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November 07, 2012
07
Nov'12
Police arrest man for DDoS attacks on Theresa May sites
Police have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with a cyber attack on websites connected to home secretary Theresa May
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November 06, 2012
06
Nov'12
Gartner Symposium: RBS emulates Amazon with private cloud
Royal Bank of Scotland has developed a private cloud to support its application development process, using Amazon best practices
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November 02, 2012
02
Nov'12
RBS pays customers extra £50m for IT failure
The IT failure that struck Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in June will cost more than expected as customers are paid an extra £50m compensation
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November 01, 2012
01
Nov'12
Parliamentary committee joins criticism of draft communications data bill
Home secretary Theresa May faced stern criticism before a Parliamentary committee hearing evidence on the Draft Communications Data Bill
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October 31, 2012
31
Oct'12
Free mobile apps a threat to privacy, study finds
Free mobile apps pose a serious threat to privacy because of their ability to capture large amounts of user information
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October 30, 2012
30
Oct'12
IT security budgets mismatched to hacker targets, study shows
IT security budgets are not being used to provide defence technologies in some areas most likely to be targeted by hackers, a study shows
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October 26, 2012
26
Oct'12
Cloud HR pivotal to Direct Line share offering
Cloud HR proved pivotal to insurance group Direct Line separating from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) before it launched on the stock market
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October 22, 2012
22
Oct'12
RBS spends £80m to link its multiple mainframes better
The Royal Bank of Scotland will dedicate £80m of its massive IT budget to eliminate problems caused by its mainframe infrastructure
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October 16, 2012
16
Oct'12
Organisations need alternative data protection as security models fail
Organisations' security models are failing - so could it be time to adopt an intelligence-led approach to data protection and fighting cyber crime?
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October 11, 2012
11
Oct'12
RSA Europe: Thousands of unprotected virtual servers exposed to the web
Organisations are failing to protect data in virtual environments, says Jason Hart, vice-president cloud solutions, SafeNet
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October 11, 2012
11
Oct'12
RSA Europe: Security concerns whole supply chain, says Misha Glenny
Targeted attacks affect the whole supply chain, not just big corporations, author Misha Glenny tells RSA Conference Europe 2012 attendees
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October 10, 2012
10
Oct'12
RSA Europe: Cloud key to future information security, says Qualys
Cloud computing is an opportunity information security professionals should not miss, says Philippe Courtot, CEO of security firm Qualys
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October 05, 2012
05
Oct'12
Payment errors could undermine Sepa advantages
European firms might lose billions of Euros through payment errors when the Single European Payments Area comes into force in 2014
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October 03, 2012
03
Oct'12
Case study: How WorldPay built its IT from scratch after RBS split
Former RBS payment processing division WorldPay will reach a major IT milestone this month on its journey to stand on its own since it was sold in 2010
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October 03, 2012
03
Oct'12
UKtech50 2012: Who are the most influential people in UK IT?
Computer Weekly is this week launching the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT
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October 01, 2012
01
Oct'12
London gets another finance technology hub
Canary Wharf Group is opening a centre for start-ups to work on financial services technology and services early next year
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September 27, 2012
27
Sep'12
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam hackers launch cyber attack on US bank Wells Fargo
A hacker group connected to Hamas says it attacked US bank Wells Fargo in reaction to the video 'Innocence of Muslims' posted on YouTube
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September 25, 2012
25
Sep'12
Security concerns hold back mobile banking adoption
More than two-thirds of smartphone owners have not yet adopted mobile banking apps because of security concerns, a survey has revealed
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September 18, 2012
18
Sep'12
Microsoft investigates IE zero-day flaw
Microsoft says it is investigating reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, and 9
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September 17, 2012
17
Sep'12
IT security awareness needs to be company-wide, says (ISC)²
Information security awareness needs to be more robust, started as early as possible, continually reinforced and organisation-wide, says Julie Peeler, director, (ISC)² Foundation
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September 11, 2012
11
Sep'12
Skills shortage means no unemployment in IT security, says (ISC)2
Zero unemployment in IT security shows a huge shortage of skills in the profession, says Hord Tipton, executive director of (ISC)2
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September 11, 2012
11
Sep'12
Allianz signs deal for customer database technology
Insurance company Allianz has signed a deal for a database system it expects will create millions in sales by creating a single customer view (SCV)
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September 10, 2012
10
Sep'12
Bank of England hires 145 IT staff for Prudential Regulatory Authority
The Bank of England is to hire 145 IT staff for its new financial services regulatory body, the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA)
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September 07, 2012
07
Sep'12
UK cookie law compliance mixed, study finds
Three months after the enforcement of the cookie law, only 12% of UK websites have prominent privacy notices and robust cookie controls, a study shows
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September 06, 2012
06
Sep'12
FSA demands review of RBS software failure
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) wants to know how banks plan to prevent a repeat of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) software glitch
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September 03, 2012
03
Sep'12
Powerful cyber attack tools widely available, say researchers
More low-level cyber criminals are getting access to sophisticated attack tools, say cyber intelligence specialists
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August 31, 2012
31
Aug'12
Businesses worldwide fail to prepare for cyber threats, says Kaspersky Lab
Companies around the world have failed to address cyber threats, according to a survey from security organisation Kaspersky Lab
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August 24, 2012
24
Aug'12
VMware users can protect against virtual machine malware, says Trend Micro
New malware that attacks VMware virtual machines is no cause for undue concern, but users can take basic steps to protect data, says Trend Micro
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August 22, 2012
22
Aug'12
Dell expects tough next quarter
Dell expects third-quarter revenue to be down between 2% and 5% on second-quarter levels due to the “uncertain economic environment”
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August 21, 2012
21
Aug'12
At least 9 out of 10 top mobile apps hacked, study shows
An average of 96% of the top 100 paid mobile apps have been hacked, a study has revealed
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August 21, 2012
21
Aug'12
Interview: David Weymouth, operations director at RSA
David Weymouth, group director of operations and risk at insurance giant RSA, talks to Computer Weekly about the key changes affecting finance technology, and why government intervention to force an overhaul of banks’ IT systems would not work
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August 06, 2012
06
Aug'12
Regulators must force banks to overhaul IT infrastructure
Regulators must force banks to overhaul complex IT infrastructures which risk causing further large-scale system outages, says IT trade body Intellect
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August 06, 2012
06
Aug'12
LinkedIn data breach costs more than $1m
LinkedIn says the forensic investigation and other recovery costs of the data breach in June could have topped $1m.
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August 03, 2012
03
Aug'12
RBS computer problem costs £125m
Royal Bank of Scotland will pay £125m in costs related to computer problems in June that meant customers could not access funds
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July 31, 2012
31
Jul'12
Cyber threats affect banks worldwide
Nearly a quarter of the world's banks were hit by security breaches in the past year, a study shows
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July 27, 2012
27
Jul'12
Twitter users targeted by Blackhole malware
Twitter users are being targeted by tweets containing malicious links that claim recipients are pictured in an online photo
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July 26, 2012
26
Jul'12
Nationwide customers see payments taken out twice
Payments made by customers of Nationwide were taken twice after human error at the bank duplicated the process
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July 26, 2012
26
Jul'12
NatWest customers hit by further online banking issues
NatWest credit and debit card transactions are not working and online banking is suffering an outage
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July 26, 2012
26
Jul'12
SQL injection attacks rise sharply in second quarter of 2012
SQL injection (SQLi) attacks were up 69% in the second quarter of 2012 compared with the previous quarter, warns cloud hosting firm FireHost
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July 26, 2012
26
Jul'12
Australian telco AAPT confirms Anonymous data breach
Australian telecoms firm AAPT confirms business customer data was breached by hacktivist group Anonymous at an external service provider
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July 24, 2012
24
Jul'12
Nationwide hits major milestone in £1bn IT transformation
Nationwide has reached a major milestone in its five-year technology transformation project with the roll-out of a mortgage system to its branches
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July 19, 2012
19
Jul'12
Many global firms unaware of online risk, finds KPMG
Many global organisations could do a lot more to protect their private data and reduce exposure to attacks by hackers, according to KPMG
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July 19, 2012
19
Jul'12
Security researchers join forces to bring down Grum botnet
Security researchers have collaborated to take down Grum, the world’s third-largest botnet of hijacked computers
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July 18, 2012
18
Jul'12
Microsoft faces substantial EC fine over browser rules breach
Microsoft faces a large fine for failing to offer Windows users a choice of web browser despite apologising to the European Commission (EC)
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July 16, 2012
16
Jul'12
Sophos combines endpoint security and UTM
Security firm Sophos combines endpoint protection and unified threat management (UTM) products into a single physical or virtual appliance
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July 16, 2012
16
Jul'12
Olympics media centre set to become datacentre
The Olympics media centre looks set to become a datacentre after the London 2012 Games, with technology company iCITY one of two remaining bidders
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July 13, 2012
13
Jul'12
The most influential women in UK IT
Computer Weekly is pleased to announce the first ever list of the most influential women in UK IT
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July 09, 2012
09
Jul'12
Google Android OS Trojan virus hits 100K devices in China
Trojan malware has hit 100,000 devices using the Google Android operating system (OS) in China, say security researchers
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July 06, 2012
06
Jul'12
Virus could cut 20,000 UK computers from web on Monday, FBI warns
The DNS Changer virus could cause 20,000 computers in the UK – of 350,000 worldwide - to lose web access on 9 July, the FBI has warned
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June 27, 2012
27
Jun'12
White House cyber security coordinator Howard Schmidt joins Qualys
Former White House cyber security coordinator Howard Schmidt is to join the board of security and compliance company Qualys