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Nearly half of global ransomware attacks targeted US in 2021
Out of 2,845 witnessed ransomware attacks worldwide, cybercriminals launched 1,352 of them at the US last year. Cybercriminals targeted French organizations in 146 ransomware attacks. 1 in 5 ransomware attacks is directed to a European country. The industrial and energy sector suffered 599 ransomware attacks globally in 2021. Threat actors chose businesses in the retail…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Ukraine hit by massive cyber attack
Ukraine has been hit by a "massive cyber attack", knocking a number of key government websites offline and issuing a warning to the public to "expect the worst". The disruption comes at a time of extreme tensions with Russia, which has massed around 100,000 troops at Ukraine's border. Ukrainian cyber police launched an investigation into…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Hacker claims he got into 25 Tesla EVs
A teenage security expert claimed he was able to hack into 25 Tesla cars, allowing him to remotely start the vehicles and control their lights, windows and navigation systems. David Colombo, a 19-year-old German, said a fault had allowed him to take control of features of more than 25 Teslas in 13 countries. He said…
Facebook and Twitter failing to tackle fake review industry, Which? finds
Facebook and Twitter are failing to tackle fake reviews industry that is trading free items in exchange for bogus five-star ratings to boost the ratings of mediocre products sold on Amazon, a Which? investigation has found. The consumer watchdog uncovered Facebook fake review groups with hundreds of thousands of members between them as well as…
UK Government pauses smart motorway roll-out
The rollout of new smart motorway schemes is to be paused until a full five years’ worth of safety data is available. In line with the Transport Committee’s most recent recommendations, the rollout of new ALR (All Lane Running) smart motorways will be paused until enough safety data becomes available for schemes introduced before 2020.…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Third of waking hours spent on mobile phones
People are spending an average of 4.8 hours a day on their mobile phones, according to app monitoring firm App Annie. In 2020, UK regulator Ofcom found similar amounts of time spent, although its research included watching TV. App Annie's report indicates that apps were downloaded 230 billion times in 2021, while $170bn (£125bn) was spent.…
Tech Digest daily roundup: GTA publisher strikes £9.6bn deal with FarmVille
The video games publisher behind Grand Theft Auto has struck a $13bn (£9.6bn) deal for FarmVille owner Zynga in a huge bet on the future of mobile gaming. Take-Two has paved the way for smartphone spin-offs of its biggest console hits by creating one of the industry's largest mobile game publishers with sales of just over…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Virgin Media O2 will not introduce EU roaming charges
Virgin Mobile and O2 phone users will not face roaming charges following announcements by other networks to reintroduce extra fees after Brexit. It means customers travelling to Europe will be able to use their mobile data and make calls and texts on the same deal as they have in the UK. Vodafone, EE and Three…
Tech Digest daily roundup: BMW announces ‘Chameleon Car’
If you have ever grown bored with the colour of your car, then you might like BMW's idea - to change it on a whim. At CES 2022, it showed off how a car's exterior could effectively become ePaper which, when charged with a small electric current, changes colour or creates a pattern. Its "iX…
Volvo cars introduces Ride Pilot autonomous driving for new EV
Volvo Cars will introduce its unsupervised autonomous driving feature, Ride Pilot, to customers in the state of California first. Once it has been verified as safe for use on highways, Ride Pilot is expected to be available as an add-on subscription on the company’s forthcoming fully electric SUV. This new flagship car for the company…