IBM’s new supercomputer to be world’s fastest
Just days after it was reported that China has the world’s fastest supercomputer, IBM has unveiled a few details about its upcoming behemoth. The media have already branded it as the computer that will...
View ArticleChina bans social media as a news source
Continuing its control of the internet, China has announced that news outlets may not use social media as a source of news – at least not without official approval. [see_also] The Cyberspace...
View ArticleIndian hackers with lame tools doing cyber-espionage
I guess the old saying ‘the artisan is only as good as his tools’ can’t really be applied to this hacker (or group of hackers) from India. Kaspersky Lab has revealed, after a tip from a partner, that...
View ArticleMaxthon browser gathers user data without permission
Security researchers just found out that a Chinese-built browser has been tracking its users and collecting data without their knowledge. What else is new? Exatel, together with Fidelis Cybersecurity...
View ArticleDDoS attacks jumped 80 per cent in Q2, researchers say
There has been a huge increase in the number of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks in the second quarter of this year, a new research report by security experts Nexusguard says. According to...
View ArticleAsian nations unsafe for data privacy
Asian nations are not known as a very secure place to keep your digital data, a new report by secure data centre Artmotion suggests. The report was built on data from the UN, World Economic Forum and...
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