
Keumars Afifi-Sabet
Keumars Afifi-Sabet is a writer and editor that specialises in public sector, cyber security, and cloud computing. He first joined ITPro as a staff writer in April 2018 and eventually became its Features Editor. Although a regular contributor to other tech sites in the past, these days you will find Keumars on LiveScience, where he runs its Technology section.
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LG continues automotive pivot with $240 million Cybellum acquisitionNews The Israeli startup detects vulnerabilities in automotive hardware and software services using digital twins
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Microsoft exposes BulletProofLink 'phishing as a service' criminal enterpriseNews The sophisticated outfit handles everything from template design to web hosting and credentials processing
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Facebook launches Portal for Business device management serviceNews The new package is being launched alongside fresh Portal Go and Portal+ hardware
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Nutanix and Citrix forge partnership over hybrid work technologyNews This strategic partnership sees Nutanix and Citrix deploy DaaS tools over HCI hybrid and multi-cloud environments
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MoD data breach ‘put lives of Afghan interpreters at risk’News The blunder exposed the email addresses of 250 interpreters seeking relocation
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JPMorgan launches challenger bank Chase in the UKNews This expansion aims to put legacy UK banks on the backfoot as they contend with the rise of the likes of Monzo
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Irish DPC threatens probe over Facebook’s Ray-Ban smart glassesNews The Irish data regulator is concerned about the potential for users to engage in covert filming
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Chipmakers should brace for 'oversupply' in 2023 with crisis set to clearNews Foundry capacity is currently at near 100%, with efforts to fight the shortage set to kick in by 2022
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Alphabet’s laser-powered broadband demonstrates 99.9% uptime within first 20 daysNews X, the Moonshot Factory trials ‘fibre without fibre’ across the Congo River with 700TB of data transmitted in its first few weeks
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Weekly threat roundup: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, HP Omen, AppleNews Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
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Citrix mulling potential sale after tumultuous 2021News Share prices have tumbled due to consecutive quarters of "mixed" financial results
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Microsoft patches Internet Explorer zero-day under active attackNews The latest wave of Patch Tuesday fixes also included several updates to address the Print Spooler component in Windows
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Intuit plans end-to-end SMB platform after $12 billion Mailchimp acquisitionNews The firm wants to give customers a full suite of tools to manage their businesses, from marketing to accounting
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Apple patches zero-day flaw abused by infamous NSO exploitNews The ForcedEntry flaw affects all Apple devices and allows hackers to compromise systems without any user interaction
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Irish data regulator fails to resolve 98% of big tech GDPR casesNews Campaigners accuse the Irish DPC of being the ‘bottleneck’ for GDPR enforcement with 160 unresolved complaints
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WhatsApp activates end-to-end encrypted cloud backupsNews The messaging service will grant users a password-protected key when they save their chat histories to the cloud
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Dell launches new security services to tackle surging data demandsNews These new products aim to mitigate against data protection anxieties and the rising threat of ransomware
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Google and Microsoft's hybrid work battle shows the narrative is just as important as the technologyAnalysis Two of the biggest workspace collaboration players have finally decided what ‘the new normal’ means to them and their customers
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Weekly threat roundup: Atlassian, Microsoft Office, Zoho ManageEngineNews Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
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REvil ransomware gang resurfaces after brief disappearanceNews Elements of the notorious ransomware group's infrastructure have come back online
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Hackers exploit Windows zero-day to target users with Office filesNews This ‘reliable and dangerous’ flaw is being abused to launch remote code execution attacks against specific targets
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Estonia is making its internal government testbed free to useNews One of the world’s most digitally advanced governments is opening up its tech stack, expertise, and live-testing environment
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EU may consider enforcing seven-year smartphone lifespanNews The German government is lobbying the European Commission to go further than its current tech repairability proposals
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US officials warn of “mass exploitation” of Atlassian Confluence flawNews Hackers can exploit the workplace collaboration platform to execute arbitrary code remotely
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