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Cybersecurity. Earnings transcripts mention ‘cybersecurity’ 33% more in H1: report (Jonathan Greig, ZDNet)

Companies are increasingly mentioning cybersecurity in their earnings reports, according to a new study from analytics company GlobalData. In the first half of 2021, mentions of 'cybersecurity'...

Singapore/South Korea. Hyundai, Singapore university to run AI research in electric vehicle manufacturing (Elleen Yu, ZDNet)

Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group have inked an agreement to run four research projects focusing on...

Cybersecurity. WhatsApp patches vulnerability related to image filter functionality (Jonathan Greig, ZDNet)

Check Point Research has announced the discovery of a vulnerability in popular messaging platform WhatsApp that allowed attackers to read sensitive information from WhatsApp's...

Singapore/Australia/Malaysia/South Africa. Singapore, Australia amongst four central banks to test cross-border digital payments platform (Eileen Yu, ZDNet)

Four central banks are collaborating to develop and test a common platform on which to process cross-border digital payments. The initiative aims to bypass...

Egypt. Al-Sisi Is Leaving the Sick to Suffer in Egypt’s Prisons (Amr Magdi, HRW)

On July 25, the family of 69-year-old Abd al-Moniem Abu al-Fotouh, the detained leader of the Strong Egypt Party, said he had suffered symptoms resembling a...

Australia. Prisoners Denied Vaccine Access (HRW)

The entry sign to Parklea Correctional Centre in Sydney, Australia, July 30, 2020. 2020 Matt Blyth/Getty Images The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) should urgently ensure...

Cybersecurity. Google paid over $130K in bounty rewards for the issues addressed with the release of Chrome 93 (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Google announced the release of Chrome 93 that addresses 27 security vulnerabilities, 19 issues were reported through its bug bounty program Google paid over $130K...

Cybersecurity. Mozi infections will slightly decrease but it will stay alive for some time to come (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The Mozi botnet continues to spread despite the arrest of its alleged author and experts believe that it will run for many other years Mozi...

Cybersecurity. QNAP will patche OpenSSL flaws in its NAS devices (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker QNAP is working on security patches for its products affected by recently fixed OpenSSL flaws QNAP will patche OpenSSL flaws in...

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