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Russian censorship authority Roskomnadzor has added several more news sites to its list of prohibited media. On the 28th of February, the state regulators blocked news sites Current Time, Krim-realii, New Times, and several more media that report on the war in Ukraine. On the list is also Interfax Ukraine,… The post Kremlin steps up […]

Ubuntu has issued a batch of updates that cover the default as well as the AWS and KVM flavours for the current short-term release 21.10, both the original 5.04 and OEM 5.14 builds for the current 20.04 LTS release, as well as 18.04, and, surprisingly, even 16.04 and 14.04. While kernel releases trickle out all […]

Nvidia has confirmed that it’s currently investigating an incident that, according to a report from Bloomberg, appears to have been part of a ransomware attack on the GPU maker. The Telegraph reported on Feb. 25 that Nvidia was “investigating a potential cyber attack that has taken parts of its business offline for two days.” The […]

IBM Security has released its ‘2022 X Force Threat Intelligence Index’, which reveals the UK’s energy industry was the country’s top target for cyberattacks, accounting for 24% of all incidents, followed by manufacturing and financial services, which each received 19% of attacks. The UK became one of the top three most attacked countries in Europe […]

The ICT market last month was dominated by Nvidia’s abandonment of its UK-based ARM deal, the finalisation of the AMD/Xilinx deal and AT&T’s planned spin-off of WarnerMedia in a deal valued at $43 billion.  Key local news The SA-based Mara Phones smartphone manufacturing facility is no more. Salesforce has established its first legal entity in […]

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The number of cyberattacks affecting universities nationwide has spiked during the pandemic, a trend experts said GW should address with increased cyber and information security measures and data protection education. Officials have responded to at least two cyberattacks this academic year, including third-party data breaches that targeted Kronos, an employee time-reporting system, and MyLaw, an […]

By The Associated Press The latest on the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. intelligence official says Belarus is expected to send troops into Ukraine as soon as Monday to fight alongside Russian forces that invaded Ukraine last week. Belarus has been providing support for Russia’s war effort, but so far has […]

A retired Omaha police officer calls QR codes “potentially dangerous.” Cybersecurity professionals said QR codes can be copied and faked to steal information.The FBI’s cybercrimes team said these fraudsters have grown in recent years with the technology and they have some advice on how to avoid being scammed.You likely saw the 30-second Coinbase commercial during […]

Security flaws in the iOS operating system are already being exploited by hackers (Photo: Zacharie Scheurer/dpa) Apple released a major update at the last minute which fixes security flaws on your devices iPhone, iPad and Mac. The Cupertino, California-based company said the updates fix vulnerabilities that were already being exploited by cybercriminals by visiting manipulated […]