E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Wednesday -- May 27, 2015

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Headline Scan
Are Feds Losing the Cybersecurity Fight?
Charter, TWC Merger Could Be Fine With Feds
Hackers Launch Sneak Attacks on Microsoft's Live ID
Making the Most of Micro-Moments in the Customer Journey

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Today's Story Highlights

Are Feds Losing the Cybersecurity Fight?
U.S. government agencies have invested time, effort and significant
funding in the last several years to meet the challenges of
cybersecurity threats, but the payoff has been disappointing, according
to a report from the ISC2 Foundation. As part of its seventh Global
Information Security Workforce Study, the foundation included a section
that involved a survey of 1,800 federal IT professionals.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82097.html

Charter, TWC Merger Could Be Fine With Feds
Charter Communications on Tuesday announced a deal to acquire and merge
with Time Warner Cable, and also reaffirmed its commitment to buy Bright
House Networks. The $56 billion cash-and-stock acquisition, if
regulators give it a nod, will result in a merger of Charter
Communications and Time Warner Cable under a new parent company called
"New Charter." The deal values TWC at $78.7 billion.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82096.html

Hackers Launch Sneak Attacks on Microsoft's Live ID
Hackers have been infiltrating Microsoft services by sending emails to
targets saying their Live IDs have been used to distribute unsolicited
email, and their accounts will be blocked unless they click on an
embedded link and fulfill new security requirements, Kaspersky
researcher Andrey Kostin reported last week. The hackers take advantage
of OAuth's Open Redirect feature.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82092.html

Making the Most of Micro-Moments in the Customer Journey
The mobile advertising race is on. Google has to scramble to stay ahead
in the volatile mobile ads market, because it has been losing ground to
Facebook, suggested Pace University marketing professor Larry
Chiagouris. Google is "valued at a high multiple, based on its current
market share, and cannot afford to give away any market share," he
noted.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/82094.html

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