Digitalisation top of mind at this year’s Gitex

This year’s Gitex Global 2023 saw experts come together to re-evaluate how organisations can thrive in the face of rapid digitalisation. The various events during the week saw the convergence of the best minds and most visionary companies to scrutinise,...

DarkGate attacks linked to Vietnam-based cybercriminals

WithSecure researchers have tracked attacks using DarkGate malware to an active cluster of cybercriminals operating out of Vietnam. DarkGate is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that has been used in attacks since at least 2018 and is currently available to cybercriminals...

Crypto wallet downloads drop by one-third

Cryptocurrencies made a serious comeback this year despite the regulatory twists and ups and downs seen in the past months. However, the global interest in apps that allow for cryptocurrency storage continues falling. According to data presented by AltIndex.com,...
Dubai’s vision for a human-centric digital city

Dubai’s vision for a human-centric digital city

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex – Dubai is known as one of the world’s most technologically advanced cities, with an impressive array of intelligent and automated features making the city easy to navigate and govern. But, as they say in the classics, you...

GenAI: a new solution looking for a problem

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex – Artificial intelligence (AI) is the big buzzword of the day – but it will only be successful when and if organisations use it get value from their data. There is a tremendous amount of noise about AI at the moment, but Joe...

How to ensure AI is human-centric

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex – In 1996, chess master Garry Kasparov agreed to a match against IBM’s Big Blue computer – and lost. In analysing the game, Kasparov came to the conclusion that he hadn’t in fact been beaten by a machine but by a...