All articles by Tom Ball
Tom Ball
The History of Ransomware
Ransomware was born in 1989 but it poses the greatest threat it ever has today in 2018.
Fintech investment fund introduced by BNP Paribas
The plan will also be to use the new fund as a vehicle for making indirect investments via venture capital funds.
Honey, I shrunk the chips: Samsung starts $6bn semiconductor line
Samsung is preparing for a future in which chips will have to be smaller, the company may invest more than $6 billion depending on the market at the time.
Top 5 open source projects for 2018
Open source projects are promoting and accelerating cutting edge innovation, which do you think are the most important?
Digital transformation success key to protecting revenue
How urgently do you think organisations need to complete digital transformation projects? Tight budgets are slowing down IT projects.
Qualcomm pushes Snapdragon processors with Microsoft and Samsung
Working with Microsoft, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors are set to become an alternative to those typically provided by the likes of AMD and Intel.
Tech Time Machine: Alan Turing, AI and chess
Turing warned that fear could hamper innovation and progress, encouraging the world to see that humans will remain vital and assume new roles.
Malicious botnets responsible for 40% of global login attempts
Prime examples of targets hackers have been exploiting are the GoAhead embedded HTTP server that leads to 700,000 potential targets, and the Oracle WebLogic Server.
AWS clients alerted to security risks by researchers
Misconfiguration is often at the root of AWS silo data exposures, but what can be done to reduce the commonality of this problem?
Crypto asset coding competition launched by Deutsche Bourse
Deutsche Bourse is looking to explore avenues including blockchain and ICOs to get involved in the crypto asset space.