December 2018
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
O2 outage highlights importance of software certificate audits
A major outage on the O2 4G mobile network was caused by an expired certificate and could easily have been avoided, it has emerged Continue Reading
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
Half of business leaders unaware of BPC cyber attacks
Half of management teams polled in 12 countries, including the UK, are unaware of business process compromise (BPC) attacks Continue Reading
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
Security Think Tank: Three steps to detect malware comms
As attackers begin to use multiple command and control systems to communicate with backdoors and other malware, how can organisations ensure that they detect such methods and that all C&C systems are removed, including “sleepers” designed to be ... Continue Reading
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
NVMe is fast flash storage, but big five suppliers take it slowly
NVMe flash offers blistering performance gains but so far the big five storage array makers have tended to opt for gradual implementations rather than radical new architectures Continue Reading
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
Court orders Post Office to explain inability to access encrypted file
Post Office unable to open encrypted recording of an interview that forms part of its evidence in High Court case Continue Reading
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
Complex Post Office Horizon case set to continue into 2020
Court case where subpostmasters are suing the Post Office set to span at least four trials and extend into 2020 Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
Diversity in analytics: how to overcome the obstacles and optimise the opportunities
In this guest blog, Jennifer Major, head of internet of things (IoT) at SAS UK & Ireland, discusses the obstacles and the opportunities involved creating diversity in analytics. In the face ... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
Douglas Engelbart, the forgotten hero of modern computing
Half a century ago, Douglas Engelbart demonstrated an experimental computer that laid the foundations for modern computing. His vision to use computing power to solve complex problems in all areas of human activity has become reality, but not in the... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
Security Think Tank: How to tool up to catch evasive malware comms
As attackers begin to use multiple command and control systems to communicate with backdoors and other malware, how can organisations ensure that they detect such methods and that all C&C systems are removed, including “sleepers” designed to be ... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
BT and KCOM named broadband USO suppliers
Ofcom has named BT, and in East Yorkshire, KCOM, as the designated providers for the incoming broadband universal service obligation Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
Hyperscalers must prep for increase in government regulation and taxation, warns Uptime Institute
Datacentre think tank Uptime Institute claims government concerns about the tightening hold the hyperscalers have on society and the economy will lead to greater measures to improve the sustainability of their operations in 2019 Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
Fileless malware surge, warns Malwarebytes report
Data from millions of consumers reveals an uptick in fileless malware and other new-generation malware that calls for a new cyber security approach, report reveals Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
China demands release of arrested Huawei CFO
The Chinese government has called for the release of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who was detained in Canada at the weekend Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
UK genome sequencing project reaches 100,000 genomes goal
Health secretary hails scheme’s progress as “a major milestone in the route to the healthcare of the future” Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
Fashion retail’s sustainability challenge and how technology can help
UK fashion retailers were grilled in Parliament last month on sustainability, so how might technology like blockchain or online recommendation tools help as they look to improve their green credentials? Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
Software failure paralyses O2’s 4G network
O2 is racing to fix a major outage on its 4G network that has left millions of mobile subscribers without access to data services Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
Interview: Mickey Steiner, managing director, Innogy Innovation Hub Israel
Mickey Steiner, managing director of the Innogy Innovation Hub accelerator, talks about why the UK is becoming more attractive to internationally focused startups than the US Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
Multi-model databases are more juicy
It sounds like a brand of orange juice… and its community edition is written in C++, but actually ArangoDB is a native multi-model database. ArangoDB Community Edition is available under ... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
Anyone for IT-tea?
The Computer Weekly Developer Network (CWDN) team recently got to meet with enterprise applications company IFS at its Sri Lanka headquarters in Colombo. The meetings were designed to explore the ... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2018
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Dec'18
Adobe releases Flash patch for zero-day exploit
Emergency security update released for zero-day vulnerability that is being exploited in the wild via a Microsoft Office document, according to researchers Continue Reading