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The Michal Sela [email protected] Hackathon strives to end domestic violence

The Hackathon took place over three days and included over 1,000 coders. The winning project is “Safebutton”, a concealed panic button that can be incorporated into everyday items. President Rivlin, who hosted the finals: “Violence against women isn’t a problem concerning only women, but Israeli society as a whole”

Mandi Kogosowski | 26/05/2021

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Interested in relocating? US has shortage of half a million workers in field of cyber defense

The statistic comes from Cyber Seek, a database of the U.S. Commerce Department, which says the shortage "puts our digital privacy and infrastructure at risk"

Mandi Kogosowski | 25/05/2021

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FBI, German cybersecurity authority warn of attacks on health services

Conti ransomware attacks compromised at least 400 public and health organizations worldwide during the last year. The amount of ransom varies, and can reach tens of millions

Mandi Kogosowski | 24/05/2021

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Personal data of 4.5 million Air India passengers leaked in cyberattack on SITA

The extent of the damage from the attack on the air transportation data giant in February continues to become clearer

Mandi Kogosowski | 23/05/2021

The technological center that Iran established in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo from the Financial Tribune website

Iran establishing innovation centers in Russia, Iraq, Malaysia and Afghanistan

Zarif: If the American sanctions are lifted, Iran will be able to become a center of science and technology as well as prevent a brain drain. The innovation centers will start operating by the end of this fiscal year

Mandi Kogosowski | 23/05/2021

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Irish healthcare system's recovery from cyberattack to take weeks, cost tens of millions

"Hundreds of people are working flat out in response to this despicable cyber attack on our health system," said the Irish health minister. The government refuses to pay the ransom of almost $20 million

Mandi Kogosowski | 20/05/2021

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Iran unveils its new supercomputer

It will be used to develop and analyze artificial intelligence technologies, image and traffic processing, big data and more. The information and communications technology minister said that work has already started on the next computer, which will be even more powerful

Mandi Kogosowski | 20/05/2021

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Singapore, Abu Dhabi cooperate in field of smart cities

A joint forum of the two cities published a call under which Singaporean companies are invited to submit offers for solutions of various challenges identified by Abu Dhabi as part of the government's innovation plans

Mandi Kogosowski | 20/05/2021

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Biden signs executive order to strengthen cyber defenses

The order calls for modernization and implementation of stronger security standards following the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline that caused huge gas shortages in the eastern U.S.

Mandi Kogosowski | 18/05/2021

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Report: Chinese AI technologies pose threat to Africa

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute mapped out hundreds of Chinese technology initiatives throughout the continent, pointing out times in which advanced facial recognition technologies were used for political arrests with the pretense of maintaining public order

Mandi Kogosowski | 12/05/2021