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Many were prepared for a cyber onslaught, while ill-equipped businesses fell victim when the COVID-19 hit. Alexandra Leonards explores how the pandemic drove cyber-crime and looks at the UK response to the rise in online attacks. The disruption of an atmosphere of crisis and an influx of workers into home offices has created an online haven for cyber criminals.
3/12/2020
IBM has exposed a global phishing campaign targeting organisations associated with a COVID-19 Vaccine cold chain. The multinational tech and consulting business found that the cyber operation started in September 2020 and spanned across six countries.
3/12/2020
Facebook’s independent Oversight Board has chosen its first six cases to review. The Oversight Board, which began accepting cases last month, is an independent body that users can appeal to if they disagree with decisions Facebook has made about their content on either Facebook or Instagram.
2/12/2020
Salesforce has bought communication platform Slack for $27.7 billion as part of its strategy to develop an extensive open ecosystem of apps and workflows for business. Salesforce will combine Slack with its customer relationship management (CRM) platform ‘Salesforce Customer 360’ to create a new operating system for workforces.
2/12/2020
Infogrid has raised $15.5m Series A funding to accelerate growth and address the climate crisis. The AI company, which automates facilities management and develops smart buildings, will use the funding to help businesses reduce the environmental and social cost of their buildings.
2/12/2020
Facebook’s Libra Association has announced that it will be changing its name to The Diem Association to represent “a new day for the project.” The association, which is responsible for overseeing the rollout of Facebook Libra digital currency and payments and Novi digital wallet systems, also said that it has recruited key executives to help achieve regulatory approval and progress toward launch of the project, which is reportedly due early next year, albeit in scaled back form.
1/12/2020
Facebook will pay some publishers for content on its UK news platform which launches next year. Facebook News, a dedicated space for national and local news, will pay news outlets for content that is not already on the platform.
1/12/2020
Amazon Web Services is partnering with BlackBerry to develop and market BlackBerry’s intelligent vehicle data platform, IVY. IVY is a cloud-connected software platform designed to help automakers read vehicle sensor data and create actionable insights so they can personalise and enhance in-vehicle services for drivers and passengers.
1/12/2020
The government has today announced that operators will be banned from installing Huawei 5G equipment from September 2021. Earlier this year, in response to US sanctions, the government announced that operators should stop procuring new Huawei equipment from the end of 2020 and remove all Huawei equipment by the end of 2027.
30/11/2020
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is helping Manchester United recover from a cyber-attack. A NCSC spokesperson said: “We are aware of an incident affecting Manchester United Football Club and have been working with law enforcement partners in response.”
30/11/2020
Facebook’s Libra stablecoin cryptocurrency is set to launch as early as January, according to the Financial Times, who cited three unidentified people involved in the launch. Since the project’s announcement in 2019, it has sparked regulatory and political backlash from governments and central banks, and as a result the official launch of the stablecoin will represent an even more scaled back version of the project’s wider ambitions for payments, which were already watered down earlier this year.
27/11/2020
The government is launching a new regime for BigTech which will give consumers more choice and control over their data, help SMEs thrive and make sure news outlets are not forced out by their bigger rivals. The Digital Markets Unit, set up within the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), will also work with Ofcom and the Information Comissioner’s Officer to enforce a new code that will oversee the behaviour of platforms currently dominating the market, including Google and Facebook.
27/11/2020
A UK-built space rover is a step closer to reaching Mars after tests of the parachutes set to land the vehicle were successful. The European Space Agency (ESA) ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, built by Airbus to detect life on Mars, is due for launch in September 2022.
26/11/2020
MPs have demanded Amazon explain why its Alexa service gives access to antisemitic messages and conspiracy theories.In a letter to Amazon UK’s VP country manager John Boumphrey, The All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism (APPG) asked him to explain how these messages were made accessible on the service.
26/11/2020
Vodafone UK is to launch a range of Internet of Things (IoT) services, expected to remove barriers for UK adoption of the digital technology. Vodafone is partnering with IoT.nxt, which is already part of the Vodafone Group, to deliver every part of an IoT solution with a single data management platform and the capability to integrate old and new devices in one system.
24/11/2020