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• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Taking complexity out of cyber security

  The key to improving the cyber security posture of organisations is to keep complexity at bay, according to a senior Microsoft executive

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  UK urged to up spending on cyber defence

  Cyber attacks that target military and civilian operations are one of the biggest threats facing the UK, according to a top military officer, but security experts say cyber defence spending must be carefully considered

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Norwegian healthcare breach alert failed GDPR requirements

  Norwegian healthcare authorities failed General Data Protection Regulation requirements for notifying those affected by a personal data breach by waiting a week before disclosing a breach discovered on 8 January 2018

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  European Parliament votes to restrict exports of surveillance equipment

  European Parliament votes to tighten export controls to restrict supply of surveillance and encryption technology to states with poor human rights records amid fears British companies may not have to comply after Brexit

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Cyber attackers exploiting trust in FTP servers

  Some cyber attackers are exploiting trust in FTP servers to distribute malware, security researchers warn

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Powerful Zyklon malware exploiting MS Office flaws

  Cyber attackers are exploiting three recently discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office to spread multifunction Zyklon malware, security researchers warn

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Create security culture to boost cyber defences, says Troy Hunt

  Security suffers when there is tension between software developers and security professionals, but it is common in many organisations, says world-renowned security blogger and trainer

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Cyber attackers upped their game in 2017, warns report

  Cyber attackers ranging from criminals to nation states have upped their game in the past year, “moving the needle” in terms of tactics, techniques and procedures, a report by a cyber security firm warns

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Next-gen Mirai botnet targets cryptocurrency mining operations

  A variant of the Satori botnet, a successor of the IoT device hijacking Mirai botnet, is designed to hijack cryptocurrency mining operations, syphoning off newly created digital coins

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Business needs to reduce cyber threat to payment card data

  Cardholder data is a prime target for cyber criminals, and that is only likely to increase in the coming year, according to a cloud-based secure payments firm

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  North Korean hackers tied to cryptocurrency attacks in South Korea

  North Korea's Lazarus Group targeted South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges and users in late 2017, but may soon go after exchanges and users in other countries, warns report

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Davos: Disintegration of the internet could create economic turmoil

  Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by fake news, cyber attacks, and artificial intelligence to jobs, political stability and global security, at the World Economic Forum in Davos

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Vulnerability exploit report shows importance of patching

  Latest vulnerability exploit report by security firm AlienVault shows the most popular vulnerabilities remain exploited for several years

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  LeakedSource operator could face up to 10 years in jail

  Canadian man accused of selling stolen identities and passwords on website

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Skygofree Android spyware active since 2014, say researchers

  Powerful, highly advanced spyware has been targeting Android mobiles for the past four years, security researchers have discovered

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Beware fake Meltdown and Spectre patches

  Security experts have warned that cyber attackers will be quick to use the Meltdown and Spectre exploits, but the first attempt to capitalise on them has come in the form of fake updates

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Most UK enterprise mobiles not patched for Meltdown and Spectre

  Very few UK enterprise mobile devices have been patched against the recently discovered Meltdown and Spectre exploits and almost a quarter cannot be patched, a study shows

• January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18

  IT Priorities 2018: Growing interest in hybrid IT in ASEAN

  CIOs and IT professionals in Southeast Asia have earmarked hybrid infrastructure as a top priority in 2018, in spite of waning interest across the wider Asia-Pacific region

• January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18

  London cyber security careers fair highlights opportunities

  A cyber security careers fair in London on 17 January 2018 is aimed at anyone thinking of a career in the field, including experienced professionals and students

• January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18

  Ohio computer programmer faces 16 criminal charges over monitoring thousands of computers

  A 28-year-old computer expert has been charged for monitoring thousands of computers, using a form of malware he created

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  Call for statutory regulation of police number plate cameras amid concerns over accuracy

  The UK’s automatic number plate recognition database – one the largest non-military data-gathering systems – records up to 1.2 million false readings of number plates every day. It should be subject to statutory regulation, says an independent ...

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  Check Point finds AdultSwine malware in Google Play apps

  Security researchers have discovered new malware code hidden in game apps, mainly aimed at youngsters

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  Intel makes security-first pledge

  As it scrambles to deal with the Meltdown and Spectre processor exploits, Intel has made a series of security commitments

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  F-Secure highlights another critical Intel security issue

  As Intel scrambles to issue security updates to address the Meltdown and Spectre exploits, researchers have highlighted another, unrelated, critical security issue that could affect millions of corporate laptops

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Mobile app flaws are a risk to industrial IT systems, says report

  Cyber security vulnerabilities in mobile applications could be exploited to compromise industrial network infrastructure, a report warns

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Spyware targets North Korean dissidents via social links, says McAfee

  Researchers at security firm McAfee have confirmed that social networks are being used to target North Korean dissidents with spyware

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Nuclear weapons’ cyber attack risk relatively high, says report

  With the potential for catastrophic consequences from a nuclear weapons detonation attack, it is crucial to have the most robust nuclear policies in place, says an international affairs think-tank

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Cyber criminals exploit Oracle WebLogic flaw

  Researchers are urging companies to apply a security update to patch a flaw in Oracle’s WebLogic Server component that is being exploited to mine cryptocurrency

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Margot James takes over as digital minister after government reshuffle

  Former minister for business succeeds Matt Hancock after his promotion to secretary of state

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  UAE tech growth prompts firms to review internal IT security

  As IT becomes more prominent in the UAE economy, more and more internal connections between people and systems are created, all of which need to be secured

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  ICO fines Carphone Warehouse £400,000

  Mobile retailer hit with one of the highest fines for putting personal data at risk as UK privacy watchdog warns that more stringent data protection laws will apply from 25 May 2018

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Meltdown and Spectre a big deal for enterprises

  Although consumers are relatively unaffected by the recently disclosed security vulnerabilities in most modern processors, enterprises need to take the threat seriously. Computer Weekly looks at how enterprise IT and security professionals should be...

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Cyber attacks in 2017 drive Nordic security efforts

  The volume of cyber attacks last year has increased boardroom focus on security in the Nordic region

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Intel to set up new group to focus on hardware security

  Chip maker is reportedly planning to form a new group to focus on hardware security as it scrambles to limit the impact of recently discovered security flaws in chip designs

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  Sweden steps up cyber defence measures

  Sweden is tightening up its cyber security defences as part of a wider national security strategy

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  Florida warns 30,000 medical records may have been exposed

  The health agency in the US state of Florida has warned that the records of up to 30,000 Medicaid patients may have been exposed when the agency’s IT systems were breached

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  Patch systems against Meltdown and Spectre, urges ICO

  UK’s data protection watchdog is calling for organisations to apply security updates to mitigate against exploits of microprocessor flaws as soon as possible to safeguard personal data

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  2018 could be year of critical infrastructure attacks, says report

  The coming year is likely to see an increase in the number of cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure (CNI), according to a report based on experts’ forecasts

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  Apple confirms all devices affected by Meltdown and Spectre

  Apple has confirmed that all iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are affected by the recently discovered microprocessor exploits as the financial services industry assesses the risk

• January 04, 2018 04 Jan'18

  Meltdown and Spectre: AWS, Google and Microsoft rush to patch cloud chip flaws

  Amazon, Google and Microsoft rush to fix chip flaws that could leave cloud customers at risk of having their data accessed or stolen by other users

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  Critical Intel security patch will slow PCs, servers and Macs

  AMD shares rise on news that the performance of millions of Windows PCs, Linux servers and Apple Macs is to be impacted by critical updates for a recently discovered security flaw in Intel chips manufactured in the past 10 years

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  IoT botnet DDoS attacks predicted after exploit code published

  Security researchers are urging businesses to ensure they are prepared for large-scale DDoS attacks following the online publication of code to exploit a vulnerability in Huawei HG532 routers

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2018

  Nordic CIOs tell Computer Weekly about their intentions for the year ahead

• January 02, 2018 02 Jan'18

  Ransomware to hit cloud computing in 2018, predicts MIT

  Ransomware targeting cloud services is one of the six biggest cyber threats likely to face organisations in 2018, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• December 25, 2017 25 Dec'17

  Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2017

  Australia capped the year with a slew of game-changing technology initiatives, from bolstering its supercomputing infrastructure and productivity of police officers to outlining an ambitious space programme

• December 21, 2017 21 Dec'17

  Top 10 IT security stories of 2017

  Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 IT security stories of 2017

• December 20, 2017 20 Dec'17

  Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2017

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cyber crime stories of 2017

• December 20, 2017 20 Dec'17

  UK government blames North Korea for WannaCry cyber attack

  The UK and US governments say a North Korean group was responsible for the ransomware attacks that hit the NHS and other organisations globally this year

• December 14, 2017 14 Dec'17

  Top cyber security predictions in APAC in 2018

  Cyber criminals will ramp up efforts to mine cryptocurrencies, while mobile malware will rear its ugly head across the APAC region in 2018

• December 11, 2017 11 Dec'17

  Innovation key to halt cyber attacks

  In the light of the number of cyber breaches taking place, innovative security systems are required, according to the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)