Feb 4, 2019
The US Midwest has been gripped by the lowest temperatures it has seen in years. An unusually cold Arctic air mass, called a polar vortex, is responsible for the severe temperatures, which in many areas have plunged well below -18 degrees Celsius. NASA’s...
Feb 1, 2019
Enterprises across the global supply chain recognise their approaches to cybersecurity must be strengthened, but are not yet taking the practical steps to safeguard their industrial Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. This is one of the findings of a study...
Feb 1, 2019
Pacific International Lines (PIL) has used an electronic Bill of Lading (e-BL) built on the IBM Blockchain Platform in a successful realtime pilot tracking shipment of mandarin oranges from China for the Lunar New Year celebrations. With the use of IBM Blockchain...
Feb 1, 2019
The Matrix ransomware family has been operating since 2016 and Sophos has released a new report that delves into the code. Sophos has tracked 96 samples in the wild. Like previous targeted ransomware, including BitPaymer, Dharma and SamSam, the attackers who are...
Feb 1, 2019
Apple has blocked Google from running its internally-built iOS apps. Google has been running a voluntary programme offering an incentive to users who allow Google to monitor their activities through an installed app. It would appear that the block is in response to a...
Feb 1, 2019
Intel has named Robert (Bob) Swan as CEO. Swan, 58, who has been serving as Intel’s interim CEO for seven months and as chief financial officer since 2016, is the seventh CEO in Intel’s 50-year history. Swan has also been elected to Intel’s board of...
