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• 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

  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

  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

  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

  CIO interview: Leandro Balbinot, global CIO, HJ Heinz

  Food giant HJ Heinz is gearing up to expand its international presence with a technology modernisation programme encompassing 23 countries

• 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

  Public sector lacks IT skills to deliver services effectively

  IT skills most sort after in public sector if services are to continue to be delivered effectively, reveals survey

• 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

  Pharmaceuticals company turns to cloud HR technology

  Astra Zeneca CIO Dave Smoley turns lessons learned from an earlier cloud HR implementation to use at the pharmaceuticals giant

• 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

  Marks & Spencer IT chief moves to Reckitt Benckiser

  Outgoing Marks & Spencer IT director Darrell Stein is to join consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser Group in the summer

• April 01, 2014 01 Apr'14

  Arup uses Snow to recoup Microsoft and Adobe licences

  Arup has used Snow Licence Manager to make significant savings on its enterprise agreements with Microsoft and Adobe

• 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

  CIO interview: Smoothing the transition from decentralised to global IT

  Richard Harris, CIO of thread producer Coats, talks about how he balances global scale with local flexibility

• 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

  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

  SAP signs up with Adobe to make Hana attractive to marketing

  SAP has boosted its digital marketing efforts through a reseller partnership with Adobe.

• 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

  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

  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

  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

  Budget 2014 – what it means for UK IT

  Chancellor George Osborne has announced his 2014 Budget. These are the highlights and opportunities spotted by Computer Weekly

• 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

  Red Bull ramps up network for 2014 F1 championship

  An extended relationship with AT&T will support RedBull Infiniti Racing on and off the track as it prepares its 2014 championship bid

• 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

  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

  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

  Internet of things cannot be about products alone, warn experts

  The UK technology industry has welcomed government support for the internet of things, but warns that security and infrastructure cannot be overlooked.

• 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

  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

• March 06, 2014 06 Mar'14

  Porn still most potent mobile malware channel, says Blue Coat

  Malvertising is putting mobile users at risk and has overtaken pornography as the highest volume delivery channel of mobile malware, study shows

• March 06, 2014 06 Mar'14

  Ukraine and Russia locked in a cyber stand-off

  Security experts have warned that Ukraine and Russia are locked in a cyber stand-off amid diplomatic efforts to reduce political tensions

• March 06, 2014 06 Mar'14

  Target’s CIO resigns after massive data breach

  Target’s chief information officer has resigned two-and-a-half months after a data breach impacting about 40 million credit and data debit cards

• March 05, 2014 05 Mar'14

  US holds hearing on data security

  The US House of Representatives subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit is to hold a hearing on data security

• March 05, 2014 05 Mar'14

  Chinese mobile underground shows need for security, says report

  Chinese cyber criminals are increasingly targeting smartphone users through underground products and services, a report by Trend Micro reveals

• March 05, 2014 05 Mar'14

  Clegg calls for transparency in UK security surveillance

  Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg calls for greater transparency and stronger oversight of the UK intelligence agencies

• March 04, 2014 04 Mar'14

  Web-based attacks double in 2013, study finds

  Web-based malware attacks doubled in the second half of 2013 in comparison with the first half, according to the latest threat report from F-Secure Labs

• March 04, 2014 04 Mar'14

  IT threats top business concerns, report shows

  IT-related threats provide the greatest concern for businesses, a report has revealed

• March 04, 2014 04 Mar'14

  Identity theft linked to 60% of UK fraud in 2013

  The misuse of the personal data of victims, accounted for more than 60% of all fraud in the UK in 2013, a study reveals

• March 04, 2014 04 Mar'14

  Financial services sector attracts most cyber crime, says PwC study

  More than a third of financial sector organisations say they have been victims of cyber crime, compared with only 17% in other industries

• March 04, 2014 04 Mar'14

  Blogger finds basic security flaw in UK Parliament’s website

  The UK Parliament's website contained basic flaws that left it vulnerable to hacking, a computer blogger has revealed

• March 04, 2014 04 Mar'14

  Team Cymru exposes SOHO router compromise

  Team Cymru has discovered a widespread compromise of consumer-grade small office/home office (SOHO) routers

• March 03, 2014 03 Mar'14

  RSA 2014: Malware rates linked to socio-economic factors

  Regional cyber vulnerabilities are not linked to any single factor, but to a variety of different socio-economic factors, says Microsoft

• March 03, 2014 03 Mar'14

  RSA 2014: Microsoft and partners defend botnet disruption

  Microsoft and its partners have defended disrupting criminal botnets at RSA Conference 2014