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Cybersecurity Tips for a Safe Summer Vacation
As the temperatures across the region rise, thousands of us are taking the opportunity to escape the summer heat – whether with a staycation, a visit to reconnect with loved ones in our home countries, or a long-haul adventure. These days, most travellers are naturally more vigilant of pickpockets and tourist scams. But what about those cybercriminals who never take a vacation? The experts at Cisco share their tips for cyber-safer travel.
“In today’s digital age, technology provides us with unprecedented opportunities to make the most of our time away from home. Unfortunately, criminals can ruin what should be a fun time,” warns Fady Younes, Managing Director for Cybersecurity at Cisco Middle East & Africa. “Being aware of common attacks and ways of preventing them helps us enjoy our vacations without needing to worry about security.”
Physical Security
Consider the physical security of your devices. A device left at home is less likely to be lost or stolen. If a device is going to travel with you, take a back-up, upload any confidential information to secure storage, and remove it from local storage. Make sure that you have alternative access to critical functionality. For example, can you access two-factor authentication requests if your phone is lost or stolen?
When travelling, keep your devices securely out of sight. Be aware of your surroundings – thieves are adept at snatching devices in busy areas and spiriting them away when attentions are elsewhere.
Public WiFi Networks vs 4G/5G
When travelling, there is always the temptation to save on data roaming charges by joining public WiFi networks. However, it may be worth considering paying the extra tariffs to keep your data safe. If you do connect to WiFi, use a VPN to enhance security.
Shared public networks provide an ideal hunting ground for attackers, or an apparently free-to-use network may be a malicious decoy set up to dupe the unwary. A dubious character snooping a network can steal cookies or session tokens to gain access to your confidential services. Network traffic from financial or private apps can be intercepted or modified. Alternatively, a cybercriminal may create a man-in-the-middle attack to impersonate a key system and steal your credentials.
Hotel Rooms and Home Rental
We all want to be comfortable in our surroundings and find a home away from home while travelling. However, when it comes to security and privacy, it’s worth applying a few extra precautions while in unfamiliar locations.
Remember to log out of any devices, such as smart TVs, and not to store any credentials. Otherwise, subsequent guests may be able to access your accounts.
Be aware that room keys may have been cloned or stolen. Don’t leave valuables or devices unsecured even in a locked accommodation.
Similarly, respectable networks provided for guests may be accessible to malicious actors or may have been tampered with by previous guests to harvest credentials or session tokens.
When booking accommodation, doublecheck that the booking site is genuine and not a cloned site that will take your money without generating a valid booking. Never agree to pay for accommodation outside of the official booking mechanism. You won’t have any recourse to get a refund if the booking is fraudulent.
Festivals and Fan Experience
The summer is always packed full of festivals, sporting events, concerts, and local celebrations. For the most part, these events are full of likeminded people, who are just there to have fun. But it’s always worth keeping in mind the speed at which criminals can swipe devices, upload malware, or extract your data. Be wary of handing your device to a stranger to take photos, or you might be left with just memories.
QR codes are very difficult to validate without following the link. Criminals are known to replace genuine QR codes with fake codes directing you to a malicious site serving up malware. Similarly, any offer which seems too good to be true or which requires parting with personal details may not have your best interests at heart.
Have a Cybersecure Summer
Most trips away are enjoyable and pass without incident. Keep your vacation incident-free by being constantly extra vigilant and alert, keeping your devices fully patched and backed up, and preferably using mobile connections over WiFi.
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HONOR Announces Participation at LEAP 2026, Showcasing the World’s First Robot Phone and Its AI Ecosystem Vision

Global leading AI device ecosystem company HONOR today announced its participation in LEAP 2026, taking place from 31 August to 3 September in Riyadh, under the theme “Alpha Plan: From Vision to Reality.” The participation highlights HONOR’s commitment to bringing its AI ecosystem closer to families across the Kingdom and demonstrating how intelligent, connected technologies can enhance everyday experiences.
A key highlight of HONOR’s presence will be the world’s first Robot Phone, a groundbreaking AI device and a defining milestone in the HONOR Alpha Plan, representing a new step forward in the evolution of intelligent devices.
Visitors will have the opportunity to discover explore HONOR Robot Phone, discover new products, innovative technologies and immersive experiences, with HONOR’s growing ecosystem brought to life through a range of real-life scenarios that demonstrate how connected devices can work together to enhance everyday life.
As part of HONOR’s participation, HONOR Regional CMO Lei Kunming will deliver a keynote speech on the LEAP mainstage titled “HONOR Alpha Plan: From Vision to Reality,” sharing HONOR’s vision for the future of AI and how the company is working to bring its AI ecosystem into everyday life.
Discover What’s Next from HONOR
At LEAP, HONOR will showcase new products and technologies, giving visitors a first look at the latest innovations shaping the brand’s expanding ecosystem.
The HONOR booth will bring this vision to life through real-life scenarios, demonstrating how smartphones, tablets, wearables and other smart devices can work together to deliver more seamless, intelligent and connected experiences.
Beyond product showcases, visitors will also have the opportunity to explore interactive demonstrations and engagement activities, providing a closer look at HONOR’s latest technologies and the experiences they enable.
LEAP: A Global Hub for Technology and Innovation
HONOR’s participation underscores the importance of Saudi Arabia as a growing global hub for technology and digital innovation. For HONOR, LEAP provides an important platform to connect with consumers, technology enthusiasts and industry leaders while showcasing its vision for a more connected, intelligent and human-centric technology ecosystem.
As HONOR continues to expand its presence and ecosystem across the region, its return to LEAP reflects the company’s commitment to bringing meaningful innovation closer to consumers and the technology community. Through its latest technologies, connected experiences and the world’s first Robot Phone, HONOR will give visitors a closer look at how its AI ecosystem
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About HONOR
HONOR is a global leading AI device ecosystem company. It is committed to revolutionizing human-to-device interactions to bridge the AI ecosystem with all consumers in the agentic AI era and beyond. The company endeavors to open industrial boundaries through open, seamless collaboration to co-create a value-sharing ecosystem with industry partners. With an innovative product portfolio spanning intelligent phones, AI PCs, tablets, wearables and more, HONOR aims to empower every human, enabling everyone to embrace the new intelligent world.
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Redington Brings 400 Technology Leaders to Singapore as a Technology Ecosystem Orchestrator
Redington Limited, a technology ecosystem orchestrator, today announced Global NEXT 2026, its flagship, invitation-only leadership summit, taking place from 2–4 September 2026 in Singapore.
The three-day forum will bring together approximately 400 leaders representing global technology companies, channel partners, enterprise customers, independent software vendors, innovators and policymakers from across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
More than a technology conference, Global NEXT is designed as a working ecosystem-connecting the organisations creating breakthrough technologies with the partners who can localise and implement them, the enterprises seeking measurable outcomes, and the leaders shaping the future of high-growth markets.
The summit comes at a pivotal moment for artificial intelligence. Enterprises, SMBs and Public Sector are moving beyond experimentation and asking a more consequential question: how can AI be deployed securely, governed responsibly and scaled to deliver meaningful business, economic and societal impact?
At the centre of the programme will be the Global NEXT AI Summit, addressing sovereign AI, national technology infrastructure, data governance, cybersecurity, enterprise adoption and the partnerships required to build locally relevant technology capabilities at scale.
From Fragmented Innovation to Orchestrated Outcomes
The next phase of AI adoption will require much more than access to individual technologies. Infrastructure, cloud, data, cybersecurity, applications, skills, services, financing and implementation capabilities must work together around clearly defined outcomes.
Redington’s role as a Technology Ecosystem Orchestrator is to make those connections work-linking global innovation with local market intelligence, specialised capabilities, partner reach and execution across more than 40 markets.
V.S. Hariharan, Managing Director and Group CEO, Redington Limited, said:
“The next chapter of technology will not be shaped by one product, one platform or one company. It will be built by ecosystems.
“Customers need infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, software, data, skills and specialised partners to come together around the outcomes they want to achieve. Redington’s role is to orchestrate these capabilities-reducing complexity, connecting global innovation with local execution and creating a clearer path from possibility to adoption.
“This is especially important across high-growth markets, where ambition is immense but access to technology, capabilities and skills can remain fragmented. Global NEXT brings the ecosystem together to turn that ambition into secure, scalable and measurable progress.”
Participants will experience this orchestration model through technology demonstrations, enterprise use cases, leadership exchanges and visits to centres of excellence in Singapore, including the Redington AI Launchpad.
The programme will also showcase emerging technology companies and specialist ISVs across AI, cloud, cybersecurity, data infrastructure and enterprise applications. Redington’s wider ecosystem-including its AI Exchange, digital platforms, skilling capabilities and partner enablement programmes-will demonstrate how innovation can be discovered, evaluated, localised and taken to market more rapidly.
Creating New Pathways to Growth
For global technology companies, Global NEXT provides direct access to enterprise priorities, partner capability and growth opportunities across diverse markets.
For partners and ISVs, it creates pathways to new technologies, skills, use cases, customers and routes to market.
For enterprises and governments, it brings together an ecosystem through which complex technologies can be evaluated, secured, financed, implemented and scaled.
Puneet Chadha, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Redington Limited, said:
“Global NEXT is where global innovation meets local ambition. It puts the people shaping technology, building capability and solving real-world problems in the same room.
“The measure of this platform will not simply be the conversations it hosts, but the partnerships it starts, the use cases it advances and the opportunities it unlocks. We want participants to leave Singapore with more than inspiration-with new connections, actionable possibilities and a clearer path to what comes next.”
The Global NEXT programme will combine strategic conversations with practical engagement, including technology demonstrations, enterprise success stories, ecosystem panels, leadership exchanges and visits to technology centres of excellence.
Discussions will span artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud, cybersecurity, software-led business models, responsible technology adoption and the evolution of routes to market. Together, these sessions will explore how the technology industry can move from selling individual solutions to orchestrating integrated outcomes.
With operations across more than 40 markets, relationships with 450+ technology brands and a network of over 70,000 channel partners, Redington sits at the intersection of global technology innovation and local execution.
Through Global NEXT 2026, Redington aims to strengthen that intersection-creating a platform where technology providers, partners, innovators, enterprises and policymakers can collectively shape the next phase of technology adoption across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
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NETSCOUT EXTENDS ADAPTIVE DDOS DEFENSE PROTECTION TO ADDRESS THE RISING BUSINESS COST OF WEAPONIZED BROADBAND AND IOT DEVICES
NETSCOUT® (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of observability, AIOps, cybersecurity, and DDoS attack protection solutions, today announced an extension of its Adaptive DDoS Protection (ADP) solution enabling service providers to automatically detect and mitigate outbound DDoS attack traffic. By extending protection from the attack target towards its source, NETSCOUT helps operators prevent compromised subscriber devices from disrupting their own networks, consuming costly capacity and attacking customers and organizations across the internet.
Consumer broadband routers, cameras and other IoT devices are increasingly being weaponized by Turbo-Mirai class botnets capable of generating multi-terabit attacks. These outbound attacks have already caused costly service outages, reputational damage and customer loss, and damage to peering relationships risking a large increase in transit costs at service providers around the world. By detecting and mitigating malicious traffic generated by compromised device populations before it leaves their networks, service providers can reduce abuse complaints and infrastructure costs while protecting their own networks and services and helping lower subscriber churn and regulatory risk.
“The combination of higher-speed broadband connectivity and vulnerable IoT devices has been weaponized by a new class of massive DDoS botnets,” said Patrick Donegan, founder and principal analyst, HardenStance. “Source-side mitigation, or attack suppression as it’s sometimes known, is a critical part of the equation. NETSCOUT’s approach, backed by its ATLAS Intelligence Feed (AIF) and ASERT analysts, gives service providers the tools they need to detect and stop attacks before they have an impact, protecting their customers and the broader internet from the large-scale DDoS attacks we have seen.”
Using AI-powered threat intelligence and automated detection and mitigation, NETSCOUT’s ADP solution, an addition to its Arbor Sightline and Arbor Threat Mitigation System:
- Automatically detects and mitigates ever evolving attacks through dynamic detection, intelligent redirection and adaptive mitigation.
- Extends these capabilities to outbound traffic, combining enhanced, customized detection with comprehensive threat intelligence tailored for each ISP.
- Uses NETSCOUT’s proprietary AI/ML-powered DDoS detection to analyze massive volumes of outbound internet traffic to uncover attacks designed to hide within legitimate flows.
- Draws on unique global real-time intelligence of DDoS activity covering approximately half of all internet traffic to rapidly detect and mitigate DDoS attacks and pinpoint the responsible, compromised devices.
“We are extending DDoS defense from the target to the source,” stated Darren Anstee, CTO, Security, NETSCOUT. “By using our internet-scale visibility to derive localized threat intelligence for our customers, NETSCOUT can identify and precisely suppress attacks at their origin, before they cause problems locally or at their target. This capability gives our customers a new level of comprehensive defense across their peering, transit, cloud and customer edges.”
This expansion of capabilities demonstrates how NETSCOUT is applying its global threat visibility and proven ADP solution to meet emerging service provider challenges. By extending an established inbound DDoS workflow to outbound and cross-bound threats, NETSCOUT enables operators to improve network-resilience, cost-controls and revenue protection through its proven Arbor Sightline and Arbor TMS solutions.
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