Fraud and Security
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The UK government has unveiled its upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, a new legislation designed to bolster the nation's cyber defences by expanding regulatory oversight to include a broader range of digital services and supply chains. -
Malware rarely targets graphics processing units (GPUs), but analysts at cybersecurity firm Zscaler have uncovered a new strain that does exactly that — executing parts of its code on the GPU to help evade detection.
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European cloud providers have called for a “Trump-proof” digital infrastructure, calling on the continent to prioritise independence from non-European governmental influence amid rising geopolitical tensions.
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Weaver Ant, a threat group with links to China, infiltrated telecom providers in Asia for several years without detection, according to new research by cybersecurity firm Sygnia.
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Colt Technology Services has successfully completed a trial of quantum-secured encryption across its fibre optical network.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink has reportedly been installed at the White House, raising questions about security and necessity.
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A former US telecom and IT worker was sentenced to four years in prison for passing on information about Chinese dissidents to the Chinese government.
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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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Meta is making its Llama family of AI language models available to US government and defence agencies to power security-related AI applications.
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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.
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Schneider Electric is investigating an alleged cybersecurity breach after a hacker taunted the firm, claiming to have accessed its Jira server and made off with confidential data.
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In this Capacity TV interview, Michael Wheeler of NTT DATA shares insights on how the Global IP Network differentiates itself in a highly competitive market. Wheeler discusses recent service innovations, advanced security measures to combat sophisticated DDoS attacks, and the pivotal role of network automation. He also delves into how AI is reshaping the industry and forecasts key trends set to define the global IP connectivity landscape over the next few years.
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NTT Data has expanded its cybersecurity partnership with Palo Alto Networks to help enterprises safeguard their digital infrastructures from emerging threats.
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Dimitrios Rizoulis at Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier talks of innovation to blaze a trail in a changing world
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Today’s threats need a multifaceted response, write Natalia Doulenkova and Johannes Opitz
