Cyber Security Today, August 14, 2023 — A huge insurance company hack, presentations at the Black Hat conference, and more
A huge insurance company hack, presentations at the Black Hat conference, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, August 14th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Over 400,000 Canadian and American customers and current and former employees of insurance
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Read moreIraq lifts ban on Telegram after messaging app complies with authorities
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Microsoft says nyet to continued support for Russian users of its programs. Security agencies announce the top 12 most exploited vulnerabilities of the past year. The BBC says that tech companies are souring on the UK because of the amount of new regulation. These stories and more as we
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Passionate and inspirational were the only words we could find to describe this interview with Shenaaz Trethewey – Chief Operating Officer for Comcorp South Africa, leading software innovators and authentication technology specialists. Her leadership and organisational capabilities and her role as a woman in the tech space set her apart
Read moreIndia’s local manufacturing push spurs 2 billion mobile unit shipments
India’s ambitious push for self-sufficiency in mobile phone assembling is yielding results. India shipped 2 billion domestically assembled smartphones and feature phones between 2014 to 2022 as part of its Make in India initiative, according to a new research, as the world’s second largest handset market pushes to become self-reliant
Read moreAI startup Anthropic raises $100M from Korean telco giant SK Telecom
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by former OpenAI leaders, will receive $100 million in funding from one of the biggest mobile carriers in South Korea, SK Telecom (SKT), the telco company announced on Sunday. The funding news comes three months after Anthropic raised $450 million in its Series C funding round
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