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Microsoft has terminated employees and ended some of its partnerships in the Middle East and Africa as part of its investigations, following allegations of kickbacks and bribery in its operations in those regions.

COMPANY NEWS: Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, has released key findings about the ways spear-phishing attacks are evolving. The report, titled Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends Vol. 7 – Key findings on the latest social engineering tactics and the growing complexity of attacks, reveals fresh insights into recent trends in spear-phishing attacks and what you can do to protect your business.

Dell Technologies, along with ICT enabler Computer Aid International, has launched its Solar Learning Labs project in Australia with the first lab to be funded for delivery to an Indigenous community and to be rolled out next year, and a total of five planned by 2030.

After what seems like an eternity, a security company has dared to mention the unmentionable: the US does have advanced persistent threats or nation-state attack groups which are active.

China was the second most prevalent country of origin, behind Nigeria, for cloud application attacks originating in the first quarter of 2019, with 26% of global attacks coming from Chinese IP addresses, according to a newly released security report.

A lone attacker in Nigeria has been found to be responsible for a wave of relatively unsophisticated intrusion attempts into about 4000 companies worldwide.

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation claims 34 countries have enacted unwarranted policy restrictions that make it more expensive and time consuming — if not illegal — to transfer data across national borders.

A Nigerian software engineer who works for Andela in the US was asked for proof of his qualifications at JFK airport in New York when he was trying to enter the US recently.

Inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee has joined forces with tech giants Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and others in a bid to make Internet access more affordable in less-developed countries.

When Karen listed her seven year old Ford Focus on carsguide.com.au, part of the prominent News network devoted to buying and selling cars, she hoped for interested buyers. Instead, all she got was the tired old overpayment scam.