Category: Technology

📍 São Paulo, July 2025 — Brazilian authorities have arrested João Nazareno Roque, an IT employee at software firm C&M, in connection with a cyberattack that siphoned over 540 million reais (approximately $100 million) from the country’s banking infrastructure. The breach targeted PIX, Brazil’s instant payment system used by more than 76% of the population, […]

Countries have come to rely on a network of cables and pipes under the sea for their energy and communications. So it has been worrying to read headlines about communications cables being cut and, in one case, an undersea gas pipeline being blown up.. Critical undersea infrastructure (CUI) as these connections are known, supports about […]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague confirmed last week that it had detected and contained a “new, sophisticated, and targeted” cyberattack—its second major security breach in less than two years. The incident occurred as the city hosted the NATO summit, coinciding with a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks reportedly launched by pro-Russian […]

4 July 2025 – China is finalising a new regulatory framework for driver-assistance systems, aiming to strike a balance between rapid innovation and public safety. The move follows a fatal crash involving a Xiaomi SU7 sedan in March, which intensified scrutiny of assisted-driving technologies. 📋 Regulatory Overhaul in ProgressAuthorities are drafting rules that will require […]

Miljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock Sport supplements are hard to get away from if you like to exercise regularly. Even if you’re not interested in them, there’s a good chance your gym will have posters extolling their virtues or your sporty friends will want to talk to you about them. It can be hard to know what supplements […]

'Find the fossil sites' interactive display, Maropeng exhibition, Cradle of Humankind. flowcomm, CC BY South Africa has one of the world’s richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain inaccuracies. South Africans still have some of the lowest rates of acceptance […]

Giulia Acconcia grew up in the picturesque, historic town of Spoleto, nestled in the foothills of Italy’s Apennine Mountains. Already in secondary school, she became fascinated with modern technology – a passion that would shape her future.  Her love of electronics led her to the Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy, where she now finds herself […]

REDMOND, WA – – Microsoft has announced another wave of layoffs, marking its second major job cut in recent months. The company began notifying affected employees on Wednesday but did not disclose the exact number of positions being eliminated. A spokesperson stated that the layoffs will affect less than 4% of Microsoft’s global workforce, which […]

Sydney, Australia — Qantas Airways has disclosed a significant cybersecurity incident affecting up to 6 million customers, following unauthorized access to a third-party platform used by one of its contact centers. The breach was detected on June 30, and while no internal Qantas systems were compromised, the attackers accessed a platform containing service records, the […]

Sector specific security experts has warned cybersecurity firms especially those affiliated with or working for the aviation/ airline sector to be on alert and take necessary efforts geared at mitigating against cyberattack in the sector, this is following a recent data breach suffered by Qantas and Hawaiian Airlines. The Qantas breach which follows a cyberattack […]