Month: November 2016
Is the infomation security supplier market really consolidating?
One in four Wi-Fi hotspots vulnerable to attack, study finds
Snoopers’ Charter will face legal challenge as privacy groups decry mass surveillance regime
Privacy groups are preparing to take on the Investigatory Powers Bill (IP Bill) in the courts, after slamming it as lacking in proportion and a providing the state with unnecessary powers to monitor citizens. ...
Teens should focus on data and cyber careers, says fintech expert
Ransomware: Crooks cashing in so businesses must be prepared
All organisations must take the threat of ransomware seriously and put plans in place to stop, or at least mitigate, the damage it can do as criminals cash in on this lucrative form of cyber crime. This...
Samsung considering selling PC business to Lenovo for £680m
Samsung is reportedly considering flogging its ailing PC business to Lenovo for a sum of around £680m. A report on the The Investor says the South Korean firm is in talks with Lenovo about a possible...
CBRE: Cloud drives Q3 demand for colocation space in Frankfurt and London
EC offices taken offline by ‘large scale’ DDoS attack
The European Commission (EC) was hit by a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Thursday, bringing down its internet access for hours. The EC confirmed the attack to Politico, saying that...