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Government, businesses and other organisations in the Middle East are increasingly encouraging home working in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19/coronavirus. While the measure is undoubtedly effective in flattening the curve of coronavirus increase, there are cyber risks that need to be considered in relation to this change. …

Kaspersky researchers have found that the number of applications capable of bombarding users with unwanted advertising is increasing onofficial marketplaces. Threenew applications with adware modules were found on the Google Play storein a span of just three months, potentially affecting millions of users. Adware – a form of unwanted software …

Ericsson’s new USA 5G Smart Factory in Lewisville, Texas, began operations in early March this year, producing 5G base stations for the North American market. But almost a year earlier, when the future factory site was still an empty lot, Ericsson had already initiated a project to train staff using advanced …

    – Emerson has released the new portfolio ofRXiindustrial display and panel PC products for monitoring, visualizing and enhancing everyday production processes in life sciences, metals and mining, power and water, and manufacturing and machinery. A modular designis foundational to the industrial display platform, enabling users to select the …

Worldwide lockdowns reconfirm the need for strengthened international working group to domestic violence and stalkerware The fight to protect consumers against stalkerware continues as eleven new organizations – AEquitas with its Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC), Anonyome Labs, AppEsteem Corporation, bffBundesverbandFrauenberatungsstellen und Frauennotrufe, Centre HubertineAuclert, Copperhead, Corrata, Commonwealth …

The latest Kaspersky report,“Taking care of corporate security and employee privacy: why cyber-protection is vital for both businesses and their staff”,highlights the ‘human side’ of cybersecurity incidents – examining the discomfort and losses employees face because following breaches. According to the report, around a third ofemployees (27%) in the META …

Emerson’s Rosemount Thermowell Design Accelerator eliminates the largest pain point of temperature process design–manual thermowell iterations– significantly increasing operational efficiencies and cost savings       Emerson introduced the Rosemount™ Thermowell Design Accelerator, a free online thermowell design toolthat eliminates manual thermowell iterations facing process design engineers when sizing thermowells. …

Potential COVID-19 vaccine ready to move to the next phase of testing      Following an announcement last April in regard to developing a COVID-19 vaccine from tobacco leaves, British American Tobacco announced that it is now ready to test its potential COVID-19 vaccine on humans, after it generated a …

      By John Kindervag, Field Chief Technology Officer at Palo Alto Networks     The real world is fragile. It is unnerving, to say the least, to see how a virus can cause such massive disruptions across the globe. The digital world is fragile as well, as rampant …

In response to how the global COVID-19 Pandemic has disrupted education and learning around the world, Ericsson has joined the UNESCO-led Global Education Coalition and launched Ericsson Educate, a digital program delivering online learning content focused on improving digital skills for students in secondary schools and universities.   Now more …