Huawei furore leads inevitably to a global polarisation of the tech sector The sacking of defence minister Gavin Williamson is another indication of how technology is influencing politics, and vice versa. While his crime was to leak details from a national security meeting, the fact the discussions were about Huawei technology is significant. The fears over Huawei’s links…
Eurobites: Huaweigate Triggers Political Earthquake in UK Also in today’s EMEA regional roundup: ONI Telecom does data center interconnect with Nokia; Síminn prepares for 5G with Ericsson; Swisscom Q1 revenue slips. Huaweigate: It’s the hoo-ha that keeps on giving. Yesterday (Wednesday) saw the sacking of UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson for allegedly leaking information…
Ripple Team Up with 2nd Biggest Global Transfer Firm in the World The global payment blockchain project, Ripple has received yet another key partnership. This time with Ria Money Transfer, a subsidiary of Euronet. As usual, the aim is to help the firm facilitate instant cross-border payments for its global customers. The company will be…
Square Cash’s Bitcoin (BTC) Sales Go Parabolic, Signals Renewed Crypto Hype For Bitcoin (BTC) investors outside of the U.S., the names “Square” or “Cash App” might not ring a bell. For American crypto diehards, however, Square’s flagship product, the BTC-friendly Cash App, has been all the rage. The fintech startup’s financial report has revealed that…
Binance Coin Price Targets $23 in Renewed Uptrend It is rather evident a lot of cryptocurrency enthusiasts keep a close eye on what is happening to the Binance Coin price. Since this is one of the best-performing tokens on the market today, it is only normal so many people will try to make good…
How to Hack Dell computers exploiting a flaw in pre-installed Dell SupportAssist May 2, 2019 By Pierluigi Paganini A flaw in Dell SupportAssist, a pre-installed tool on most Dell computers, could be exploited by hackers to compromise them remotely. The security researcher Bill Demirkapi (17) has discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Dell…
Attackers actively exploiting Atlassian Confluence and Oracle WebLogic flaws Attackers are actively exploiting recently fixed vulnerabilities in Oracle WebLogic and the Widget Connector macro in Atlassian Confluence to deliver ransomware, mine cryptocurrency and make the compromised machines participate in DDoS attacks. The Oracle WebLogic attacks CVE-2019-2725 is a deserialization remote command execution vulnerability that affects all…
A ‘Cyber Event’ disrupted power grid operations in three US states May 2, 2019 By Pierluigi Paganini The Department of Energy confirmed that in March a cyber event disrupted power grid operations in California, Wyoming, and Utah. The Department of Energy confirmed that on March 2019, between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., a cyber event disrupted energy…
Digital data and the criminal justice system Old Bailey: the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales The CPS have introduced a digital consent form in criminal investigations that will be given to those who allege they are the victims of crime. On it they will be warned that if they refuse to surrender phones,…
Huawei is working on a 5G 8K TV for later this year 5G in a television could be a game-changer By Shawn Knight Forward-looking: According to research firm IHS Markit, shipments of 8K TVs will reach 430,000 this year and surpass more than two million by the end of 2020. A set with an integrated 5G modem could…
