Huawei and other Chinese technology companies want regulators to block the acquisition. Bloomberg News reported that Huawei and several other Chinese tech firms have raised concerns to local regulators about chipmaker Nvidia's deal to buy UK-based chip designer Arm. Last month, Nvidia announc... Read more
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In a bid to manage the use of behavioral ads, also known as microtargeting, the EU parliament has called for tighter regulations and suggested that less intrusive methods be used. Such practices would include contextual forms of advertising. The parliament is asking the European Commission to co... Read more
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Other trends emerge as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Research firm Gartner held its Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo Americas this week. Like so many other tech events this year, the symposium was virtual. Featured speaker Research VP Brian Burke highlighted the things that Gartner sees trend... Read more
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A new report from the cybersecurity firm Netscout states that DDoS attacks have become more common and complex. The report, which looks into the effects of remote working on overall cybersecurity in the UK, said that cybercriminals have continued to innovate in their efforts. The criminals are n... Read more
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Japan has pledged to join forces with Europe and the United States to tackle market abuse by the four most prominent tech companies globally. The new head of Japan's antitrust watchdog said this on Monday, showing a growing global force that will regulate digital platforms. Japan Fair Trade Comm... Read more
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Ransomware is not new, but every day, it brings new threats to governments, public service institutions, and any institution that suffers when there is downtime. Along with PC and server malware, Android phones are also one of the targets under fire. In new research, Microsoft has shown that hac... Read more
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Google is on track to release alert features that users can deploy to be notified quicker if their accounts are suspected of being under attack or breached. The features were announced on Wednesday in conjunction with other privacy additions. Google has security systems designed to look for acti... Read more
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A rare APT has gone undetected for nine years, since 2011. The APT is a hacker group named XDSpy, and it targeted both privately-held and government-run companies based in Belarus, Russia, Serbia, Moldova, and Ukraine. The Slovakian cyber-security firm ESET discovered the new state-sponsor... Read more
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The amounts demanded as ransom are also exploding, up to as much as $40 million. IBM reports that as of September 2020, one in four attacks that its Security X-Force Incident Response has remediated this year have been caused by ransomware. In addition, ransomware incidents appeared to explo... Read more
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The remedial measures Google adopted have failed to achieve their stated purpose, according to the latest study. Since 2010 Google has been under the gun in the EU for various anticompetitive practices. In 2017, the European Commission fined Google 2.4 billion euros ($2.8 billion) for the offen... Read more
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