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Why the UK needs to fix its broken IT security market

Failures in the technology market are prompting discussions in government over whether the UK will ultimately need to legislate to force IT suppliers to secure their products.

Policy advisors believe legislation may be the only route to persuade software and hardware suppliers that it is worth their while to develop products that are resilient to cyber attacks.

This could see the UK following the US, which is proposing to make software suppliers legally liable if they deliver insecure products and services as part of its National Cybersecurity Strategy.

The problem has been exercising Ollie Whitehouse, chief technology officer at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which is part of the signals intelligence agency GCHQ.

He told a conference in Birmingham this week that the market is failing to incentivise technology suppliers to spend time, money and effort on ensuring that their software is free from security vulnerabilities.

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0 May 18, 2024
Computer Solution
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Belarusian hackers claim to have infiltrated KGB computer network

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Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko becomes chairman of the All-Belarus People’s Assembly, a newly established extra-governmental body.

Two hospitals in Kyiv were evacuated following threats from the head of the Belarusian KGB.

Lithuania demands Minsk retract claims it was preparing for drone attacks on Belarusian targets.

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The Belarusian service of German media outlet Deutsche Welle is declared an extremist organization and banned in Belarus.

The Belarusian Cyber Partisans group claims to have hacked KGB servers, accessing 40,000 denunciation reports and 8,600 agent profiles.

The Norwegian government pledges $900,000 to the political prisoners fund set up by Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

New Belarusian extra-governmental body holds first meeting, appoints Lukashenko its chairman

The new Belarusian extra-governmental body, the All-Belarus People’s Assembly, convened on April 24-25 in Minsk, appointing

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0 May 17, 2024
Network
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AI could boost Canada’s lagging productivity, Microsoft Canada’s president says

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Chris Barry, the president of Microsoft Canada.HO/The Canadian Press

When the head of Microsoft Canada needed to write a letter of interest as part of an application to join a not-for-profit board, he decided to put the tech giant’s software to the test.

Chris Barry commanded Copilot, the firm’s generative artificial intelligence service, to craft a five-paragraph missive based on his LinkedIn profile that was so good he only had to remove one word before sending it.

“I omitted one adjective that was a little over the top, a little too much, not quite my voice,” the Microsoft Canada president told a room of chuckling attendees at an executive AI summit the company hosted Wednesday in Toronto.

Later, in an interview, Barry said he didn’t think many other executives are using AI to the same degree, despite the hype that has built up around

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0 May 16, 2024
Business
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Portage College moves forward with kinesiology and computer science programs

City of Cold Lake council has thrown its support behind Portage College’s ambitious plans for two new programs – a kinesiology diploma program and a computer science diploma program.

COLD LAKE – City of Cold Lake council has thrown its support behind Portage College’s ambitious plans for two new programs – a kinesiology diploma program and a computer science diploma program. City council was asked by Portage College for a letter of support as it seeks approval from Advanced Education to offer the programs. 

Portage College is known for its many campuses spread throughout northeast Alberta in Boyle, Cold Lake, Frog Lake First Nations, Lac La Biche, Saddle Lake Cree Nation, St. Paul, and Whitefish (Goodfish) Lake First Nation # 128. The college offers a wide range of training options, including academic upgrading, culinary arts, environmental sciences, business, continuing education, trades and technology, as well as health and wellness options. 

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0 May 16, 2024
Computer Science
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Should we fight climate change by re-engineering life itself?

Life has transformed our world over billions of years, turning a dead rock into the lush, fertile planet we know today. But human activity is currently transforming Earth again, this time by releasing greenhouse gases that are driving dramatic changes in our climate.

What if we could harness the power of living organisms to help rein in climate change? The field of “engineering biology”, which uses genetic technology to engineer biological tools for solving specific problems, may be able to help.

Perhaps the most dramatic success to date of this nascent field is the mRNA vaccines that helped us weather the COVID pandemic. But engineering biology has enormous potential not only to help us adapt to climate change, but also to limit warming.

In our latest paper in Nature Communications, we reviewed some of the many ways engineering biology can aid the fight against climate change – and

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0 May 15, 2024
Engineering
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Wichita County officials problem statement on substantial-scale “disruption in personal computer network”

Update: KFDX News been given this assertion at 12:58 p.m. from Wichita County Judge Jim Johnson regarding the outage of the county laptop or computer system:

“Wichita County recently uncovered a disruption in our personal computer community. We have taken prompt motion to protected the community, and we are operating with primary independent cybersecurity industry experts to assist with our response and the restoration procedure. We are presently investigating the circumstance and doing the job diligently to decide the scope of the incident.
Please take note that we are fully commited to enjoyable all lawful notification obligations and will present updates as they grow to be out there. Our potential to answer to your messages may well be delayed and we value your tolerance as we get the job done via this.”

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — The Wichita County network has been down for many days, top lots of to

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0 May 14, 2024
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