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• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Canada Revenue agency reports Heartbleed data theft

  The Canada Revenue Agency reports that attackers exploiting the Heartbleed bug have stolen the social insurance numbers of 900 Canadians

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Telco firm cuts incident response time by 80%

  US telco IDT has reduced its incident response time by 80% through integration, consolidation and automation

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Heartbleed denial reveals loophole for NSA spying

  The NSA has denied it exploited the Heartbleed security flaw, but US officials have revealed a loophole that would allow such actions

• April 11, 2014 11 Apr'14

  Business can no longer ignore cyber conflict, says report

  The likelihood of cyber attack and breach is greater than ever, according to the latest threat report by Mandiant

• April 11, 2014 11 Apr'14

  Microsoft halts Windows 8.1 update for businesses due to bug

  Microsoft has suspended the Windows 8.1 update for business users because of a bug.

• April 11, 2014 11 Apr'14

  Cisco and Juniper warn of products hit by Heartbleed bug

  Cisco and Juniper have issued security bulletins warning that some products are vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  The Heartbleed genie is out of the bottle – now what?

  Now that the details of Heartbleed are public, anyone can use it against vulnerable servers. What should be done?

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  Lloyd’s Register outsources infrastructure and applications services

  Maritime engineering and business services firm Lloyd’s Register Group outsources IT infrastructure and applications to cut costs

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  TCG releases TPM 2 specification for improved security

  The Trusted Computing Group has published an updated specification for the Trusted Platform Module

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  UK physicist Stuart Parkin wins Millennium technology prize

  UK-born physicist Stuart Parkin has won the 2014 Millennium technology prize for a breakthrough in magnetic disk drive storage capacity

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  Police forces still struggling on cyber front

  Most police forces in England and Wales do not have a comprehensive plan to deal with a large scale cyber incidents, reveals an official report

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  Vatican Library digitises first 10,000 manuscripts

  The Vatican Apostolic Library has completed the digitisation of around 10,000 of its 82,000 manuscripts as part of a project to make them available online

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  Caravan Club moves to cloud to support growth plan

  The Caravan Club is in the process of moving to a private cloud after outsourcing parts of its IT to T-Systems to support growth plans

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  Cyber threat moving to critical infrastructure, study shows

  The cyber threat is moving from data breaches to global critical infrastructure, an insurance industry study shows

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  Facebook changes privacy settings again

  Facebook has tweaked its privacy settings yet again in a charm offensive aimed at encouraging users to share more content

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  EFF calls for rapid mitigation of Heartbleed internet bug

  All websites should use perfect forward secrecy to protect against Heartbleed internet security flaw, says EFF

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Steria and Sopra will merge to tap digital opportunities

  French IT services companies Steria and Sopra will merge to compete in a sector that is being transformed by the digitalisation of business

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  UK to review snooping powers of authorities

  UK surveillance watchdog is to investigate whether authorities make too many communications data requests

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Top EU court declares data retention directive invalid

  The European Court of Justice has declared the EU Data Retention Directive invalid

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe

  Workday plans to push cloud finance and accounting services to enterprise in Europe, but observers say its background in HR technology may prove an obstacle

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  OpenSSL security flaw could affect millions of websites, warn researchers

  At least two-thirds or websites could be affected by an OpenSSL cryptographic library flaw, warn researchers

• April 07, 2014 07 Apr'14

  UK cyber security guidelines lack clarity, says IET

  The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) calls on government to clarify what cyber security advice UK firms should follow

• April 07, 2014 07 Apr'14

  IET calls on government to set example over Windows XP

  The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) calls on the UK government to replace all copies of the obsolete Windows XP OS

• April 04, 2014 04 Apr'14

  ICO issues data protection warning to users of Windows XP

  The ICO has issued a warning about the potential data protection risks due to the end of support for Windows XP

• April 04, 2014 04 Apr'14

  European parliament votes in support of net neutrality

  The European parliament has voted in support of proposed telecoms legislation that aims to enforce net neutrality rules.

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  Get rid of Windows XP quick, says Gartner

  Gartner is advising businesses to ditch Windows XP as soon as possible because of the security risks

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  Accenture plans to hire 2,000 staff across the UK in 2014

  IT services firm Accenture will hire 2,000 workers in England and Scotland this year for roles across the business in the retail, banking and capital markets

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  Yahoo encrypts users' data to boost security and privacy after NSA revelations

  Yahoo is the latest internet company to start encrypting users' data to try to win back trust after disclosures over National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  Millions of routers open to criminal exploitation, study shows

  More than 24 million routers worldwide could be used by cyber criminals to launch DDoS attacks, a study shows

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  Study alleges deeper NSA influence on RSA

  RSA adopted a second NSA-developed encryption tool, increasing the agency's spying capabilities, a study claims

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  LinkedIn halts Sell Hack plugin revealing email addresses

  Sell Hack has suspended functionality to reveal LinkedIn email addresses in response to a cease-and-desist order

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  Businesses must rethink HR IT as traditional jobs disintegrate

  HR software needs a complete rethink to deliver services to an increasingly dispersed workforce, says cloud technology specialist

• April 01, 2014 01 Apr'14

  UK reaches key milestone in cyber security

  CERT-UK is a key milestone in the development of the UK’s cyber security capabilities, says director Chris Gibson

• April 01, 2014 01 Apr'14

  Turkey adopts new tactic to block social media

  Turkey has reportedly started hijacking net addresses in an attempt to step up blocks on social media

• April 01, 2014 01 Apr'14

  UK update to copyright law imminent

  The UK is to update its 1988 copyright law for the digital age in line with a nearly three-year-old review

• April 01, 2014 01 Apr'14

  BT and government under fresh fire over rural broadband

  BT and the government have come under fresh criticism over the provision of broadband services to rural areas

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Cyber security is economic opportunity for the UK, says government

  Cyber security is an essential feature of the UK’s economy, says government

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Snowden revelations have changed attitudes to cloud, study claims

  Snowden's revelations of internet surveillance have changed attitudes to cloud computing, a study claims

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  UK finally launches national cyber emergency team

  After several delays, government has finally launched the first national computer emergency response team, CERT-UK

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Business counts cost of cyber attackers’ secret weapon

  Businesses are counting the cost of failing to defend against advanced evasion techniques (AETs), a report reveals

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Thales to secure connectivity of Highways Agency

  Thales has been awarded a 5-year contract to provide secure network connectivity services for the Highways Agency

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  All companies can help fight cybercrime, says Microsoft

  All companies have a role to play in helping to fight cybercrime, says Microsoft

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Google says government data requests are up 120% since 2009

  Government requests for information about Google customers, have increased by 120% since 2009

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Turkey now targeting YouTube

  Turkey appears to be attempting to block YouTube a day after a court ordered an end to the ban on Twitter

• March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14

  Security an unnecessary expense, say one in six techies

  One in six IT professionals see security as an unnecessary expense, a study has revealed

• March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14

  State surveillance keeping a third of firms from the cloud

  A third of security professionals do not keep corporate data in the cloud because of fears of government snooping, survey reveals

• March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14

  Russian ministers ditch iPads over security concerns

  Russian ministers have ditched their Apple iPads in favour of Samsung tablets because of security concerns

• March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14

  Twitter expects Turkey to lift ban after court ruling

  Twitter expects the ban on its service to be lifted in Turkey after a local court issued a stay of execution on last week’s banning order

• March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14

  UK plans to professionalise infosec are too rigid, says (ISC)2

  (ISC)2 has raised concerns about aspects of government plans to professionalise information security

• March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14

  Asia Pacific ranked badly by Gartner on privacy and security for offshore IT

  Gartner research of nine countries in Asia Pacific for offshore IT delivery rated all of them either ‘poor’ or ‘fair’ on the data/IP security and privacy criterion

• March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14

  ICO updates corporate plan for better data protection

  The latest corporate plan from the ICO promises a fresh approach to handling public concerns about data protection

• March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14

  Labour calls for mandatory cyber breach reporting

  The Labour Party has called for another UK defence review to consider creating a statutory requirement for firms to report serious cyber attacks

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  Study supports economic approach to tackling cybercrime

  Cybercrime black markets have reached unprecedented levels of maturity and growth, a study reveals

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  SITA harnesses Indian suppliers for finance and procurement systems

  Airport business communications and IT service provider SITA is working with two India based IT services firms to transform and support finance systems

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  White House wants to overhaul NSA phone data collection

  The White House is set to call for major changes to the NSA phone metadata surveillance programme

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  China demands explanation of NSA spying on Huawei

  China demands an explanation from the US over reports that its National Security Agency (NSA) infiltrated the networks of Chinese telecoms firm Huawei

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Grant Thornton spends £3m in move to cloud HR services

  Financial advisory firm invests in cloud talent management as it gears up to expand its operations in the UK

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Microsoft set to roll out anti-cybercrime strategy in Europe

  Microsoft plans to expand its botnet disruption strategy beyond the US to Europe and other regions

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Lincolnshire County Council outsources to Serco

  Lincolnshire County Council has agreed to outsource services including IT to Serco in five-year deal worth £70m and will next month embark on a 12-month transition from its existing supplier

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Turkey attempts to increase block on Twitter

  Turkey has increased its efforts to block access to Twitter after many user found ways around a government-imposed ban

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  NSA infiltrated Huawei, claim Snowden leak documents

  The National Security Agency (NSA) created “back doors” in the networks of Chinese telecoms firm Huawei, claim documents leaked by Edward Snowden

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Customer privacy an ongoing challenge, says Unilever

  Unilever has set up a programme to address the continually evolving challenge of privacy issues relating to customer data

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  NSA considers publishing transparency report

  The NSA may publish transparency reports on the amount of surveillance it is doing, according to its deputy director

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Google encrypts Gmail to protect against NSA snooping

  Google has announced it will always use an encrypted HTTPS connection when Gmail users check or send email

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Turkey blocks access to Twitter

  Turkey is blocking access to Twitter after users posted allegations of government corruption

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Microsoft in hot water over email search

  Microsoft is in hot water after looking through a blogger’s email account to find the source of leaked code for Windows 8

• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  Technology focus in securing BYOD is a mistake, say experts

  Focusing on technology in trying to secure mobile devices is a mistake, say IT and legal experts

• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  Application support and maintenance costs increase 29%

  The cost of supporting and maintaining applications is increasing every year for Global 2000 companies in the US and UK, according to a study of 300 CIOs

• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  Info sharing key to security, say IT professionals

  Sharing information about cyber threats, attacks and attack mitigations is crucial to data security, says a panel of information security professionals

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  CIOs to rip up outsourcing rule book

  Almost three-quarters of CIOs will change their IT outsourcing relationships in the next three years

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  Interview: Francisco D’Souza. How do established IT suppliers keep growing?

  The last few years has seen IT budgets decimated and as a result IT suppliers have been forced to change their business models. The emergence of the digital world and globalisation are just two trends shaping the future of IT services

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  Pirated software malware to cost business $491bn in 2014, study shows

  Malware deliberately loaded into pirated or counterfeit software is expected cost enterprises $491bn in 2014

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  Firms urged to take tough action on Unix-based cyber attack

  Security researchers have urged businesses to take action on a cyber criminal campaign that has seized control of 25,000+ Unix servers worldwide

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  Big data analytics key to crime fighting, says Microsoft

  Big data analytics is increasingly playing a role in fighting cyber crime, according to Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  SMEs believes they are immune to cyber attack

  Most SMEs believe they are not at real risk of cyber attack, a survey has revealed

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Morrisons data theft smacks of insider hacktivism, say security experts

  The theft of payroll data from supermarket chain Morrison smacks of insider hacktivism, say security industry representatives

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  London cyber war game in final of Cyber Security Challenge

  The UK's top amateur cyber defenders will compete to defend the City of London from a simulated attack in the Cyber Security Challenge final

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Work service providers to gain greater analytics value

  Organisations buying business process optimisation services are keen to make the most of data analytics.

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Government failing to manage contractors, say MPs

  The government is failing to manage its outsourcers, who must be more ethical in their practices, according to the Public Accounts Committee

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Google encrypts search in China to protect users

  Google has started encrypting searches made by people in China to prevent government censors detecting sensitive search terms

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says US spying a threat to the internet

  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says the US government should be the champion for the internet, not a threat

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Ukraine IT industry calls for government action to protect sector

  The Ukrainian IT industry has set out actions the new national government should take to protect the sector amid political turmoil

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  GCHQ helped NSA with spy malware, Snowden docs show

  GCHQ played an integral role in developing a surveillance malware campaign by the NSA, the latest Snowden documents show

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Why HR departments need to hire IT specialists

  Technology will fundamentally change the way people work, says psychology professor

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  BCS reports £2m losses on commercial activities

  The Chartered Institute of IT (BCS) is 'haemorrhaging cash reserves' while its membership remains virtually static

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Government promotes cyber security profession in schools

  The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills announces plans to teach children as young as 11 about careers in in the cyber security sector

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  MEPs call for immediate halt to NSA surveillance

  The European Parliament's consent to the EU-US trade deal "could be endangered" if mass surveillance by the NSA does not stop, say MEPs

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  MEPs adopt draft reformed data protection rules

  The European Parliament has voted to adopt its draught version of a reformed data protection regime

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  More than 162,000 WordPress sites used in DDoS attack

  Security researchers have uncovered a DDoS attack that used more than 162,000 legitimate and unwitting WordPress websites

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Tim Berners-Lee calls for internet users’ "bill of rights"

  World Wide Web creator marks its 25th anniversary by calling for a “free, open and truly global internet” enshrined in a "bill of rights"

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  UK to help lead world fight against cyber crime

  The UK must exploit its unique position to build an international strategy on tackling cyber crime, says National Cyber Crime Unit head

• March 11, 2014 11 Mar'14

  Bank of Ireland outsources technology

  The Bank of Ireland is outsourcing its IT operation to Accenture in a move that will affect 200 staff

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  Phishing attacks track mobile adoption, research shows

  Phishing attacks on mobile devices are increasing as adoption of internet-connected mobile devices and services grows

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  Infosys seeks business graduates as sales conversation changes

  Infosys is seeking 200 MBA graduates to help its global sales operation evolve into a solver of business challenges rather than fixer of IT problems

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  Dark web key enabler for cyber criminals, say McAfee researchers

  The dark web is a key conduit for the malware industry to refine and distribute its products and services, say security researchers

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  UK more than doubles funds to build internet of things

  UK government more than doubles funding for technology companies making devices that communicate over the internet.

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  ICO fines charity £200,000 for data breach

  The ICO has imposed a monetary penalty of £200,000 on the British Pregnancy Advice Service (BPAS) for exposing thousands of personal details to a malicious hacker

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  Privacy groups call for review of Facebook Whatsapp deal

  Privacy groups are calling for a halt to Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp until it clarifies how it plans to use the personal data of WhatsApp's members

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  Europol issues public Wi-Fi security warning

  Europol has issued a warning about sending sensitive information over public Wi-Fi hotspots

• March 06, 2014 06 Mar'14

  Security by design still not a reality, says security veteran

  In all the great technological innovation the world is seeing, security is still an afterthought, says Jarno Limnell, director of cyber security, Stonesoft