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• March 19, 2012 19 Mar'12

  UK hacktivist cases should spur business to action, says lawyer

  The last of four alleged UK members of hacktivist group LulzSec has appeared in Westminster magistrates court in London

• March 13, 2012 13 Mar'12

  Hackers expose weak security on Digital Playground porn site

  A hacking group claims to have stolen the details of more than 70,000 users of the Digital Playground porn site

• March 07, 2012 07 Mar'12

  FBI informer Hector Xavier Monsegur aids in arrest of LulzSec hackers

  Authorities in the US, UK and Republic of Ireland have arrested seven suspected members of hacktivist group LulzSec, including Hector Xavier Monsegur, who helped investigators

• March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12

  Yahoo plans another round of job cuts

  Yahoo is planning another round of redundancies as it continues to struggle with competition from rivals Google and Facebook

• March 01, 2012 01 Mar'12

  RSA 2012: IT security experts urge enterprises to ban smartphone BYOD schemes

  Enterprises should ban employees from using their own smartphones for work, a panel of IT security practitioners told the RSA Conference 2012

• February 27, 2012 27 Feb'12

  WAN optimisation: improving the performance of business applications

  How can WAN optimisation support IT consumerisation and cloud computing?

• February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12

  OSSIM update enables cyber threat intelligence sharing

  The latest update to the Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) base system includes a mechanism for sharing cyber threat intelligence.

• February 21, 2012 21 Feb'12

  Google bypassed IE too, says Microsoft

  Microsoft has accused Google of bypassing the privacy settings of Internet Explorer users after Safari faux pas

• February 17, 2012 17 Feb'12

  UK regulator PhonepayPlus fines Dutch typosquatting companies

  UK phone regulator PhonepayPlus fines two Dutch firms £100,000 for exploiting well-known websites Wikipedia, Twitter and YouTube

• February 16, 2012 16 Feb'12

  Cisco wants EU to reconsider Microsoft Skype deal

  Cisco is calling on European Union authorities to reconsider the unconditional approval of Microsoft’s $8.5bn acquisition of Skype.

• February 14, 2012 14 Feb'12

  President of European Parliament critical of Acta

  After a weekend of public protests against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (Acta), the president of the European Parliament has added his voice to those of critcs.

• February 13, 2012 13 Feb'12

  IE update top priority for Patch Tuesday

  Microsoft releases nine bulletins addressing 21 vulnerabilities in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update on 14 February

• February 10, 2012 10 Feb'12

  LinkedIn Q4 revenue more than doubles

  Social networking site LinkedIn has reported 2011 fourth quarter revenue of $167.7m, up 105% from Q4 2010; and net income of $6.9m, an increase of 30%

• February 09, 2012 09 Feb'12

  Cisco back on acquisition trail after record quarter

  Cisco Systems has reported record revenues of $11.5bn for the second fiscal quarter that ended 28 January 2012, up 11% on the year-ago quarter, and profits of $2.6bn or 47 cents a share, up 27%.

• February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12

  Fewer than a third of UK organisations plan mobile security projects

  Despite the media hype around the adoption of mobile technologies and the need to secure them, relatively few UK organisations are planning mobile security projects, a survey has revealed

• January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12

  EC publishes proposed data protection reforms

  European Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, has unveiled the new European data privacy framework that includes new regulation.

• January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12

  Rupert Murdoch attacks Barack Obama over online piracy legislation

  News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch has accused Barack Obama's administration of siding with "Silicon Valley paymasters" as two anti-piracy bills go through US Congress.

• January 06, 2012 06 Jan'12

  Ramnit worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords

  A computer worm has begun targeting Facebook accounts and has stolen at least 45,000 login credentials from users, say security researchers.

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  CIOs believe cloud, SaaS, consumerisation and mobility increase risk

  Business models such as cloud computing and trends such as the consumerisation of IT, social media and mobility are exposing performance blind spots in IT management, a CIO survey has revealed.

• December 12, 2011 12 Dec'11

  Cloud leaves many firewalls wanting – but could automation prove the silver bullet?

  Most companies rely on firewalls, but the IT landscape is changing and so must approaches to security. Is there a silver bullet?

• December 08, 2011 08 Dec'11

  Adobe to release out-of-cycle patch for latest vulnerability

  Adobe has issued a security advisory about a newly discovered and still unpatched vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat which is being used in "limited, targeted attacks in the wild".

• December 08, 2011 08 Dec'11

  UKtech50: Meet Mike Lynch, the most influential person in UK IT

  Mike Lynch, voted as the most influential person in UK IT, doesn’t like to think about challenges, but about opportunities.

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  One in four IT security staff abuse admin rights, survey shows

  At least one in four IT security staff use their privileged login rights to look at confidential information, a survey has revealed.

• November 17, 2011 17 Nov'11

  Forensics key to effective info security, says E&Y

  Intelligence-led security strategies are the most effective in eliminating vulnerabilities and preventing IP theft through enabling informed change, says consultancy firm Ernst & Young.

• November 17, 2011 17 Nov'11

  IT security not always part of cloud decision, says IDC

  Cloud adoption is outstripping security concerns, says Eric Domage, programme manager for IDC in Europe.

• November 10, 2011 10 Nov'11

  Welcome to the new-look ComputerWeekly.com

  Computer Weekly has launched its brand new website - the most important online development in the brand’s 45-year history.

• November 07, 2011 07 Nov'11

  Analysis: Intelligence key to security business case

  Information security is becoming an increasingly important part of any business as the value of information assets continually grow, as do the threats from cyber crime and espionage.

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  UKtech50: We launch the search for the most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has launched the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the leaders driving the creation of a high-tech economy.

• October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11

  US Tennis Association cuts costs running Citrix XenApp in Amazon cloud

  The US Tennis Association (USTA) is reducing disaster recovery, hosting, helpdesk and licencing costs after choosing to run its Citrix XenApp environment in Amazon's Web Services (AWS) cloud.

• October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11

  IP network critical to video technology at FA’s St George's Park development

  The Football Association (FA) is implementing the latest networking and video technology at its coaching and education centre. The St George's Park centre will be the FA's second major centre alongside Wembley, where operations are currently centred.

• October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11

  CIO interview: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympics

  With less than 10 months to go, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell is fully focused on the task of delivering a project that simply cannot miss its deadline.

• October 10, 2011 10 Oct'11

  CW500: Martin Taylor, head of infrastructure and service delivery, Mitchells & Butlers

  In this CW500 Club video, Martin Taylor talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick to share his practical advice on how to move to the cloud.