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News24.com | 'Koeberg is no Chernobyl' – Mantashe punts importance of nuclear power in Parliament May 12, 2021
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said Koeberg is critical to the supply of energy in SA and is reliable in terms of capacity and power availability.
News24.com | Facebook is coming to Parliament, DA says May 12, 2021
The social media company will be asked to address issues about disinformation as well as payment for local media content.
News24.com | Amazon wins EU court appeal in Luxembourg tax case May 12, 2021
Amazon scored a major legal victory on Wednesday when an EU court annulled an order from the bloc's powerful antitrust authority that Luxembourg recoup €250 million in back taxes.

ESET Research goes to RSA Conference 2021 with record number of presentations May 12, 2021
We will explore Android stalkerware, air-gapped networks and XP exploits The post ESET Research goes to RSA Conference 2021 with record number of presentations appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Roman Kovac
WhatsApp will limit features for users who don’t accept new data‑sharing rules May 11, 2021
Your account won’t be deleted, but here's what you may want to be aware of if not even repeated reminders to accept the new policy do the trick The post WhatsApp will limit features for users who don’t accept new data‑sharing rules appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Amer Owaida
Week in security with Tony Anscombe May 7, 2021
Ousaban banking trojan targeting Brazil – How to help your kids use safe passwords – DDoS attack takes Belgian government websites offline The post Week in security with Tony Anscombe appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
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Ransomware world in 2021: who, how and why May 12, 2021
In this report, we take a step back from the day-to-day ransomware news cycle and follow the ripples back into the heart of the ecosystem to understand how it is organized.
Dmitry Galov, Leonid Bezvershenko, Ivan Kwiatkowski
DDoS attacks in Q1 2021 May 10, 2021
In Q1 2021, we saw a spike in DDoS activity in January, peaking at over 1,800 attacks per day. The most widespread was UDP flooding (41.87%), while SYN flooding dropped to third place (26.36%).
Alexander Gutnikov, Oleg Kupreev, Ekaterina Badovskaya
Operation TunnelSnake May 6, 2021
A newly discovered rootkit that we dub 'Moriya' is used by an unknown actor to deploy passive backdoors on public facing servers, facilitating the creation of a covert C&C communication channel through which they can be silently controlled. The victims are located in Africa, South and South-East Asia.
Mark Lechtik, Giampaolo Dedola