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- Hard-To-Assess Third Parties In Energy And Infrastructure Projects: A Middle East Perspective December 17, 2025 7:42 am Mid East Information You know how, when you move into a huge, old house with lots of rooms, it can be really hard to keep track of every single key? Well, for established businesses, managing third-party risks is often just like that. It might be thought that because these …
- Securing the future of payments: Insights from Matthew Driver, Executive Vice President (Services, Asia Pacific), Mastercard December 17, 2025 7:41 am The Economic Times Digital payments are now the norm. These transactions, driven by the broad adoption of smart devices, greater global connectivity, and consumer preference for speed and convenience, have transformed commerce worldwide. While hardly niche anymore, the rapid …
- BITS Pilani receives $1 million endowment from US alumnus for female scholarships and merit-cum-need financial support December 17, 2025 7:39 am The Indian Express BITS Pilani has announced a $1 million endowment from its alumnus to support female scholarships and faculty-guided innovation initiatives. According to an official statement from BITS, the endowment is aimed at expanding financial assistance for women …
- Beyond the Perimeter: Controlling Sensitive Data in a Boundary-Free World December 17, 2025 7:39 am Information Security Buzz Every day, military intelligence officers transmit sensor data from forward operating bases to command centres thousands of miles away. These transmissions pass through multiple networks, allied nation systems, and satellite uplinks. Traditional security …
- Elise Donovan: «Structuring Asia’s Digital Asset Future» December 17, 2025 7:38 am finews.asia Asia is home to some of the most dynamic innovators in digital assets, writes Elise Donovan, CEO of BVI Finance, in an op-ed on finews.asia. Yet behind this wave of innovation lies a pressing question: where should these businesses structure to achieve …
- ‘DEFINING MOMENT’: CBL Governor Samoi Says IIPS Launch is a Boost To Liberia’s Economic Growth December 17, 2025 7:35 am Front Page Africa Executive Governor of the CBL, Henry F. Samoi Monrovia – Liberia has made a great statement with a bold and decisive step towards modern digital financial economy on the launch of Inclusive Instant Payment System (IIPS) otherwise known as Mobile Money …
- Why vulnerability reports stall inside shared hosting companies December 17, 2025 7:30 am Help Net Security Security teams keep sending vulnerability notifications, and the same pattern keeps repeating. Many alerts land, few lead to fixes. A new qualitative study digs into what happens after those reports arrive and explains why remediation so often stops short. …
- Coupang draws bipartisan criticism as founder skips parliamentary hearing December 17, 2025 7:27 am The Korea Times Harold Rogers, interim chief executive officer of Coupang, answers lawmakers’ questions during a parliamentary hearing on the company’s data breach at the National Assembly in Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap Coupang’s founder Kim Bom-suk came under bipartisan …
- Liberia: CBL Launches Inclusive Instant Payment System, Ends Era of Mobile Money Silos December 17, 2025 7:24 am Front Page Africa Monrovia, — Liberia took a major leap toward a cash-lite, digitally inclusive economy on Tuesday with the official launch of the Inclusive Instant Payment System (IIPS), a nationwide mobile money interoperability platform spearheaded by the Central Bank of …
- The fraud storm breaking over Europe [Promoted Content] December 17, 2025 7:24 am EurActiv Fraud has evolved into a globally pervasive, technology-enabled threat that thrives in conditions of volatility, interdependence and weakened governance – and it’s continuing to outpacing traditional controls never built for this level of complexity. . …
- Coupang rebuked over founder's absence at data breach hearing December 17, 2025 7:23 am Korea Herald Executives defend security measures, pledge compensation amid tighter data-protection rules A high-stakes parliamentary hearing on Coupang’s data breach opened Wednesday, with lawmakers slamming founder Bom Kim’s absence and lack of apology as a disregard …
- Porn Hack—Has Your Pornhub Search And View History Leaked? December 17, 2025 7:15 am Forbes Have you been caught in porn breach? getty Republished on Dec. 17 with an updated statement from Pornhub. There’s something particularly frightening about porn and similar data breaches — it’s an internet nightmare come true. No matter who you are, where …
- Pornhub Data Breach: Hacking Group ‘ShinyHunters’ Targets Premium Subscribers in 94GB Leak December 17, 2025 7:13 am Latestly Mumbai, December 17: The notorious cybercriminal group "ShinyHunters" claimed on Tuesday to have breached the databases of sex website Pornhub, the world’s leading adult content platform. The group alleges it has stolen approximately 94GB of data …
- It’s a balanced budget December 17, 2025 7:09 am Duxbury Clipper - Massachusetts By Susanna Sheehan Clipper Senior Reporter On Monday, Duxbury Town Manager René Read presented the Selectboard with next year’s balanced operating budget, which uses revenues the town has avail.able to restore some jobs cut this year, adds a few …
- FTC Compels Nomad Operator to Repay Users After $186M Crypto Bridge Hack in 2022 December 17, 2025 7:09 am Decrypt In brief The FTC said Illusory Systems’ Nomad crypto bridge lost $186 million after hackers exploited a poorly tested software update. Regulators alleged the company marketed itself as “security-first” while failing to follow basic coding and incident- …
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