Cyber-extortionists take a bite at Apple
On Friday April 7, a group of cybercriminals calling themselves the ‘Turkish Crime Family’ claim that they will wipe hundreds of millions of iCloud credentials, instantaneously rendering Apple users unable to play or purchase music, use apps, or access email … Continued
London keeps calm
The violent attack which occurred outside British Parliament and on Westminster Bridge on Wednesday, 22 March 2017, has thus far led to the deaths of six individuals and the further injury of more than 40 others. 24 hours after the … Continued
Lights out at Amazon
Tuesday, 28 February, saw “high error rates” in multiple AWS services in the US’ eastern region. These began in the S3 service provided by the US-East-1 North Virginia site before spreading to other services hosted by US-East-1 including CloudWatch, EC2, … Continued
Artificial Intelligence in the Not-So-Distant Future
The motto of the Tyrell Corporation – the corporation responsible for android production in Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic Blade Runner – is “more human than human”. As autonomous systems become increasingly ubiquitous and permanent fixtures in modern societies, there is … Continued
NSA cyber weapon stash for sale
Éireann LeverettRisk Researcher, Centre for Risk Studies, Cambridge Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, and CEO, Concinnity Dr Andrew CoburnSVP, RMS, Inc., and Director of Advisory Board, Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, Cambridge Judge Business School On 13 … Continued
Analytics is integral to resilience and sustainability
(Photo credit: David Baron, Flickr Creative Commons) As the United States looks toward the next four years of presidential decision-making and economic policy, the federal capital has played host to the ongoing discussion on finding solutions to both social and … Continued
Is regulation of risk culture the missing piece?
Greater use of civil and administrative sanctions will steer good corporate behaviour more effectively than prescribed risk culture as a regulatory tool divorced from business relevance, say Dr Michelle Tuveson and Professor Danny Ralph, Directors of the Cambridge Centre for … Continued
Who believes forecasters?
Cassandra, the mythological Trojan, was given the power of prophecy but cursed with never being believed. Modern forecasters generally suffer from the Cassandra predicament. Yet the appetite for prophecy has only expanded. As we enter the new year, it is … Continued
Paris attacks: assembling an economic analysis
On 13 November, the city of Paris was attacked by a group of armed gunmen killing 130 people and injuring a further 389. The brutality and atrocity of this attack will have lingering emotional consequences for the people of Paris, … Continued
The dragon stirs: RMB on track to squeeze dollar
The rise of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) and its increasing importance in cross-border trades has accelerated since the Great Financial Crisis hit the west in 2008-2009. Since then, the US economy has experienced a number of problems in the long-term … Continued