Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce are creating a vaccination passport to facilitate post-pandemic travel. A broad coalition of health and technology leaders this week announced the creation of the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI). This project aims to provide individuals with digital acces... Read more
3 years ago
With China and the US increasingly excluding each other from trade, European companies are faced with the choice of taking sides or splitting up. American measures are increasingly blocking companies from trading with China. This is what the European Chamber of Commerce in China and MERICS, a th... Read more
3 years ago
Under outgoing President Trump, the Department of Defence has put nine Chinese companies on a blacklist, saying they have military connections. In what has come across as a surprising move, tech giant Xiaomi is included on the list. The blacklist prevents US citizens and companies from investing... Read more
3 years ago
LogRhythm announced on Wednesday that it had bought the threat detection startup MistNet.IO. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. LogRhythm is a security intelligence firm, and MistNet deals with threat detection and prevention to minimize cybersecurity risks, making this a valuable deal. M... Read more
3 years ago
The Covid-19 pandemic is accelerating digitisation and changing the way companies use technology. Analysts from financial service providers UBS and Berenberg Bank dove into the sector. Which technology companies are benefiting the most from this development and which ones are benefiting the least? ... Read more
3 years ago
Google published a report in six parts, detailing how a complex hacking operation detected in early 2020 worked. The campaign targeted Android and Windows devices. The attacks were executed using two exploit servers that targeted different exploit chains, deploying watering hole-style attacks. O... Read more
3 years ago
Mimecast, a company dedicated to the management and security of Microsoft 365 products, has announced that one of its security certificates has been the target of a cyber attack. The company said in a blog post that about 10 percent of its customers were using the compromised certificate. Less t... Read more
3 years ago
Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft will stop its political spending after last week saw an insurrection at the Capitol. In a report released by Axios, Facebook was quoted saying that it would pause all PAC contributions for at least the ongoing quarter, while its policies are under review. G... Read more
3 years ago
The United Nations was attacked, with details of more than 100,000 U.N. Environmental Program employees compromised. But there’s a twist; the breach was uncovered by White Hat hackers. The ethical hacking and security research group Sakura Samurai, probed several U.N. databases after finding o... Read more
3 years ago
Ransomware gangs are now going after top executives, they aim to get access to their laptops and workstations to steal data from them, in the hope that what they find will be more valuable and hopefully pressure the companies involved to pay a ransom. This trend is relatively new and operates on... Read more
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