[ad_1] Simplifying the system Following Brexit, the UK is no longer part of the Community design rights system. However, there is continued UK protection for designs already registered as at 31 December 2020. Consequently, since 1 January 2021, the UK has a complex system of five separate design rights: UK registered and unregistered design rights;...Read More

[ad_1] MONTPELIER — An audit of the Department of Labor has come back with six recommendations for it to better protect people’s personal information, with one of them being a secret. State Auditor Doug Hoffer announced Wednesday that the second of two audits requested by Gov. Phil Scott was complete, this one focusing on Department...Read More

[ad_1] Investigators seized nearly $28 million worth of cryptocurrency that prosecutors say he procured through attacks on companies, law enforcement, and hospitals. TAMPA, Fla. — A Quebec man who previously worked for the Canadian government has been extradited to the United States to face charges for a series of ransomware attacks in which prosecutors say...Read More

[ad_1] Although you can’t yet use WhatsApp on more than one phone at a time – something that frustrates many of its users – it is possible to be signed in on multiple devices, such as laptops, PCs and tablets. That’s thanks to a fairly new feature that allows you to access your messages on...Read More

[ad_1] A year ago, the SolarWinds attack brought software supply-chain attacks to the forefront of the news. Now, new incidents are emerging on a weekly basis. To make matter worse, businesses and government institutions are fending off attacks from both traditional cybercriminals and nation-states that have large budgets and many resources, making their campaigns difficult...Read More

[ad_1] Just when we were getting ready for the holiday season, along came the security issues in Log4j. Security professionals across the world jumped into action to understand their risk levels, implement patches on any internal software, and deploy product versions from their suppliers that had been updated. This will continue this year, based on...Read More

[ad_1] Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was right. War is hell. It’s hard not to go numb watching and listening to the 24/7 media coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We naturally get war-weary and just reflexively change the channel; I remember doing that more than a few times during the Vietnam War when I...Read More

[ad_1] Google TV’s redesign from Google Play Movies & TV came at a cost depending on who you ask. Sure, it has a fantastic interface and really modernizes the aging platform, but the web interface was completely deprecated in the process. Google’s Kaleidoscope project could have seen it return, but that was nixed too. Today,...Read More

[ad_1] Cyber insurance is harder for companies to find than it was a year ago — and it’s likely going to get harder. While cyber insurance is becoming more of a must-have for businesses, the explosion of ransomware and cyberattacks mean it’s also becoming a less enticing business for insurers. The average ransom payment shot...Read More

[ad_1] There were three main drivers that contributed to the hard market conditions for cyber insurance in 2021, according to John Farley (pictured), managing director of the Gallagher Global Brokerage cyber practice. “Hackers in 2021 really pivoted to IT supply chain attacks,” he explained. “They were going after key targets in a supply chain [such...Read More