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In a report Thursday looking at how the pandemic will shape organized crime in the EU, Europol said much of the criminality related to the deadly virus reflects the flexibility of criminal organizations, a trend that was already witnessed during previous financial crises. The impact became evident much more quickly, with a sharp increase in cybercrime in the first weeks of the virus's spread. "New and adapted attacks appeared almost immediately from the onset of the crisis and have been among the most visible types of criminality," Europol said.
Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company, announced the opening of the AWS Europe Region. "AWS customers in Italy are among the most creative and innovative organizations that we support anywhere in the world, and we are always inspired by the work they do with our technology," said Peter DeSantis, Senior Vice President of Global Infrastructure and Customer Support, Amazon Web Services.
Instead, it suggests that apps broadcast "a temporary anonymous ID that permits establishing contact with other app users in proximity." Apps will record that anonymous ID and, if any user that has been in proximity tests positive to coronavirus and consents to having their data shared, other devices that have hoovered up the anonymous ID will receive a notification. App should be deactivated automatically and all remaining personal data and proximity data should be erased, as soon as the crisis is over.
Working with VMware, Vodafone Group has completed the roll-out of network virtual infrastructure across all of its European business and 21 markets in total. Operating a reliable, agile network that can be more efficiently upgraded to maintain the quality of coverage has never been more important as Vodafone customers across Europe rely on the operator to provide critical connectivity and communications services during the COVID-19 crisis.
Blackline Safety, a global leader of gas detection and connected safety solutions, is pleased to announce it has partnered with STANLEY Security, a division of STANLEY Black & Decker, to provide 24/7 monitoring and emergency response management to Blackline customers in the United Kingdom and Europe. "Developing connected safety solutions for companies across the globe, Blackline Safety is a leader in employee safety monitoring in itself," said Richard Solly, Director of Monitoring Security - Europe for STANLEY Security.
InterCloud, the leader in fully managed software-defined cloud interconnect services, announced a new investment to bolster InterCloud's premium and secure hybrid and multi-cloud application transport services in Europe. This agreement will supply InterCloud with a multi-100Gbps core backbone capacity across Europe and will activate connectivity to over 420 data centers, accelerating and simplifying deployment of last mile access to InterCloud customer's sites.
Among the company's many impressive accomplishments is a 62% growth of its Azure cloud service. The leaderboard in the cloud wars saga has remained stagnant, with a few powerhouses dominating market share: US-based companies AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, as well as China's Alibaba.
Bug disclosure service HackerOne was in the rare position of publicizing one of its own security holes this week after a researcher discovered a flaw that was exposing some user email addresses. Tenable says Microsoft won't fix Group Policy bug.
Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, unveiled its expansion into Europe through the acquisition of Etix Everywhere and greenfield developments in four additional European markets. Separately, Vantage Europe has secured land and is planning to develop hyperscale data center campuses in Berlin, Milan, Warsaw and Zurich.
Cisco's first Cybersecurity Co-Innovation Center in Europe opened its doors in Milan at the Leonardo da Vinci Science and Technology Museum. Cisco's first european center for co-innovation in cybersecurity.