If your business has a wireless network, there is a good chance that anyone breaking into it is doing so to launch a spam attack, according to research carried out by London-based security consultants Z/Yen and reported by Computing magazine.
Z/Yen set up two wireless 'honeypots' to monitor hacking activity throughout March. Earlier this week, OUT-LAW.COM reported on a similar test by KPMG. Z/Yen found that almost one quarter of unauthorised connections to the networks were intentional, with 71% of these used to send e-mail.
Using a company's private network gives the spammer anonymity: all e-mails are traced to the company which is has become the unwitting sender.
A consultation to strengthen regulations around fiat-referenced tokens in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) is another sign of the free zone’s forward-thinking approach to how it regulates digital currency, an expert has said.
Qatar’s cabinet has approved plans to reduce working hours for mothers employed by government entities to allow them to undertake childcare responsibilities at certain times of the year, setting a clear precedent for broader reforms to workplace flexibility across the Middle East, experts say.
Sports bodies should be able to ‘name and shame’ athletes in their sport responsible for doping offences without worrying about whether doing so will infringe those athletes’ data protection rights.
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