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  Surveying efforts to halt cybercrime

  Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 11/04/2024

  » Despite attempts by state authorities to suppress cybercrime, the number of cases and damage have yet to decline as fraudsters continue to devise increasingly sophisticated ways to deceive people.

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  Vanuatu struggles back online weeks after cyberattack

  Reuters, Published on 01/12/2022

  » PORT VILA: Vanuatu's government said on Thursday it was slowly getting its communications back online following a cyberattack that knocked out emergency services, email and phone lines on the South Pacific island nation for weeks.

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  Huawei facing tough time outside China

  Life, James Hein, Published on 29/07/2020

  » China, and in particular Huawei, is not winning these days. Huawei has some excellent hardware. Their latest phones are as good in many aspects as any other manufacturer. However, the fuzzy area is the company's links to the Chinese government. Huawei claims they are not directly linked to the government but many others say there are direct and nefarious links. Huawei recently lost their foothold in the United Kingdom as their 5G network has been disallowed or marginalised for the future. This leaves only Canada as part of the five eyes intelligence partners still supporting Huawei 5G. Other nations have also been hesitant to adopt the technology.

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  Fujitsu in first big WFH move

  Life, James Hein, Published on 15/07/2020

  » - As predicted, Fujitsu provided a great example when it announced the permanent closure of half of its office real estate in Japan. They will instead have 80,000 workers working from home permanently. This is a huge redefinition of work culture in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. Called the "Work Life Shift" campaign, Fujitsu is to study data on how employees use offices, with a view to giving them more tools and options to work from home, at hubs or be more mobile. This will end the habit of employees commuting to and from offices. It also indicates the allowance of a higher degree of autonomy based on the principle of trust, Fujitsu announced.

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  AI -- what is it good for?

  Life, James Hein, Published on 28/08/2019

  » Why do we care about machine learning and the kind of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems I mentioned last time? The amount of data being taken in by systems in modern times is outstripping the ability of humans to keep up. Enter machine learning systems to pre-process the information, highlight patterns and identify the bits and pieces that humans may find interesting. Key areas include fraud detection, whereby a set of rules is applied to data and flagged if those rules are detected. It also includes the age-old problem of the best delivery routes to bring manufactured goods to customers, with the additional benefit of using less fuel. A recent McKinsey report found that AI improved on "traditional analytics techniques" in 400 use cases across 19 industries and nine business functions. As far as the current situation, AI or machine learning is not an end state. Human intervention is still required to make sure the results make sense and also to ensure stuff isn't being missed in the process. There is also continuing training and refinement being regularly applied. It's a growing field and those organisations that are not at least aware of it could be left behind by their competitors. At least, until Skynet takes over.

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  'We have not provided source code to China': Apple

  AFP, Published on 20/04/2016

  » WASHINGTON - Apple has not provided its underlying software instructions or "source code" to China, the company's top lawyer said Tuesday, seeking to quash rumors about the iPhone maker's data security.

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  Epidemic of 'ransomware' is growing hacking threat

  AFP, Published on 23/03/2016

  » WASHINGTON - Hackers are stepping up efforts to turn their exploits into cold cash, locking a user's data unless a ransom is paid, a report found Tuesday.

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  Supplying digital dreams

  Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 23/12/2015

  » The remote Northern province of Mae Hong Son is well-known as a tourist attraction, and the provincial capital of the same name has another thing to show off: it has recently been awarded the National Outstanding Programme for Economic Development award for its IT Valley project.

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  'Three teams' of attackers, French police say

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/11/2015

  » French police have identified three teams of gunmen wearing suicide vests who killed at least 129 people in Paris's worst ever attacks that were claimed by the Islamic State group.

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  Ashley Madison says site growing, insists women are using

  AFP, Published on 01/09/2015

  » OTTAWA - Embattled dating-for-cheaters website Ashley Madison insisted Monday that a massive hack and release of user data had not affected the site's prospects, with hundreds of thousands of new members -- including real women.

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