Telefonica, Microsoft and partners establish AI consortium in Spain

    Spanish carrier Telefonica, together with Microsoft, Repsol, Gestamp, Navantia, and Técnicas Reunidas, have joined forces to create IndesIA, the first artificial intelligence (AI) consortium in the Spanish industrial sector. “The Spanish industrial sector currently faces a number of important challenges. The need to become more competitive through automation and optimization of industrial processes…

Ransomware Attackers Partnering With Cybercrime Groups to Hack High-Profile Targets

As ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure skyrocket, new research shows that threat actors behind such disruptions are increasingly shifting from using email messages as an intrusion route to purchasing access from cybercriminal enterprises that have already infiltrated major targets. “Ransomware operators often buy access from independent cybercriminal groups who infiltrate major targets and then sell…

Nokia Deepfield finds most DDoS attacks originate from under 50 hosting companies

Research from the network intelligence experts at Nokia Deepfield has found that the majority of DDoS attacks originate from fewer than 50 hosting companies. The researchers analysed a large sample of networks and traced the origins of most DDoS attacks (by frequency and traffic volume). Nokia Deepfield undertook the research following its observation that DDoS…