Kaspersky Lab IT Security Economics Report revealed that 77% of companies were hit by some kind of cyber attack during the past year. Moreover, the report stated that the situation gets worse in the holiday season, especially during the sales season. Furthermore, the report explained that in that period, there are more shoppers online and at stores than usual, which makes cyber criminals want to attack stores as the revenues rise, so the attacks increase as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and point of sale (POS) system attacks were the main factors making the situation even worse.

We know that polar ice melt is pushing up the global sea level. And we know that warmer ocean temperatures are melting ice shelves floating in the seas off Antarctica. But like ice cubes in a glass, because ice shelves are already in the water, they don t raise sea levels when they melt. However, a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the British Antarctic Survey brings the worrying news that melting ice shelves can have a knock-on effect on ice flows, accelerating inland ice melt and pushing up the sea level. "Ice shelves are highly important. They can buttress the ice flow from the continent into the ocean," Ronja Reese, lead author of the study and researcher at PIK, told DW. Erosion of ice shelves that regulate the flow means more water ends up in the ocean.

Growth in the number of mobile internet subscribers in September increased the total number of internet users in the Egyptian market by 4%. The total number of internet users increased from 40.1 million in August to 41.9 million in September. According to a report by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the internet market has seen 1.8 million new clients, while the mobile internet market saw an increase of clients by 3.1% in September, rising from 31.78 million to 33.76 million in September, up by 1.3 million.

More than 50 world leaders are gathering in Paris for a summit that President Emmanuel Macron hopes will give new momentum to the fight against global warming, despite US President Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris climate accord. Some 3,100 security personnel are fanned out around Paris for Tuesday’s event, including extra patrol boats along the Seine River. Macron will accompany the visiting leaders to the summit site on a river island by boat.

TE Data servers came under a cyber-attack on Thursday evening, as attackers exploited a vulnerability in the company’s security, disrupting internet services for hundreds of TE Data subscribers. Users of the Huawei 532 routers were affected by the cyber-attack.

Scientists have uncovered a bizarre new dinosaur fossil they say looks like it was part duck, part crocodile, part ostrich and part swan. They said it walked like an ostrich, but had flippers that allowed it to swim like a penguin. In addition, it had a duck-like bill but with razor-sharp teeth and the claws of a carnivore. It wasn t big, only about 18 inches (45 centimeters) tall, but scientists believe it roamed the earth 75 million years ago in what is now Mongolia. Its complete, curled-up, skeleton was discovered in a sandstone rock.

Acting Executive President at the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Mustafa Abdul Wahid, said that the four telecommunication companies have made official requests to obtain new frequency bands to keep pace with the expected growth of 4G users in the coming period. He told Daily News Egypt that the requests are being studied and that the NTRA is coordinating with the sovereign bodies to provide the bands from their end, then, the NTRA will study means of offering them to the companies.

Twitter has changed its explanation as to why it did not delete three graphic anti-Muslim videos retweeted by President Donald Trump. “We mistakenly pointed to the wrong reason we didn’t take action on the videos from earlier this week,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in a tweet on Friday.

The first ever Egyptian-made cellphone was presented on Sunday at the 21st session of Cairo ICT – a regional technological trade fair – in New Cairo, with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi present for unveiling. The trade fair was also attended by the Minister for Housing and acting Prime Minister, Mustafa Madbouly, who was accompanied by various executive managers for global telecommunications companies.

Under the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) $500 million framework for renewable energy in Egypt, the EBRD is financing 16 new solar power plants with a capacity of 750 megawatts, making it the single largest investor in renewable energy in the country. The plants are located at a solar site in Benban village in Upper Egypt, which, once completed, will be “the largest solar site in Africa,” with a capacity of 1.8 gigawatts, a statement released by the Bank read.

Researchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago are using advanced technology to unwrap the mysteries of an 1,800-year-old mummy. They say the high-energy X-ray beams from a synchrotron will provide molecular information about what is inside the mummy of the little girl. Argonne says it’s the first time the beams have been used in this way.

Indonesian authorities ordered an evacutation of the area around Bali s Mount Agung volcano as it erupted Sunday. Other volcanic eruptions have cooled the climate, with one even leading to the "year without a summer." Leuchtende Lavaströme Tansania Vulkan Lengai (Getty Images/Westend61/M. Rietze) Plunging temperatures, snow, freezing rain and gloomy days devoid of sunshine - such was the weather scenario in 1816. So cold and miserable that it became known as the year without a summer.

95-year-old Australian, Joan Howard, is currently under investigation following newspaper coverage of her extensive collection of ancient Middle Eastern artifacts, the Associated Press reported. Howard, the wife of a UN diplomat, used her travels to the region to join archaeology digs in the 1960s and 70s and was recently featured in The West Australian newspaper, showcasing her extensive collection, which has prompted outrage.

Despite consensus by the majority of workers in the ICT sector on the inevitability of the decisions of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on monetary policy, in addition to the need for economic reform decisions taken by the state during the past period, they see that they had negative consequences for the implementation of these reform decisions in a short period. “The sector is currently witnessing a great momentum in the direction of financial coverage by the state and the CBE, and the package of decisions and steps taken by both of them is moving in this direction,” said Ashraf Sabri, CEO of Fawry electronic payments.

A group of eight recent engineering graduates from the Faculty of Engineering at Alexandria University have developed an innovative award-winning automated submarine, building upon a project which began during their university studies. In a televised interview, the students said the submarine is capable of repairing underwater oil-lines and recording underwater photography.

Recent revelations that Uber paid a $100,000 ransom to two hackers has surprised many experts. But a look back at recent history shows a growing trend; for hackers it s becoming a lucrative way of life. Hacking has become an annoying part of doing business for many companies around the world. This week, Uber admitted that in 2016 hackers downloaded the data of 57 million riders and drivers from a cloud server. Then the company did what many other firms do and quietly paid a ransom of $100,000 (€91,000) to keep the matter hushed up.

According to a Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) report released on Monday, to mark the internationally celebrated Children s Day, 46.9% of Egyptian children whose age ranges between 4 and 17 years, use mobile phones. The report adds that 47.9 % of those children are males while 45.9% are females, while 85.1% of them live in urban areas and 41% reside in the countryside. The mobile ownership rate for children aged 15 to 17 years was 80.6%.

Head of Retail Banking at the Bank of Alexandria (AlexBank) Sherif Lokman said that customers of Vodafone Cash are expected to reach 5 million by the middle of 2019, up from 3 million now. Head of retail sales at Vodafone Egypt, Karim Shehata, said that the company, in cooperation with AlexBank, reached an agreement with the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to include companies as beneficiaries of the service, instead of confining clients to individuals only.

The Paris Agreement remains on track. Talks in Bonn went 12 hours into overtime as participants reached an agreement on climate finance. But now comes the tough part. The bar was low for this year s United Nations climate summit in Bonn — anything keeping the momentum of the Paris process going was to be deemed a success. And after two weeks of steady progress, delegates can leave Bonn pleased with the results.

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) revealed, in a report, an increase in the number of internet users in Egypt to 33.19 million in April 2017, compared to 30.45 million in March and 26.8 million in April 2016. The report showed that the number of ADSL subscribers rose to 4.57 million in April 2017, up by 1.77% on a monthly basis and 12.74% on an annual basis, compared to 4.49 million in March of the same year and 4.05 million in April 2016.

Televisions sales in the Egyptian market reached 100,000 devices in September, according to the German market research institute GfK, while Samsung topped the market with a share of 35% maintaining its top spot in the Egyptian market. “The Samsung screen factory in Beni Suef has contributed significantly to launching products with world-class technology at competitive prices, which helped us to be the leading company in sales in the Egyptian market in the television sector,” said Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for Samsung Electronics Egypt Sherif Barakat.