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DARK WEB BECOMES MORE ACCESSIBLE, BUT ITS CRIME RISKS TO MAJOR BUSINESS ARE NOT GOING AWAY



ACCESSING the dark web once demanded some computing expertise. But dark web search engines and browsers continue being developed, guiding potential users to this encrypted corner of the web where commercial criminals ply their wares and illicit businesses avoid taxes. How should legitimate companies react?…

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SPIRALLING COVID-19 CASES THWARTS MALAWI UNIVERSITIES RE-OPENING



Malawi’s higher education sector will not be open for business as usual this week (from July 13), despite earlier government recommendations that the country’s Covid-19 lockdown (in place since March 23) be lifted. This is because the country is facing spiralling infection rate and death rates from the coronavirus.…

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WHISTLEBLOWING RULES IN MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA EMERGE, BUT ARE INCONSISTENT



Only a handful of countries in the Middle East and Africa have dedicated whistleblowing laws – South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Uganda, Ghana, Liberia, Algeria, Morocco, and the Israel-occupied Palestinian territories, according to Blueprint for Free Speech, a charity promoting freedom of expression (https://www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/).…

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COVID-19 WILL DELIVER LONG-TERM TRANSFORMATIONS TO BRITISH AND IRISH BEAUTY BUSINESSES



While it is too early to assess the full impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK personal care product sector, industry experts expect strategic changes to its supply chain, a growth towards innovative digital strategies and changes in consumer behaviour that will shape the industry in the long run.…

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UNMASKING THE DARK WEB – EASY TO ACCESS; TOUGH TO NEGOTIATE RISK; AND A HONEY PIT FOR FRAUD INVESTIGATORS



WANT to check the dark web for illicit services? Search engines accessible from the public web offer links to the dark web. One example is Finland-based Ahmia (https://ahmia.fi/), which yields interesting results from searches such as https://ahmia.fi/search/?q=hacking. A more recent variant that has attracted attention from the IT security press is Kilos – http://dnmugu4755642434.onion…

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ARTIFICIAL REALITY TECH OFFERS GREAT BENEFITS TO TEXTILE COMPANIES – BUT THEY MUST ADDRESS THE SECURITY VULNERABILITIES



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A series of reports from WTiN is exploring the need for the textile and clothing sector to protect itself against attacks from cybercriminals as it invests in new transformative Industry 4.0 technologies – extended reality, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things.…

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EU MEMBER STATES HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY WITH 5AMLD ON CREATING OPEN UBO REGISTERS



 

Only five European Union (EU) member states out of the current 27 have fully and properly complied with a requirement to set up public ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) registers by January 10 (2020) under the fifth anti-money laundering directive (5AMLD), according to research by campaign group Global Witness.…

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ADVENTUROUS CHINESE CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN DRIVING GROWING DIVERSITY IN HEALTHY SNACK MARKETS



CHINESE consumers, especially in younger generations such as Millennials and Generation Z, are increasingly concerned with eating healthily- and that includes snack choices. In a trend that may increase following the Covid-19 outbreak, sales of yoghurts, nut snacks and snack bars have all seen soaring growth in sales in recent years.…

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EXTENDED REALITY TECH OFFERS GREAT BENEFITS TO TEXTILE COMPANIES – BUT THEY MUST ADDRESS THE SECURITY VULNERABILITIES



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A series of reports from WTiN is exploring the need for the textile and clothing sector to protect itself against attacks from cybercriminals as it invests in new transformative Industry 4.0 technologies – extended reality, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things.…

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ASIAN PAINT AND COATING REGULATORY ROUNDUP - INDONESIAN INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON REMOVING LEAD FROM PAINTS



Indonesia’s industry ministry launched an initiative in February (2020) aimed at eliminating lead used in paint made and sold in the country. It involves the Indonesian paint industry, is part of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) project and is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), an international investment body.…

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