During the second day of congress hearings, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that he was among the nearly 87 million people whose personal information was improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
Uber suspends self-driving car trials following fatal crash
An autonomous Uber car killed a woman in the street in Arizona, police said, in what appears to be the first reported fatal crash involving a self-driving vehicle and a pedestrian in the US.
What Dubai consumers can expect from Huawei’s new AI camera
Powered by Huawei’s built-in Kirin 970 processor, Huawei’s new Mate10 Series offer an intelligent camera designed to change the way we capture our favourite moments.
MENA healthcare “slow” to embrace a digital future
The Middle East’s CIO’s are in agreement – the direction for digital transformation is becoming increasingly clear in a region …
Trends security pros need to think about going into 2018
Cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and collaborative with every coming year. As with previous years, 2017 saw no shortage of …
AI to create 2.3 million jobs in 2020: Gartner
The year 2020 will be a pivotal year in AI-related employment dynamics, according to a recent study by Gartner, as artificial intelligence (AI) will become a positive job motivator.
Trend Micro: 2018 cyber-attacks will rely on vulnerabilities
Trend Micro, a global player in cybersecurity solutions, predicts the trend of known vulnerabilities being used in major attacks will …
What 2018 has in store for cybersecurity
Every year around this time all the cybersecurity businesses and analysts leap for their crystal ball and attempt to predict …
Bitcoin soars above $12,000 for the first time
Bitcoin broke above the $12,000 mark Wednesday morning Asia-time, as the cryptocurrency continued its march higher, according to CNBC. As of …
Cleaning up security flaws with cyber hygiene
As Cisco’s former CEO John Chambers famously said, there are only two types of companies – those that have been …
Experts: Uber’s hack cover-up shocking
Uber’s hack cover-up has brought the issues of increasing cybersecurity attacks and approaches of handling a security breach to the …
On the safe side: Simple steps to online safety
Protecting yourself online may seem impossible, but following simple guidelines like enabling stronger and using strong passwords are key to online safety.
Fortinet: Self-learning “Swarm” cyber-attacks to be expected in 2018
Fortinet has unveiled predictions from the Fortinet FortiGuard Labs global research team about the threat landscape for 2018.
Musk flaunts plan to fly passengers from Dubai to London in 29 minutes
While it’s not yet known exactly when we’ll be able to jet to London over our lunch hour on his super-rocket, nicknamed BFR, Musk said construction of the rocket should begin within the next year – with the first launch planned for 2022.
How enterprises can fend off DDoS attacks
Though distributed denial of service attacks have been around more than two decades, recently we have seen a spate of DDoS attacks that have increased in complexity and variability.
Exploit leaks led to 5M attacks in Q2: Kaspersky
Exploit packages in-the-wild became the game changer of the cyber threat landscape in Q2 2017. In just 3 months, according …
Credit card fraud gangs cash in on $24bn a year: study
By taking an online course, which includes webinars, detailed notes and course material for RUB 45,000 ($745) (plus $200 for course fees), aspiring cyber criminals have the potential to make $12,000 a month, based on a standard 40-hour working week.
The ‘Who’ and the ‘Why’ behind NotPetya
Late on 27 June, the New York Times reported that a number of Ukrainian banks and Ukrenergo, the Ukrainian state …
Petya: What you need to know
Jimmy Graham, Director of Product Management, Qualys, dissects the latest cyber extortion campaign and lists out the steps to stay …
Petya epidemic originated in Ukraine
Tuesday’s massive ransomware outbreak was caused by a malicious software update for M.E.Doc, a popular accounting software used by Ukrainian …