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Are you aware that devices exist that are able to read your debit & credit cards, passport and even driver’s license then use that data without you even being aware? Unfortunately, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) technology that is used to track sensitive data in many of today’s portable identifiers (e.g....
In the ever-evolving world of data communications and networking, keeping up with cyber criminals is an ongoing battle. For every security solution developed, there is an enterprising criminal waiting for the opportunity to find a workaround. Now, the designers of a new RFID chip hope they have come up with...
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham has said that a company's reputation is a bigger concern than financial penalties that may be assessed as a result of a data breach. He made his comments at the recent Advertising Association LEAD 2016 conference in London. Graham's comments are in direct response to a...
A recently announced lawsuit in the US could affect how third-party cyber security providers go about their business. The lawsuit, filed by a Nevada-based gaming company, seeks damages against a cyber security firm whose work was found to be “woefully inadequate” by a secondary investigation months after the original work...
Yandex, the Russian-language search engine that dominates the sector in Eastern Europe, is working hard to become as dominant in its market as Google is just about everywhere else. Now it turns out they are not competing just in the arena of organic searches and mobile computing; Yandex is also...
Sindy Nagra is a 42-year-old former administrative assistant for Enterprise Rent-A-Car. She is also a thief. Nagra was prosecuted for stealing sensitive customer information and selling it to cyber criminals for £5,000. In early January (2016), after being convicted of her crimes, the court ordered her to pay a £1,000...
The Christmas holiday season is usually one of general good cheer. For those living in the northernmost portions of England however, the 2015 holiday season brought with it severe rain and floods. The flooding was so bad in Leeds that the water knocked out data and voice services for customers...
In a move likely to have a decisive impact on how consumer data is stored and used, EU officials have finally agreed on a new set of data protection rules that will apply to the entire 28-member European Union. The new regulations are designed to be a replacement for the...
If you are a person that follows all things Google, you are probably aware of the search engine giant's recent announcement that it has successfully tested a D-Wave 2X quantum computing system the company acquired through a joint purchase with NASA several years back. The new supercomputer is ostensibly capable...
The small and large companies that make Europe work already know how important mobile technology is to business success. We imagine they are very pleased with the latest GSMA (GSM Association) report that paints an even brighter future for mobile commerce. According to the report, both 4G technology and the...
Imagine working in an office where turning on the lights also meant turning on internet access; an office where you could go online and do what you do up to 100 times faster than you currently do with wi-fi. It may sound the stuff of futuristic films, but it is...
In a bid to eventually run its entire global infrastructure using only renewable energy sources, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has just announced the latest piece of exciting data centre news. According to AWS, they have contracted with EDP Renewables to build a 100 MW wind farm in the United States...