Japan trains cyber teams for 2020 Olympics
Israeli security vendor Cyberbit has signed an agreement with Ni Cybersecurity, the Japanese cybersecurity provider. They are to deploy a new cybersecurity training and simulation centre in Tokyo. It will be...
Is your Android device DOI?
Google added a feature called Verify Apps when it released the Jelly Bean version of the Android operating system. It has now issued an blog that says over 25,000 malicious apps...
IT Security talent hard to find
Trustwave and Osterman Research have released the results of a study into cybersecurity resource limitations. The study entitled Money, Minds and the Masses (registration required), can be downloaded from the Trustwave...
SilverTerrier uses malware to drive BEC attacks
Unit 42, part of Palo Alto Networks, has been tracking the rise of Business Email Compromise attacks from Nigeria for several years. It has monitored the evolution of the old fashioned...
Threat Intelligence swamping security teams
Threat intelligence vendor Anomali says too much data is overwhelming security teams. This claim is based on a Ponemon Institute report entitled: "The Value of Threat Intelligence: A Study of North...
Giving military veterans a cyber future
IBM, the Corsham Institute and Salute My Job are all collaborating to deliver cybersecurity training to members of the UK Armed Forces. Over 100 military personnel have undertaken the training offered...
Customer or attacker?
Kaspersky Lab has announced that 38% of financial companies cannot tell the difference between customer behaviour and a cyber attacker. The details are contained in a survey conducted by Kaspersky and...
Flashpoint reacts to claim website served malware
What do you do when a security researcher posts that your website is serving malware?
Many web administrators finding themselves on the wrong end of that sort of post would be rightly...
Canadian consumers to get blockchain
IBM And SecureKey Technologies are to deploy a digital identity and attribute network based on blockchain. The solution is aimed at making life easier for consumers to prove their identity and share personal...
35-fold increase in Ransomware domains
Infoblox has announced there has been a 35-fold increase in the number of domains being used to distribute and control ransomware in just the first three months of 2016. This surge...
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Malware is totally under control
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Salesforce Ventures refills funding bucket in Europe with $125
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Natero acquisition slots into Freshworks
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Dragonchain patent for blockchain loyalty system
Dragonchain has received a USPTO patent for a blockchain loyalty system which tracks and monetises time. The product described in the filing corresponds to the...
BanQu signs up RSM Spain for supply chain transparency
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CloudBees scores US$10 million from HSBC
Enterprise DevOps vendor, CloudBees, has received a US$10 million investment from global banking giant HSBC. This is the latest significant investment in CloudBees who...
Immense Solutions secures $4.6 million in funding
Intelligent mobility software provider, Immense Solutions, has raised US$4.6 million in a series A funding round. The funding round was led by Amadeus Capital...
Kai Waehner explains why you need Kafka
The Apache Kafka summit was held in London last week. Kafka was originally designed to solve the problem of high volume and throughput at...
Calastone’s blockchain-based DMI goes live
Calastone has gone live with its blockchain Distributed Market Infrastructure (DMI). The technology underpinning Calastone's network has migrated to a blockchain-enabled market infrastructure. This...
HPE buys Cray for $1.3 billion
Supercomputer stalwart, Cray Inc, has been bought by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The offer of £35 per share values Cray at $1.3 billion and...
Alexis Richardson on why the CNCF is growing so fast
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation is holding its annual European conference in Barcelona this week. Alongside the CNCF conference is KubeCon, a project that...
FLETA testnet claims 15,000 TPS
FLETA, a Korean blockchain platform, is aiming to create a sustainable DApp ecosystem. It has announced the release of its beta testnet with its...
Marconi adds Diffie and launches its Mainnet for scaling complex networks
Marconi, creator of a networking and blockchain protocol using programmable packets, has launched its Mainnet platform. This multi-cloud application platform provides ways to build...
