The Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it is seeking information from the public on cloud computing companies’ business practices including details on their market power, competition and potential security issues. The U.S. cloud computing business is dominated by four providers that include Amazon.com Inc , Microsoft Corp, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Oracle Corp. None […]
Data Security
The creation and subsequent application of blockchain technology in several sectors have bridged various gaps. Despite the technology still being in its primitive phase, people seem to think it is a miracle solution to every human error and want to tailor a place for it to go in every department. One such department is supply […]
The top U.S. markets regulator is set to unveil a new effort to control how broker-dealers and others tackle the risk of hacking and respond to theft of customer data, continuing a regulatory drive on cybersecurity in the financial sector. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s five members are due to vote March 15 on issuing […]
The telecom sector is renowned for constantly evolving. Fixed landlines were the essential Telco product in the early days of the industry. But with the introduction of the mobile phone, this changed to mobile subscriptions and the enormous cash cow that is SMS. Thanks to Blockchain. The telecom industry has a lot of potentials to […]
The crypto winter that began earlier this year with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turned into a disaster with the recent FTX crash. While the ultimate fate of FTX and its creditors is not yet decided completely, it is not all doom and gloom. Telcos may have a significant chance to jump in and take […]
Over recent years, many events have led data privacy to become a priority topic to discuss. Data security has become a significant concern in the financial sector, especially with the dynamic client needs. Banks, by nature, manage extremely sensitive customer data at massive volumes. Any data breach can prove fatal to a bank’s reputation and […]
Whatsapp is one of the most popular apps ever, especially after its acquisition by Facebook. Almost everyone uses Whatsapp, but various scandals have come to light recently. Even Marc Zuckerberg faced much backlash when data was breached or, even worse, stolen. So you should probably take a look at why you should delete WhatsApp. Brian […]
Uber Technologies Inc on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers and drivers, as part of a settlement with U.S. prosecutors to avoid criminal charges. In entering a non-prosecution agreement, Uber admitted that its personnel failed to report the November 2016 hacking to the U.S. Federal Trade […]
The Biden administration is investigating Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei over concerns that U.S. cell towers fitted with its gear could capture sensitive information from military bases and missile silos that the company could then transmit to China, two people familiar with the matter said. Authorities are concerned Huawei could obtain sensitive data on military […]
We are all well aware of the troubles opening a fishy link can lead us to. Luring users to click on a given link has been of one the well-known techniques to get access to the device, install virus and malware or even go as far as creating a full ransomware attack. To protect your […]