Tag: ZD Net

TechInnovation – Telstra gets AU$2.8b for 49% stake in tower biz from Future Fund and super funds (Chris Duckett, ZD Net)

Telstra has brought forward the sale of part of its InfraCo Towers business after being approached by a consortium including the Future Fund, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation,...

TechInnovation – Zoom acquires real-time translation startup Kites GmbH (Natalie Gagliordi, ZD Net)

Zoom said on Tuesday that it has signed a deal to acquire Kites, a German startup that's developed a real-time machine translation (MT) platform. Kites' team...

Cyberseurity – Survey finds massive gap in awareness of cyberattacks (Jonathan Greig, ZD Net)

A new survey from cybersecurity company Armis found that awareness of major cybersecurity incidents in the US is lacking. Survey finds massive gap in awareness...

Cybersecurity – Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA) (Charlie Osborne, ZD Net)

IBM has contributed the Kestrel threat analysis language to the Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA). IBM Kestrel threat hunting language granted to Open Cybersecurity Alliance |...

Cybersecurity – Ransomware: Paying up won’t stop you from getting hit again, says cybersecurity chief (Danny Palmer, ZD Net)

Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has been praised for its response after falling victim to a major ransomware attack and for not giving into cyber criminals...

Space – Rockets to mine water from the moon (Greg Nichols, ZD Net)

A new collaboration between space exploration technology companies has resulted in a novel approach to extracting water from the moon, a key step for...

TechInnovation – Dash cam data solves a big infrastructure problem (Greg Nichols, ZD Net)

Those painted road markings on highways don't seem like much, but study after study shows that they save many lives. Keeping track of faded lane dividers,...

TechInnovation – NASA is using data science to fill its data science skills gap (Mark Samuels, ZD Net)

All the evidence suggests it's tough to get hold of talented data scientists – and that's even true at NASA, says David Meza, acting...

Cybersecurity – New ransomware highlights widespread adoption of Golang language by cyberattackers (Charlie Osborne, ZD Net)

A new ransomware strain that utilizes Golang highlights the programming language's increasing adoption by threat actors. New ransomware highlights widespread adoption of Golang language by...

Cybersecurity – Hackers use Colonial pipeline ransomware news for phishing attack (ZD Net)

INKY Jonathan Greig  Hackers use Colonial pipeline ransomware news for phishing attack | ZDNet  

TechInnovation – King County ban on police use of facial recognition software spotlights local movements across US (ZD Net)

Jonathan Greig  King County ban on police use of facial recognition software spotlights local movements across US | ZDNet    

TechInnovation – Perfect storm: Fraud is skyrocketing coming out of pandemic (ZD Net)

Greg Nichols  Perfect storm: Fraud is skyrocketing coming out of pandemic | ZDNet

TechInnovation – I just found my lost AirTag… you’ll never guess where it went (ZD Net)

My lost AirTag is here Adrian Kingsley-Hughes  I just found my lost AirTag… you'll never guess where it went | ZDNet

TechInnovation – Chrome 91 will warn users when installing untrusted extensions (ZD Net)

Liam Tung  Chrome 91 will warn users when installing untrusted extensions | ZDNet  

FBI, CISA publish alert on DarkSide ransomware (ZD Net)

Charlie Osborne The advisory deals with ransomware-as-a-service, thrust into the spotlight by the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack. https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-cisa-publish-alert-on-darkside-ransomware/

LG Uplus records high Q1 earnings from strong 5G and remote services demand (ZD Net)

Cho Mu-Hyun South Korea's third largest carrier saw its profit jump due to rising demand for remote services, much like for its compatriots. https://www.zdnet.com/article/lg-uplus-records-high-q1-earnings-from-5g-and-remote-services/