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Will the Kremlin be trying to 'Keep America Great'? Is Beijing rooting for Biden?. These questions are on the minds of the US intelligence community in the run-up to November's vote. An assessment from a top official war

Russian state-backed hackers were planning to attack the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games, the UK government said Monday. This came the same day the Department of Justice indicted six Russian officials for orchestrating a series of serious cyber attacks, including on the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. The...Tokyo OlympicsWinter OlympicsParalympic GamesGRUSouth KoreaRussian OfficialsOlympicUnited Kingdom2020 Summer OlympicsBritainChinese HackersForeign HackersCyber AttacksRussian EmbassyNCSCDominic RaabRead Full Story

A fully-fledged quantum computer that can be used to solve real-world problems. For many computer scientists, the arrival of such a device would be their version of the Moon landings: the final achievement after many decades of research -- and the start of a new era. For companies, the development...Read Full Story Quantum ComputingComputer ScienceSecrecyQuantum ComputersQuantum CryptographyComputer ScientistsComputer SystemsNCSCJP Morgan ChaseChicago Quantum ExchangeUniversity Of EdinburghIBM ResearchNISTNSAISARA

Retailers face the potential threats of ransomware, malware, phishing attacks and more from cyber criminals and a new guide developed with the aid of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) aims to stop retailers falling victim to attacks. The Cyber Resilience Toolkit for Retail has been developed by the British...Computer SecurityCybercrimeMalwareRansomwareTool KitPersonal DataHackersCyber SecurityData SecurityStrong CybersecurityCyber CriminalsNCSCBritish Retail ConsortiumBRCIan LevyHelen DickinsonRead Full Story

Economic theory says that capitalists will always sell products that do their stated job well because if they don’t, eventually they’ll have no customers. Except that eventually bit can sometimes take years or decades to arrive by which time the disappointed buyers have either forgotten being let down, moved on to a new disappointment, or died.Computer SecuritySalesIndustryEconomicsCapitalismCISOsCyber SecurityGlobal SecurityInformation SecurityNCSCSilicon Snake OilDebate SecurityS&P GlobalLaura DeanerCiaran MartinClifford StollMichael LewisGeorge AkerlofRead Full Story

Economic theory says that capitalists will always sell products that do their stated job well because if they don’t, eventually they’ll have no customers. Except that eventually bit can sometimes take years or decades to arrive by which time the disappointed buyers have either forgotten being let down, moved on to a new disappointment, or died.Computer SecuritySalesEconomicsIndustryCapitalismCISOsCyber SecurityGlobal SecurityInformation SecurityNCSCDebate SecurityS&P GlobalSilicon Snake OilLaura DeanerCiaran MartinClifford StollMichael LewisGeorge AkerlofRead Full Story

Startup accelerator Wayra has partnered with the UK government to identify and support technology scaleups from a number of Latin American countries looking to expand their operations into the UK. The initial work of the Scaleup UK 2021 project will focus on mapping around 50 scaleups from Argentina, Chile and...Read Full Story Capital InvestmentsThe UKInvestmentStartup CompaniesArgentinaEntrepreneursGlobal CompaniesEuropeanBritishArgentineSpanishNovartisBeauhurstNCSCWayra Hispam

Police always advise ransomware victims against paying off the criminal gangs that have encrypted their computer systems – and there are many good reasons for that. At the most basic level, even after the companies hav

Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning. We'll have another update for you at 18:00 GMT. Everyone living and working in Liverpool will be offered regular coronavirus testing from the end of this week. The armed forces will help carry out the pilot scheme. Liverpool has one of the highest Covid-19 death rates in England, and doctors at the city's intensive care units have told the BBC they're struggling to cope. Despite widespread optimism, the BBC's James Gallagher says there are questions about mass testing. False positives could be a problem, as could individual behaviour - can authorities do better at persuading people who do test positive to isolate?Read Full Story Coronavirus Disease 2019COVID-19 PandemicCOVID-19 VaccineLiverpoolJames GallagherBBC SportChildren And YouthNCSCNHSTwitterInstagramYouth SportKidsTestDoctorsDan RoanRobbie Savage

(CNN) — North Korean hackers are suspected to have carried out a cyberattack against British coronavirus vaccine developer AstraZeneca in recent weeks, Reuters revealed Friday, citing two unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter. According to Reuters, North Korean hackers posed as recruiters on networking site LinkedIn and WhatsApp in...Read Full Story AstrazenecaCyberattackReutersCNNCyber SecurityInformation SecurityNational SecurityDrug ResearchBritishLinkedInWhatsAppRussianThe University Of OxfordOxford UniversityNCSC