Hackers Infect Over 200,000 MikroTik Routers With Crypto Mining Malware

Security researchers have discovered at least three massive malware campaigns exploiting hundreds of thousands of unpatched MikroTik routers to secretly install cryptocurrency miners on computers connected to them. In all, the malware campaigns have compromised more than 210,000 routers from Latvian network hardware provider Mikrotik across the world, with the number still increasing as of…

China dominating rest of world in cloud & AI patents

A machine learning-driven analysis platform has examined 100 million cloud and AI-related intellectual property rights, and discovered that Chinese companies filed eight times as many relevant patents as their American counterparts in the past year. The report was carried out by intellectual property analytics provider Cipher, using their AI-driven patent intelligence platform. The results highlight…

Apply to TC Startup Battlefield MENA 2018 – TechCrunch

We’re stoked about hosting our first Startup Battlefield in Beirut, where we’ll showcase 15 amazing early-stage startups across the Middle East and North Africa. There’s nothing we love more than learning about, reporting on and supporting creative entrepreneurs in a growing tech startup ecosystem. TechCrunch Startup Battlefield MENA 2018 takes place on October 3, and…