BBC Click’s Jen Copestake looks at the best technology news stories of the week including: Amazon opens its fifth till-less, “just walk out” grocery store in London’s Chalk Farm neighbourhood An autonomous artificially intelligent ship, the Mayflower 400, sets sail across the Atlantic ocean The Young Voices choir becomes the largest group of children to…
President Joe Biden has revealed that he and President Vladimir Putin of Russia have agreed to establish “what’s off limits” from cyber activity. They also discussed how each country would “follow up” with cyberattacks that originated in either country. This press conference came after Biden’s four-hour meeting with Putin in Geneva. 16 critical infrastructure sectors,…
Ukrainian law enforcement officials reported the arrest of the Clop ransomware group on Wednesday. The organization had been disrupting infrastructure and carrying attacks around the world since at least 2019, according to The Hacker News. Six defendants were charged as part of an international operation involving Ukraine’s National Police and authorities from Interpol, Korea,…
Ukrainian law enforcement arrested cybercriminals associated with the Clop ransomware gang and shut down infrastructure used in attacks targeting victims worldwide since at least 2019. According to the Cyberpolice Department of the National Police of Ukraine the ransomware group is behind total financial damages of roughly $500 million. “Together, law enforcement has managed to shut…
Cybercrime , Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Experts Discuss Impact of ‘Transformational Moment’ Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 17, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting in Geneva (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia via Twitter/CC) After U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President…
Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management As ‘Trusted Telecom Portal’ Launched, Chinese Vendors May Be Excluded From Market Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • June 17, 2021 In a key move toward ensuring telecom companies only use technologies from trustworthy sources, the government of India has launched…
Breach Notification , Incident & Breach Response , Security Operations Data Was Left Unsecured by Unidentified Marketing Services Company Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • June 15, 2021 Photo: Pixabay Volkswagen and its Audi subsidiary are notifying 3.3 million people in the U.S and Canada of a breach of personal information by a marketing services…
Governance & Risk Management , IT Risk Management , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development AT&T Alien Labs: Hackers Used Mirai Variant MooBot Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 17, 2021 Malware hosting domain Cyberium has spread Mirai variants, including one that targeted vulnerable Tenda routers, as part of a botnet campaign, AT&T Alien Labs…
Three astronauts took off for China’s new space station in the country’s longest crewed mission on Thursday. Astrophysicist Dr Megan Argo, told BBC World News the mission would involve checking out the systems on-board the core module and getting the space station ready for habitation and the next phases of construction.
With some parts of the world lifting lockdown restrictions employers are looking at where their employees should be based. While some are demanding their workforce return to the office others are paving the way for permanent home-based employment or hybrid working. So what are the challenges facing employers and employees? BBC World News spoke to…
