Inmarsat, the UK-based global satellite communications company, is partnering with Auxilium, an Australian mining company, for the provision of Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) and communications solutions to the mining sector.
Read More »Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 Identifies Pakistani Hacker Group Dubbed Gorgon Group
Unit 42, the cyber security research arm of U.S.-based cyber security company Palo Alto Networks, has identified a Pakistani hacking group they call the Gorgon Group that is engaged in both criminal and nation-state cyber activities.
Read More »Iran Hijacks Global Telegram App Traffic Prior To National Protest
Information from global users of the encrypted messenger app Telegram was purposefully directed through Iranian networks on Monday, 30 July 2018, according to several media reports.
Read More »Saudi Arabia And Pakistan Explore Possible Cyber And AI Cooperation
Pakistan's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Khan Hasham Bin Saddique, met with Haitham A. Al-Ohali, the Saudi Arabian vice minister of communications and information technology, at his office in Riyadh on 24 July 2018, according to a report in the Saudi Gazette.
Read More »UAE And India Sign MoU For Artificial Intelligence Economic Cooperation
Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, UAE’s Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, and Deepak Bagla, Managing Director and CEO of Invest India, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 28 July 2018 in New Delhi to establish a bilateral Atrificial Intelligence (AI) Bridge that hopes to create U.S.$20 billion in economic benefits over the next decade.
Read More »China’s COSCO Shipping Line Falls Victim To Ransomware Attack In Americas
The China Ocean Shipping Group Company, popularly known as COSCO, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack connected to its operations in the Americas and has resulted in the company being completely disconnected from the Internet, severing communications between COSCO, its vendors, and its clients.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: Securing Sovereign Data: Balancing and Spreading Risk On Earth and In Space
With growing geopolitical risk, a stricter regulatory environment, and new technologies such as Blockchain, how and where sovereign data is stored and accessed is an increasingly important issue for governments and companies. ThorGroup Chairman and President Dr. John B. Sheldon examines the security claims of new diplomatic and commercial concepts for storing sovereign data …
Read More »UAE’s Thuraya Launches M2M IoT Tracking and Monitoring Service and Terminal
Dubai-based Thuraya, a commercial satellite communications company, has launched a tracking and monitoring (T2M) service and its T2M DUAL terminal for on-the-move machine-to-machine (M2M) Internet of Things (IoT) devices and sensors. The T2M DUAL terminal is designed for M2M communications and the tracking and monitoring of remote assets in harsh …
Read More »Arabsat to Launch Arabsat Expand Satellite Broadband Service
Arabsat Broadband Services has launched a new satellite broadband service called Arabsat Expand, offering 10 Gigabytes of Internet broadband access powered by Forsway’s Hybrid Router technology. Arabsat Expand has been designed and implemented by SatConsultant for Arabsat Broadband Services. The new service aims to bridge the digital divide in Africa, …
Read More »Cambodia and China Great Wall Industry Corp. Sign Agreement for Belt and Road Communications Satellite
Cambodia has signed a framework agreement with China Great Wall Industry Corporation for the acquisition of a communications satellite, along with its associated ground infrastructure and launch. The satellite agreement was one of nineteen agreements made between Cambodian and Chinese officials during a bilateral trade meeting on January 11, 2018, …
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