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Growth in services is attracting more attention from malicious actors, says research ITWeb reports on research from security company Kaspersky Labs, showing the growth in attacks on streaming platforms. Top of the list was Netflix, with 22,000 infection attempts between January 2019 and April 2020. Modes of attack included phishing for account credentials and financial information… [Read More]

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Privacy issues around contract tracing and health apps have been very much at the forefront during this Pandemic. In this podcast, New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner John Edwards speaks with Paul Canessa, CEO of the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority, about New Zealand’s approaches to contact tracing and guidance for protecting privacy issues during the Pandemic. Listen to… [Read More]

‘Hyper-connectivity’ could be commercialised by 2028 Samsung has set out its plans for 6G with three categories of requirements, reports telecompaper. In performance, the company is targeting twice the energy efficiency of 5G, with 50 times the peak data rate, and latency reduced by 90%. The company goes on to describe how the architecture will implement AI… [Read More]

COVID-19 continues to create uncertainty on a global scale across all business sectors. The impact of the virus on the global economy is unprecedented. For the communications sector, governments and public authorities around the world have implemented various regulatory measures affecting the industry, ranging from legislation to recommendations with respect to traffic management, location data,… [Read More]

‘Consent phishing’ attacks can defeat two-factor authentication Ars Technica describes how businesses in 62 countries were targeted by a ‘Business Email Compromise’ attack that tricked CEOs and business leaders into transferring large sums of money to the attackers. One scam used imitative domains containing the word ‘office’ to mimic trusted parties.  Read more here.