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Researchers from Israeli security firm Lightspin have identified an issue with configuring identity and access control services on Amazon Web Services (AWS) that could leave many organisations vulnerable to attack.
The issues raised not only illustrate how easy it is to misconfigure AWS, but also highlight...
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The chief executives of Google, Facebook and Twitter are testifying at the House on Thursday about how disinformation spreads across their platforms, an issue that the tech companies were scrutinized for during the presidential election and after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.The...
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Here’s what you need to know:Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Sundar Pichai of Google are appearing at a hearing held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee about how disinformation spreads across their platforms.VideoIn the fall of 2017, when Congress...
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A test and development area for drone technology is to be created in the Liverpool City Region as part of efforts to accelerate investment opportunities for the area as well as economic growth, employment and skills creation.
Dubbed Phoenix I, the project will be delivered in...
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About 80% of UK businesses are currently seeking new suppliers in the cyber security technology space as investment in security remains healthy during the pandemic. And with the average sticker price for a new cyber implementation hitting £800,000 in the past 12 months, there is clearly...
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The UK government faces a potential judicial review over its Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry, after subpostmasters formally wrote to the government seeking one.
The subpostmasters were blamed for unexplained accounting losses, with some sent to prison, because of errors in the government-owned Post Office’s...
Source is New York Times
HONG KONG — Sophia the robot has interviewed Germany’s chancellor, appeared at New York Fashion Week and performed on “The Tonight Show.”Now Sophia has made a splash in the art world — by auctioning off a digital work that it produced in collaboration with...
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Facebook’s in-house cyber security team has disrupted a China-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed Earth Empusa or Evil Eye, which was targeting activists, journalists and dissidents connected to the Uighur Muslim community of Xinjiang, western China, which is being relentlessly persecuted by the Chinese government.
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Like architecture in the real world, an IT architecture in the digital world forms a solid foundation on which to develop a digitally enabled organisation.
Paul Douglas is lead enterprise architect at Scottish Water and has a background in civil engineering, which is where his career...
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It is now 12 months since the first UK lockdown began and it has been a challenging time for us all. The technology industry has been right at the front line, helping businesses transition to remote working and adapt their business models in response to the...
