World’s largest botnet network taken down

The global Necurs network of zombie bots has been taken down by a multi-national team. The botnet is one of the largest in the world, and has been behind attacks on more than 9-million computers, using them for cyber-attacks like phishing email, fake pharmaceutical...

Low confidence in leaders’ ability to manage disruption

Only 15% of business executives worldwide have confidence in their own top leadership successfully to manage disruption – including unexpected events like pandemics, technological advances, shifting demographics, and climate change. This is according to a global...

Visa gets behind women’s empowerment

Following International Women’s Day, Visa has announced two new partnerships bolstering the company’s commitment to women’s economic empowerment. Hand In Hand International and IFundWomen will join Visa to help provide both educational resources and...

Someone is out to steal your cookies …

Kaspersky experts have discovered two new Android malware modifications that, when combined, can steal cookies collected by the browser and app of popular social networking sites and then allow the thieves to discreetly gain control of the victim’s account in...

What Uber riders leave behind …

Every day, passengers leave items behind in their Uber rides. The annual Uber Lost & Found Index provides a snapshot of riders’ most commonly forgotten items and most unique lost items. It also highlights which cities are most forgetful, which times of day...

Tourism and its role during Covid-19 outbreak

The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili led a high- delegation to the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva to further advance the two agencies’ coordinated response to the worldwide Coronavirus...