the Indian outsourcing company at the center of a massive fraud investigation continues to be mired in confusion and controversy. Earlier in the week, the company's former CFO appeared to give two PricewaterhouseCoopers audit partners a pass, saying: ...that auditors S Gopalakrishnan and Talluri Srinivas...
- Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Satyam, Litigation, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, Business Operations, Finance, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Expect better: IT Partner Bill of Rights
- No question about it, the information technology business is global in reach and implementation. And while working with an IT partner in the same city can be painful enough, working with a partner 12 time zones away is fraught with risk and uncertainty. In the wake of the recent financial...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- eBay power sellers: Amazon is kicking eBay's tail
- Three eBay power sellers are painting a mixed picture at best for the auction site and note that the recession and Amazon are thumping the company. These power sellers, Skip McGrath, an eBay Gold PowerSeller; Steve Lindhorst is a former eBay University instructor; and Ron Saxton, whose...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., eBay Inc., Skip McGrath, Jeffrey Lindsay, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- India paper: Satyam has lost 46 customers
- Satyam has reportedly lost about 46 customers out of 600 since its massive financial fraud surfaced. India's Economic Times reports that these Satyam customers have moved to rival outfits. The news isn't unexpected as a few CIOs had mentioned their intentions to ZDNet off record. ...
- Tags: Satyam, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-17
- Wanted: Bidders for 51 percent stake in Satyam
- Interested in a 51 percent stake in Satyam Computer Services? Here's your big chance. The company said on Monday that it will begin screening interested bids for a 51 percent stake in the company until March 12 statement. The offshore outsourcing firm has been...
- Tags: Satyam, Outsourcing, Litigation, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
- Survey: U.S. gains favor as outsourcing location
- Chief financial officers at technology companies are increasingly seeing the U.S. as their most favored outsourcing destination in 2009, according to a survey by consulting firm BDO Seidman. Among key findings from the 2009 BDO Seidman Technology Outlook Survey: Manufacturing (54 percent) and IT...
- Tags: U.S., Outsource, Survey, CFO, BDO Seidman, Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- Satyam saved? Company names CEO; Lands financing
- Indian outsourcing firm Satyam, which is reeling from accounting fraud, said Thursday that it has named an insider as the new CEO and lined up $130 million in financing to keep operations running. In a statement, Satyam said A.S. Murty will become the new CEO. Murty has...
- Tags: Satyam, Financing, Murty, Datta, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-05
- Clock ticks for Satyam as customers eye exit
- Clock ticks for Satyam as customers eye exitWhy customers might stay with SatyamClearly, what has happened with Satyam has been a shock. A shock to Satyam's shareholders, customers and employees, as well as corporate India and beyond.What did happen? That might be some time coming, but it would appear from...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Operational accounting, Financial services, SMART Money, Satyam
- Discussion threads 2009-01-28
- Satyam â€" Can anything be trusted in Raju’s resignation letter?
- Why he couldn’t have acted alone According to the Financial Times, former Satyam chairman Raju may have been quite busy in the deception he orchestrated. In this article, we learn that: The former chairman of Satyam Computer Services inflated the size...
- Tags: Employee, Satyam, Prosecutor, Litigation, Government, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Payroll Solutions, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-01-25
- Trust: the Satyam Partnering Disaster
- The images above, taken from Satyam's website, are now worthy of the fail blog. The shock waves rippling through the markets following Satyam's chairman and co-founder Ramalinga Raju's admissions of accounting fraud are world news, being dubbed 'India's Enron'. You...
- Tags: Satyam, HCL, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Finance, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Satyam fallout: Should customers stick? Full text of chairman's stunning letter
- Satyam fallout: Should customers stick? Full text of chairman's stunning letterAquisition timeThat portfolio is too lucrative for a firesale or something like that.Pricewaterhouse should have their feet...held to the fire over this. For an auditor to miss something of this magnitude it amounts to malpractice. Auditors are paid by the...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Managed hosting, Insurance, Satyam, Full-Text, fallout
- Discussion threads 2009-01-07
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