38TB Microsoft data leak highlights risks of oversharing

Microsoft has learned an important lesson after having to clean up a major data leak resulting from an “overly permissive” shared access signature (SAS) token accidentally disclosed by one of its employees. The incident took place in June 2023, when a Microsoft researcher shared a URL for an Azure Blob store in a public GitHub repository … Leer más

Cosmetics giant L’Oréal turns to Databricks for cloud data-led customer personalisation push

Cosmetics giant L’Oréal has turned to Databricks to help pull together all of the data stored in its disparate cloud platforms to help support its push to personalise the customer experience. The company is pursuing a multicloud strategy in support of its Beauty Tech Data Platform, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) and company data to … Leer más

Nominet and European counterparts link up on intelligence sharing

The UK’s internet domain registrar, Nominet, has joined up with its counterparts from across Europe to launch a top-level domain information sharing and analysis centre (TLD ISAC) with the aim of strengthening cyber security capabilities and resilience through increased collaboration among TLD operators. The other authorities joining Nominet to launch the European TLD ISAC are … Leer más

Viavi projects gain Open Networks Ecosystem funding

Just days after the UK government revealed its latest funding to boost mobile services through the Open Networks Ecosystem (ONE) competition sponsored by the UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), network testing company Viavi has announced three successful bids for funding in the £88m project, namely on HiPer-RAN led by the University of … Leer más

Ending the online fraud epidemic

Fraud now makes up 41% of all crime in the UK and of that, 80% happens online. These crimes exploit a fundamental weakness in our payments and identity systems that results from the widespread use of personal information. Whether we’re shopping online, or applying for a mortgage, we frequently hand over lots of personal information … Leer más

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