Monthly Archives: July 2017

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Microsoft laying off thousands of workers in sales shakeup

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Credits: ABC News

Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees in a shake-up aimed at selling more subscriptions to software applications that can be used on any internet-connected device.

Most of the people losing their jobs work in sales and are located outside […]

By |July 7th, 2017|Cyber News|

U.S. finally grants visas to Gambian robotics team heading for global contest

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Credits: African News

After the initial denial, the United States Embassy in the Gambia has granted visas to the Gambian team heading to Washington for a global robotics contest.Moktar Darboe, team mentor and director of Gambia’s ministry of higher education, research, science […]

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France Plans to End Sales of Gas and Diesel Cars by 2040

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Credits: NyTimes

France is joining a growing movement to force the extinction of vehicles that run on fossil fuels, saying on Thursday that it would aim to end the sale of gasoline and diesel cars by 2040.

The target is less ambitious than ones […]

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Dettol and Durex maker cuts earnings forecast citing June cyber attack

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The maker of Durex condoms and Dettol has cut its growth forecast, citing the cost of last month’s cyber attack which it said disrupted manufacturing and distribution.

Major companies, including Russia’s biggest oil company and Ukrainian banks were affected by a sweeping […]

By |July 7th, 2017|Cyber News|

Germany says cyber threat greater than expected, more firms affected

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Germany’s BSI federal cyber agency said on Friday that the threat posed to German firms by recent cyber attacks launched via a Ukrainian auditing software was greater than expected, and some German firms had seen production halted for over a week.

Analyses […]

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Kaspersky flags cyber threats to Digital India

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Credits: EconomicTimes

India is one of the countries being largely targeted by cyber criminals, experts from Russian antivirus and cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab said at the Interpol World 2017 conference in Singapore.

“Countries like India are developing so fast, it opens the […]

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Maersk says too early to predict financial impact of cyber attack

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Credits: Reuters

Maersk said it was too early to predict the financial impact of last month’s global Petya cyber attack that hit the shipping giant’s computers and delayed cargoes, but added that normal operations had resumed at its ports.

A.P. Moller-Maersk, Danish owner […]

By |July 7th, 2017|Cyber News|

Cyber attacks on Indian websites have increased nearly five times

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Credits: TimesOfIndia

Despite the growing threat, India’s budgetary allocation towards cyber security was about Rs 42.2 crore in 2012-13, up 19% from Rs 35.45 crore in 2010-11 whereas US spend $658 million through department of homeland security and $93 million through US-CERT in 2013, […]

By |July 6th, 2017|Cyber News|

Petya cyber attack: Alleged hackers demand $256,000 in ransom to decrypt files

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Credits: Indian Express

Almost a week after Petya ransomware hit major enterprises and nations across the world, the alleged hackers behind the cyber attack took to DeepPaste and Pastebin to demand a ransom to unlock the data they had encrypted. The hacker […]

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This PC will self-destruct if someone tries to hack it

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Credits: orwl.org

With hackers stealing headlines the world over it’s hard not to be concerned with computer security these days, and if the thought of someone stealing your computer and mining all your personal data keeps you up at night, the Orwl PC will help […]

By |July 6th, 2017|Cyber News|