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Chancellor Says The UK Will Strike Back Against Cyber Attacks
Nov 2, 2016The UK Chancellor has warned of an increased risk of cyber attacks while laying out plans for a previously announced £1.9bn cybersecurity strategy. Philip Hammond said the country must be able to retaliate against cyber-attacks, ...
Tags: Chancellor, Cyber Attacks
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Chinese Smartphone Makers Compete with Samsung, Apple
Feb 2, 2015China's top smartphone companies challenged Samsung and Apple with surging sales and revenue in 2014, vowing to scramble for a larger share in a global turf war with the top two makers. As one of the major competitors, telecom behemoth ...
Tags: Smartphone, Samsung, Apple
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The Fast-Rising Chinese Smartphone Manufacturing Is Doubling Down on Its Handset Efforts
Jan 15, 2015Xiaomi is hosting an event tomorrow; we knew that much already. What we didn’t know was that there would be two new smartphones taking up centre stage. Yes, Xiaomi’s latest teaser image has confirmed that the fast-rising ...
Tags: Xiaomi, Consumer Electronics, Snapdragon 810
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Xiaomi's Rumoured Mi5 Flagship Handset to Be Landing on January 15
Jan 7, 2015Xiaomi’s rumoured Mi5 flagship handset will be landing on January 15, if a new teaser poster is to be believed. A Xiaomi-stamped poster has turned up on the firm’s official Weibo page, pointing toward the new date, as spotted ...
Tags: Xiaomi, CES, Consumer Electronics
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Xiaomi Could Finally Be Ready to Make Its Presence Felt in The West Over The Coming Months
Dec 5, 2014Xiaomi, China's hippest smartphone brand, could finally be ready to make its presence felt in the West over the coming months. The company has long been referred to as the Apple of the East thanks to popular, well built, and smartly ...
Tags: Xiaomi, Consumer Electronics
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GCHQ Has Reportedly Built an Automated System to Track The Hotel Bookings
Nov 25, 2013The U.K.’s intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has reportedly built an automated system to track the hotel bookings of foreign diplomats when travelling abroad for international summits or work meetings. ...
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ISC Has Called on The Public to Provide Written and Oral Evidence
Oct 18, 2013The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has called on the public to provide written and oral evidence, as it seeks to determine whether current legislation on the privacy of communications is still "fit for purpose". In July, the ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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US Needs to Speed up The Process of Getting Cyber Security Legislation in Place
Oct 12, 2013The chief of US spy organisation, the National Security Agency (NSA), Keith Alexander, believes that the US government needs to speed up the process of getting cyber security legislation in place in order to defend the US from attacks. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Prism Data Leaks Scandal Has Damaged The UK's Efforts to Counter Terrorism
Oct 11, 2013Andrew Parker, Director General, MI5 The head of MI5 has said that the Prism data leaks scandal has damaged the UK’s efforts to counter terrorism. Speaking at the Royal United Services Institute in London last night, director ...
Tags: Prism Scandal
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Yet Another Unfortunate Step Towards The Militarisation of Cyberspace
Feb 17, 2013Computer security guru Professor Ross Anderson has criticised the European Union's proposed computer security directive which, he says, represents "yet another unfortunate step towards the militarisation of cyberspace". EU security ...
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IT Employment Is Set to Grow at Twice The UK Average Between Now and 2020
Dec 28, 2012MI5 chief Jonathan Evans says the intelligence agency is working against"astonishing"levels of cyber-attacks on UK industry. In his first public speech in two years at London's Mansion House,Evans warned that internet"vulnerabilities"were ...
Tags: demand for II staff, employment
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MI5 Chief Says Intelligence Agency Works Against Astonishing Level of Cyber-Attacks
Dec 28, 2012MI5 chief Jonathan Evans says the intelligence agency is working against"astonishing"levels of cyber-attacks on UK industry. In his first public speech in two years at London's Mansion House,Evans warned that internet"vulnerabilities"were ...
Tags: MI5, intelligence agency
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Former Boss of UK's MI5 Security Service Caused Security Scare by Losing Her Laptop
Dec 28, 2012The former boss of the UK's MI5 security service has caused a security scare by losing her laptop at Heathrow. Stella Rimington left the computer on a luggage trolley from where it was stolen, according to the The Sun. The laptop is ...
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UK to Offer Around 100 18-Year-Olds Training in Advanced IT Skills to Fight Cyber Crime
Dec 28, 2012The UK is to offer around 100 18-year-olds training in advanced IT skills to bolster the expertise of intelligence agencies in fighting cyber crime. The scheme was announced by foreign secretary William Hague during a visit to Bletchley ...
Tags: UK, GCHQ, cyber crime, training, advanced IT skills, 18-year-olds
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Security Researchers Uncovered Global Financial Fraud Ring
Dec 20, 2012Security researchers have uncovered a highly sophisticated, multi-tiered, global financial fraud ring that has attempted fraudulent transfers of up to 1.6bn from at least 60 banks This fraud empire, discovered by researchers from security ...
Tags: financial fraud, security, banking system, financial security
