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• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Growth in UK smartphone market levels off

  Deloitte’s annual study of UK consumer mobile habits reveals that more than 80% of Brits own or have access to a smartphone, and growth is levelling off

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Apple to fix backup security vulnerability in iOS 10

  Apple is to issue a security update for a security vulnerability in iOS 10 that could give hackers access to passwords and other security data

• September 25, 2016 25 Sep'16

  Australia must take cyber security opportunity

  Australia may never be able to create an IT industry like that in the US, but it can lead in cyber security

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  London Capital Group improves service deployment with SDN

  Online trading firm has revitalised its service delivery after switching a legacy physical network for VMware NSX SDN

• September 19, 2016 19 Sep'16

  Consumers trust banks more than government for biometric security

  UK citizens think banks are the best organisations to provide biometric authentication for payments

• September 15, 2016 15 Sep'16

  Cyber security awareness growing within business sector, research shows

  While awareness of cyber security risks is improving, fewer firms know how much an attack is likely to cost them

• September 15, 2016 15 Sep'16

  Cabinet Office role in information security in government not clear

  The UK government has work to do to reduce complexity of security policies, according to the NAO

• September 14, 2016 14 Sep'16

  WADA condemns Russian hackers for leaking Olympic athletes' medical data

  The global anti-doping agency confirms attack on database led to leak of data belonging to Olympic athletes

• September 13, 2016 13 Sep'16

  UK SMEs have false sense of cyber security

  Many small businesses have the mistaken impression that they are safe from cyber attacks and the huge damage they can cause

• September 08, 2016 08 Sep'16

  Enterprise network access policies must change to account for IoT

  With IoT devices set to outnumber notebooks, smartphones and tablets by more than three times, businesses will need to adjust their network access policies to keep things running smoothly, says Gartner

• September 08, 2016 08 Sep'16

  Intel to raise $3.1bn by spinning off security business

  Ending what many saw as an uncomfortable marriage, Intel is to spin off its security business as a standalone pure-play cyber security company

• September 05, 2016 05 Sep'16

  Mobile device use feeds card fraud in Asean region

  Card fraud is rising in Asean countries, with the high use of mobile devices a contributing factor.

• September 05, 2016 05 Sep'16

  HSBC business customers can open accounts with a selfie as ID

  HSBC is using facial recognition technology in a mobile app to make it easier for business customers to open accounts.

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Asean ministers discuss Europol equivalent in Singapore

  Governments in Southeast Asia are considering setting up a regional equivalent of Europol to help fight cyber crime

• August 26, 2016 26 Aug'16

  Ramnit Trojan targeting UK banks reactivated

  IBM X-Force researchers advise banks to use adaptive malware detection and real-time endpoint malware intelligence to counter the latest evolution of Ramnit banking malware

• August 26, 2016 26 Aug'16

  Apple patches triple iOS security threat

  Businesses and consumers are being urged to update their versions of Apple's iOS to fix three critical, zero-day vulnerabilities that enable attackers to spy on victims

• August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16

  400 security events a second monitored on Olympics network

  IT records as well as sporting records were set at the recent Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

• August 10, 2016 10 Aug'16

  Prisons to get power to remotely pull plug on illicit mobile phones

  The Home Office is to give prisons in the UK new powers to cut off illicit use of mobile phones by inmates

• August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

  PwC Australia uses gamification to teach cyber security lessons

  With the number of cyber incidents identified by Australian organisations more than doubling in the past year, PwC is using an online game to give enterprises first-hand experience of what it means to face a cyber attack

• August 08, 2016 08 Aug'16

  900 million Android devices vulnerable to attackers

  Enterprises and individuals need to install security updates for all devices with vulnerable Qualcomm chip drivers if they want to ensure attackers can‘t take control of them, warns Check Point

• August 04, 2016 04 Aug'16

  Italian-based Android RAT spies on mobiles in Japan and China, say researchers

  Researchers discover an Italian-based Android RAT designed for spying that is targeting mobile devices using their unique identification codes

• August 03, 2016 03 Aug'16

  UAE consumers not confident that their data is safe

  Protecting customer data is a top priority for organisations in the Middle East as threat levels increase

• August 02, 2016 02 Aug'16

  Windows 10 Anniversary Update ramps up Defender security

  Microsoft has added a full biometrics-powered password manager to support website authentication

• August 02, 2016 02 Aug'16

  Enterprises dangerously complacent about mobile threats, says report

  Businesses must ensure mobile security controls are deployed and enforced on every device used to access corporate data and apps, according to MobileIron’s latest mobile security and risk review

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  Australia’s security software spending sees growth spurt

  Australian enterprises are increasingly investing in security software as the threats to data continue to multiply

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  Mobile payments get Isaca’s security approval

  Mobile contactless payments enable three key security controls that make them more secure than physical and e-commerce payments, according to a report by Isaca

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  Carbon Black bets on next-generation antivirus

  Carbon Black is betting on next-generation antivirus technology by acquiring Confer to extend the capability and appeal of its endpoint protection offerings

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  Siem fastest growing security market segment, reveals Gartner

  IBM was the only top security supplier to show growth in 2015, bouyed by the rapid growth in the Siem market, says Gartner

• July 13, 2016 13 Jul'16

  Biometrics on payments devices safe, say three-quarters of consumers

  Most consumers think biometric authentication is the best way to secure payments via mobile devices, Visa survey finds

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  IBM sets up security centre in Canberra

  IBM leads the charge as large private businesses invest heavily in security resources across Australia in an attempt to close the security gap

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  Gulf-based Rotana Hotels centralises IT security

  Hotel group implements centralised security management to proactively protect endpoints and achieve accurate security information

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  Google boasts of security as Pokémon Go invades Google accounts

  Google claims it is notifying customers of the 4,000 state-sponsored cyber attacks a month amid security concerns about Pokémon Go, developed by Google spinoff Niantic

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  HummingBad Android malware highlights worrying trend, say researchers

  Security researchers uncover a cyber crime operating model that provides financial self-sufficiency, which they fear will enable larger and more sophisticated campaigns in the future

• July 01, 2016 01 Jul'16

  China-based Android Trojan netting $500,000 a day

  Security researchers say fast-spreading Hummer Android malware could be netting cyber criminals around $500,000 a day for installing porn and other apps on mobile phones

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  Lauri Love may be faking mental illness claims lawyer for US

  Prosecution lawyer Peter Caldwell questions whether activist Lauri Love is exaggerating mental health problems to avoid extradition to face hacking charges in the US

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  Prison services worked with Ofcom in test of mobile phone blockers

  Documents reveal trials of mobile traffic interception technology in UK jails, which may have affected users beyond the prison walls

• June 24, 2016 24 Jun'16

  Micro-segmentation key to new approach to infosec, says Unisys

  Micro-segmentation enables organisations to improve data security at reasonable cost without compromising agility, governance, risk and compliance, says Unisys

• June 23, 2016 23 Jun'16

  Dell divests software business to free up funds for EMC deal

  It has been less than three months since Dell sold off its services arm. Now its software business is being offloaded. We look at the implications

• June 22, 2016 22 Jun'16

  New cyber security law in the offing for Singapore

  Singapore government will table new Cyber Security Bill in 2017 to strengthen its online defences

• June 22, 2016 22 Jun'16

  Singapore to block internet access for its public servants from 2017

  From May 2017, most of Singapore’s public servants will not be able to access the internet from their workstations

• June 22, 2016 22 Jun'16

  CESG issues challenge to information security professionals

  CESG technical director Jonathan Lawrence tells The Cyber Security Summit that information security professionals need to deliver security controls that help business users achieve their goals securely

• June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

  Enterprises urged not to view security as a barrier to internet of things adoption

  The Lower Colorado River Authority’s chief administrative officer urges enterprises to balance the risks of using the internet of things with the benefits connected devices can bring

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Lower average cost of Australian data breaches is not a sign of comfort

  The average cost of a data breach to Australian organisations dropped in 2015, according to research

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  UAE businesses struggle with security breach declaration

  UAE firms find difficulty in providing facts on security breaches, while consumers demand to be informed of incidents

• June 14, 2016 14 Jun'16

  Shadow data and the risks posed by cloud storage and apps

  Cloud storage and apps can open up an organisation to risks of data leakage. Computer Weekly looks at key areas of vulnerability and what you can do to prevent your data going viral

• June 12, 2016 12 Jun'16

  Philippines government data breach is a warning to Asean region

  Security is a rising concern in the Asean region, with fears fuelled by incidents such as the recent hacking incident in Manila

• June 10, 2016 10 Jun'16

  Australia knows it has a cyber security problem, but not the scale

  The Australian government is aware it has a cyber security challenge, but might not understand the size of the issue, according to experts

• June 10, 2016 10 Jun'16

  IT priorities 2016: Cloud initiatives drive IT spending

  Cloud computing is expected to experience the biggest growth in spending among businesses planning IT investments in 2016

• June 07, 2016 07 Jun'16

  Internet traffic to triple by 2020, says Cisco

  The latest edition of Cisco’s Visual Networking Index predicts a near tripling of internet traffic during the coming years as more than a billion people come online

• June 07, 2016 07 Jun'16

  Insurer launches UK’s first driverless car policy

  Specialist motor insurance provider Adrian Flux introduces new contract terms for a driverless car insurance policy

• May 26, 2016 26 May'16

  Avoiding a security nightmare at South Australia’s Catholic schools

  Taking on the challenge of securing student and organisational data while ensuring easy access to resources

• May 25, 2016 25 May'16

  A new wave of cyber attacks targets the Middle East’s banks

  Hot on the heels of the Qatar National Bank breach comes a campaign employing advanced social engineering techniques

• May 25, 2016 25 May'16

  MasterCard, TfL and British Airways join for travel tech hackathon

  The payments provider is running the event alongside BA and the UK local government body responsible for London’s transport system to create new travel services

• May 17, 2016 17 May'16

  Theft of customer data is top Asean retailer worry

  Southeast Asian retailers say securing customer payments is a major challenge as new payment technology is forced on them by market and consumer pressure

• May 13, 2016 13 May'16

  Security Serious launches cyber security Unsung Heroes awards

  Gathering aims to recognise the people on the front line of cyber threats, saving companies from financial and reputational harm

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Australian health sector an easy target for cyber criminals, says IBM

  A push to encourage greater adoption of electronic health records has raised the spectre of online record theft

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Two-thirds of UK businesses hit by cyber security breaches, but directors remain unaware

  Two-thirds of large UK businesses are hit by cyber security attacks, but directors aren’t told about them, according to a government sponsored report

• April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16

  Cyber security in Belgium will gain prominence after terror attacks

  Belgium’s physical security has been branded inadequate, so how does the country’s cyber security measure up?

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Technology moving too fast for governments to keep up, says former Darpa chief

  Former US defence technology chief supports encryption and privacy, despite intelligence services’ fears

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  IPv6 alone will not secure IoT, warns GE CISO

  It is important for all users of the internet of things to understand what they are getting into with IPv6, and to be aware of the risks and myths, says GE CISO Hanns Proenen

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Middle East CIOs face numerous data challenges as the regional market matures

  Enterprise IT experts reveal to Computer Weekly the issues local technology leaders face when trying to use, back up and protect their valuable data

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Australia pledges A$230m to prevent a ‘lawless’ cyber domain

  Australia's latest cyber security strategy will see the appointment of a cyber ambassador, charged with liaising with other nations

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  IoT to play a part in more than a quarter of cyber attacks by 2020, says Gartner

  Gartner predicts IoT security spending will be moderate until 2020, after which it will increase at a faster rate as execution improves

• April 22, 2016 22 Apr'16

  Enterprises bar employees from free Wi-Fi networks

  A report compiled for wireless network aggregator iPass reveals that most organisations see free Wi-Fi hotspots as a significant threat to their security

• April 19, 2016 19 Apr'16

  Research identifies organised cyber threat to Australia

  Researchers have identified the profiles of cyber criminals and identified the one that is the biggest threat to Australian organisations

• April 15, 2016 15 Apr'16

  Israeli volunteers ready their cyber defences as Anonymous affiliates attack

  Every April, Israel braces itself for an onslaught from pro-Palestinian hackers, but the occupants of a small conference room in Tel Aviv stand in their way

• April 12, 2016 12 Apr'16

  Collaboration vital to reduce economic impact of CNI cyber attack

  The interconnected nature of critical national infrastructure (CNI) means the impact of the risk and the cost of a cyber attack grows exponentially every day

• April 05, 2016 05 Apr'16

  UK and European firms invest in data protection ahead of GDPR

  European firms are set to invest in data protection in 2016, with enforcement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation just two years away, Computer Weekly’s IT priorities survey shows

• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  Enterprise IT conference comes to the Nordics

  IP Expo is holding an event focused on the Nordic region for the first time as countries such as Sweden and Finland become leaders in enterprise IT

• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  EY invests heavily in Singapore IT expertise

  New centres of excellence will offer business transformation strategy, cyber security, analytics and manufacturing capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region

• March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  DDoS attacks on universities normally performed by “disgruntled” students or employees

  The majority of distributed denial of service attacks on universities are made by students or employees, says the head of infrastructure services at the University of London

• March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  Adwind at centre of cyber attack on Singapore bank

  Kaspersky Lab has revealed that the Adwind malware-as-a-service platform was at the centre of an attack on a Singapore bank

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  IoT security not a priority for Asean organisations

  IT leaders in the Asean region need to push IoT security up their priority list, as an Intel survey finds them lagging

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  Apple vows to raise security as FBI breaks into iPhone

  Apple says it will help law enforcement with investigations, but will increase the security of its products after the FBI broke into an iPhone

• March 24, 2016 24 Mar'16

  Businesses urged to update Apple software to dodge zero-day attacks

  Security experts are urging Apple Mac, iPhone and iPad users to update their operating systems to avoid data-stealing attacks that exploit a new zero-day vulnerability

• March 22, 2016 22 Mar'16

  FBI postpones court date with Apple to test iPhone hack

  The FBI delays a court showdown with Apple to test a hack into the San Bernardino gunman's iPhone – with serious implications for iPhone security

• March 21, 2016 21 Mar'16

  Australian government defence report recognises cyber threat

  The cyber threat to Australia is outlined in the recent government defence white paper, but experts are unimpressed

• March 21, 2016 21 Mar'16

  The cyber threat to eastern European enterprises

  Organisations in eastern Europe are targets for cyber criminals and although they are aware of it, they often fail to protect themselves against it

• March 18, 2016 18 Mar'16

  Australian girls believe online harassment is endemic

  There are clear signals that online threats against women and attempts to invade their privacy are becoming societal norms in Australia

• March 18, 2016 18 Mar'16

  Most students say cyber security is a growing threat

  Some 70% of higher education students say they are aware that cyber crime and attacks are a threat, but less than half think security is their responsibility

• March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16

  Most Britons adopting IoT devices cannot secure them

  Two-thirds of UK consumers are concerned about the security of IoT devices – but nearly 75% cannot take steps to secure them, a survey reveals

• March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16

  Cyber security is becoming a Dutch export

  IT security is about to rival cheese, tulips, windmills and flood defences as an export from the Netherlands

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  Internet of things needs more innovative business models

  At a government event on IoT policy, speakers call for more innovative business models and joined up thinking to enable the IoT to live up to its potential

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  IT decision makers admit they need to do more to protect data

  More than a quarter of IT decision makers at UK organisations admit they need to do more to protect data, a survey reveals

• March 10, 2016 10 Mar'16

  HSCIC develops Raspberry Pi telehealth kit

  The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) uses open source and agility in creating a Raspberry Pi telehealth kit that can connect to the NHS Spine

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  Meg Whitman uses Q1 results to argue the case against Dell/EMC

  HPE posts its first financial results following the split of the business

• March 01, 2016 01 Mar'16

  Cyber security professionals in Singapore could get 20% pay rise

  E-commerce and cyber security professionals in Singapore could gain 10 to 20% pay rises if they move companies, due to increased demand of niche IT skills

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  MasterCard selfie payment system to be launched in US after Dutch success

  MasterCard rolls out fingerprint and facial recognition identification technology for online payments following a successful Dutch pilot

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  MWC16: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg voices support for Apple over FBI probe

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Mobile World Congress he sympathised with Apple's battle with the FBI over unlocking a terrorist’s iPhone

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  UK CIOs over-confident about cyber security, study shows

  UK firms are operating from a reactive security posture and tending to symptoms, rather than causes, and yet still believe they can detect threats faster than the industry average

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  Tech firms rally around Apple over encryption row with FBI

  Apple CEO Tim Cook is getting support from technology and information security firms in his refusal to help the FBI to hack into an iPhone used by San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  Australian C-suite executives fail to take security seriously

  Australia’s executives need to get their heads out of the sand when it comes to cyber security and realise they are part of the solution

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Mobile innovation shifts to smartphone services

  As smartphone sales continue to stagnate, suppliers are looking to innovate in more novel ways

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  US IT professionals overconfident in cyber attack detection, study finds

  Most US IT professionals are confident in key security controls to detect cyber attacks – but unsure how long it would take automated tools to discover a breach

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  Nato enhances internal collaboration with Polycom technology

  International defence organisation enhances internal collaboration across its secure network with a new Polycom unified communications system

• February 05, 2016 05 Feb'16

  Mobile apps are big threat to business security, researcher warns

  Attackers could already be exploiting the fact that most mobile apps are ‘leaving the door wide open’ through poor and insecure coding practices, says security researcher James Lyne

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  IoT risks raise concerns among IT specialists in central and eastern Europe

  The internet of things is gaining momentum in central and eastern Europe, but IT professionals have worries over security

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  Most UK firms lack cyber resilience, Ponemon study shows

  Despite understanding the severity of cyber threats, most UK companies are not resilient to attacks and lack confidence in their ability to recover

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Australia offers easy targets for cyber criminals

  Security experts criticise organisations for paying up too easily when hit by ransomware

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  IT security salaries on the rise as cyber crime increases

  Salaries for IT security professionals are on the rise as firms react to an increase in cyber crime