Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. It can be generally defined as the set of interconnected structural elements that provide framework supporting an entire structure of development. It is an important term for judging a country or region's development.
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Russian cyber spooks piggyback Iranian hackers to spy on 35 countries
Russia-backed Turla threat actor has been found to piggyback on hacking tools developed by Iranian threat groups to mount ...
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State-sponsored Chinese hackers have been targeting Southeast Asia since 2013
PKPLUG, a previously undocumented threat actor of Chinese origin, is behind at least six different cyber espionage campaigns ...
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US sanctions 3 North Korean hacking groups behind Sony and WannaCry attacks
The US Treasury imposed sanctions on three state-sponsored North Korean hacking groups that have been found to engage in ...
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Texas says no to ransom demand as it recovers from a 'coordinated ransomware attack'
Texas officials have said that none of the municipalities impacted by the crippling ransomware attack last month have yielded ...
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Binance continues crusade for crypto world domination with new dev platform
Binance has announced the launch of another new platform, this time targeted at blockchain developers, called "Binance X." ...
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Want to make $10,000 from Libra? Break its blockchain
The supposedly independent group of companies tasked with overseeing the delivery of Facebook's "cryptocurrency" Libra has ...
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UK’s handling of lampposts shows how not to implement 5G and self-driving cars
The UK's plans for 5G and autonomous vehicles are ambitious, but lack coordination - especially when it comes to lampposts. ...
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Malware attacks on infrastructure and state-run facilities shot up 200% in 2019
A new IBM research warns destructive attacks devised with an intent to wipe data and shut down critical systems have increased ...
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Smart cities need to take people with disabilities into account from the get-go
As technology and urban design march into the future, more and more urban centers will begin looking like the “smart cities” ...
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Here's what we need to build our first moon base
Half a century after humans first walked on the moon, a number of private companies and nations are planning to build permanent ...
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Before developers build cathedrals, teach them to build sheds
It's a truth universally acknowledged that managing fewer things is easier than managing lots of things. Yet, why do so many ...
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Bosch’s new blockchain smart fridge is a pretty dumb idea
Brace yourself for the most disruptive piece of technology you've ever seen: a blockchain connected smart fridge.
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Here's how personalized ransomware attacks work, and how to protect yourself
Once a piece of ransomware has got hold of your valuable information, there is very little you can do to get it back other ...
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Smart grids are essential to prevent old power infrastructure from holding back the US economy
In March 2018, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report detailing how Russian operatives had launched ...
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Ethereum insiders deny there’s only one computer keeping a copy of its blockchain
After Ethereum's most recent fork, the cryptocurrency community learned of its special "big, scary nodes," and immediately ...
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MasterCard wants to make electronic payments anonymous… with blockchain
According to a recent patent application, the payment infrastructure provider, MasterCard, wants to anonymize "electronic ...
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Post-WannaCry: Only 3% of companies are prepared for new types of cyberattacks
One year ago, my phone lit up with the first text alert about the WannaCry ransomware attack. From the onset, it was clear ...
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8 expert predictions on what will define tech in 2019
On the imminent death of native apps, and seven other trend predictions.
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London is making life way too hard for mobility tech companies
The urban mobility market has come a long way since London’s first horse drawn bus service in 1829. Even in the last five ...
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Rapid scaling can ruin your startup — so fix these technical problems now
In the grand scheme of things, everything has been going perfectly to plan. Your product or service launch has been a success, ...
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Big banks want to issue new blockchain bond on Ethereum, but there’s a catch
Even the World Bank isn’t immune to the hype: it wants a bank in Australia to issue the first bond managed completely via ...
