Cyber Security
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T-Mobile has confirmed a significant cyber attack allegedly carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers, marking the latest in a series of breaches targeting major telecom providers globally. -
US security agencies claim Chinese-affiliated hackers are conducting a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” against US telco operators.
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EU cybersecurity experts conducted a series of exercises to test the bloc’s preparedness for large-scale cyber crises.
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Social media app TikTok has said it will fight an order by the Canadian government to cease operations in the country over national security concerns.
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Google Cloud announced it will make multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for all users of its cloud services.
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Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s security agency’s surveillance of international telecom operators to try and detect cyber threats was unconstitutional.
Forthcoming events
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Alaska Communications has announced it will be implementing cybersecurity services as part of its wider offering.
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US hedge fund KKR has completed its US$3.8 billion acquisition of cloud-first security company Barracuda from Thoma Bravo as it continues to expand its portfolio of cybersecurity and fibre network assets.
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Lumen Technologies successfully mitigated a 1.06Tbps attack that was part of a larger campaign targeting a single victim.
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BT has won a £32 million network services contract with Sellafield Ltd that will see it provide a comprehensive network to all Sellafield UK sites.
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Mobile security specialist Zimperium has been selected by Proximus to strengthen its cybersecurity for its enterprise customers.
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Palo Alto Networks and HCL Technologies are to work together to offer cybersecurity solutions to enterprise customers.
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A worldwide crackdown on social engineering fraud has seen scammers identified globally by Interpol.
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Schneider Electric customers will benefit from a secure micro data centre solution for industrial environments after it announced a partnership with Stratus Technologies and Avnet Integrated.
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The UK government has asked the data centre and cloud industry to help it set future standards for security and resilience of its data infrastructure.
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Ransomware attacks increased by 13%, a jump greater than the past five years combined, according to the Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report.
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GlobalConnect Group says cyber threats and its one-stop shop offering paved the way for new deals in 2021.
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With cybersecurity on the agenda for many businesses, there is greater attention placed on mitigating risk and stopping potential threats. Deutsche Telekom’s Max Röttgermann tells Saf Malik about the comprehensive solutions the carrier has in place to combat cybercrime
