
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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Microsoft warns of dangerous ‘BazaCall’ call centre ransomware scamNews Human operators are tricking victims into manually downloading malware onto their systems
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Amazon to retire iconic EC2-Classic networkNews Customers will have until 2022 to migrate from the 15-year-old network to VPC
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Data breach costs surge to record high in 2021News The cost in the UK was above the global average, but the US is home to the most expensive data breaches
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Hackers turning to 'exotic' languages for next-gen malware, report warnsNews Coding languages such as Go, Rust, Nim and DLang are allowing malware authors to avoid signature detection and add layers of obfuscation
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Intel's four-year roadmap kicks off with Amazon, Qualcomm chip dealsNews Intel confirms first foundry customers as it sets out a 2025 target for recovery
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Faulty Windows 10 update breaks printing with smart cardsNews Microsoft’s 2021 printing woes continue after several vulnerabilities were found in the Print Spooler component
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Intel warns global chip shortage could last until 2023News Warnings of an acute supply problem in the next quarter come as Intel reports flat revenues for Q2 2021
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Google coding typo effectively bricks Chrome OS devicesNews A hastily released update prevented users from logging into their machines
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Kaseya mysteriously obtains master REvil decryptor from ‘third party’News The company is now working to restore access to affected customers
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Weekly threat roundup: Windows 11, Cloudflare, Google ChromeNews Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
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Salesforce's $28bn Slack acquisition: What's next for workplace collaboration?Analysis The CRM giant looks to rewrite the rules of work while expanding cross-business collaboration
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16-year-old flaw haunts millions of HP, Xerox and Samsung printersNews The severe vulnerability centres on a printer driver that installs itself on user’s machines, sometimes without their knowledge
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Microsoft cracks down on sophisticated BEC scam campaignNews The firm’s Digital Crime Unit seized a variety of malicious domains targeting Office 365 customers
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Cloudflare flaw could have led to series of supply-chain attacksNews Hackers were able to exploit a path traversal vulnerability to compromise CDNJS and target thousands of sites
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Security researchers uncover more Print Spooler vulnerabilitiesNews Microsoft advises customers to disable the component entirely to prevent attacks following the PrintNightmare debacle
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Recent Microsoft attacks traced to secretive Israeli spyware firmNews Candiru, which trades exclusively with governments, distributed zero-day exploits for vulnerabilities patched this week
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Openreach successfully trials next-gen '25G PON' fibre techNews Isolated trials by Openreach and Nokia more than double existing maximum data transfer rates
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Even cutting-edge firms need digital transformationIn-depth Why young and exciting businesses must innovate or die
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Weekly threat roundup: SolarWinds, Microsoft, SonicWallNews Pulling together the most dangerous and pressing flaws that businesses need to patch
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Avast and Norton in talks over multi-billion dollar mergerNews The two competitors could join forces to become the biggest name in the consumer security market
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Microsoft makes second attempt to fix PrintNightmare flawNews The Patch Tuesday fix is included among updates for 117 separate flaws, including four vulnerabilities that are under attack
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REvil vanishes from the web without a traceNews The mysterious shutdown comes only days after the ransomware group’s massive Kaseya cyber attack hit at least 1,000 businesses
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Ongoing chip shortage hampers PC market growthNews Year-on-year growth slowed from 35.7% in Q1 to 4.6% in Q2 with analysts blaming the semiconductor crisis
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Microsoft warns SolarWinds customers that Serv-U is under attackNews The beleaguered IT firm urges its customers to patch their FTP systems immediately
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