May 7, 2019
Blockchain remains a popular topic, but supply chain leaders are failing to find suitable use cases. By 2023, 90% of blockchain-based supply chain initiatives will suffer ‘blockchain fatigue’ due to a lack of strong use cases, according to Gartner. A...
May 6, 2019
Human-generated greenhouse gases and atmospheric particles were affecting global drought risk as far back as the early 20th century, according to a study from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). The study, published in the journal Nature, compared...
May 6, 2019
More than two-thirds of high-net-worth individuals will be invested in cryptocurrencies in the next three years, according to a new global poll. Carried out by independent financial advisory organisation deVere Group, the survey shows that 68% of poll participants are...
May 6, 2019
Environments running operational technology (OT) are stepping up their focus on cyber security amid a growing number of attacks. This emerged in Fortinet’s recent State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report, which found about 74% of OT organisations...
May 6, 2019
South African company RND Labs has launched Guardian to safeguard local mobile users’ airtime from primarily overseas-based mobile fraudsters. Described by its developers as an “anti-virus app for airtime”; Guardian’s ability to scan, notify,...
May 6, 2019
SophosLabs Uncut has released detailed malware analysis of new ransomware, MegaCortex. According to Sophos, MegaCortex was a relatively little-seen malware that suddenly spiked in volume on 1 May 2019. Sophos has seen MegaCortex detections in the US, Canada,...
