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• September 26, 2014 26 Sep'14

  Apple to release fix for Bash bug

  Apple has confirmed that its Mac OS X operating system is vulnerable to the Bash bug

• September 25, 2014 25 Sep'14

  Why you should drop staff who are not cloud savvy

  CIOs may need to lose staff who are not prepared to move to new ways of working brought on by cloud computing

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  Ebay under fire for inaction over phishing attacks

  Auction site eBay is under fire after saying it has no plans to disallow active content in listings, despite the risk to users

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  UKtech50 2014 - help us choose the 50 most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly is launching the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT - tell us your nominations

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Interview: Wood Mackenzie CTO John Linwood on life after the BBC

  John Linwood, former chief technology officer at the BBC, talks about winning a high-profile employment tribunal and his new job at Wood Mackenzie

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Apple pushes security and privacy credentials after iCloud hack

  Apple assures users it takes privacy seriously, expanding two-factor authentication for its iCloud backup after celebrity photos were leaked online

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  UKTV upgrades technology infrastructure for mobility

  Media company UKTV has upgraded its IT infrastructure using mobile and cloud-based technology

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Context hacks Canon IoT printer

  Security researchers have hacked into a Canon printer used by many small businesses, raising fresh concerns about IoT security

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Google denies breach after hackers leak millions of user logins

  Google denies claims cyber criminals stole users' data and downplays the threat after a hacker purportedly leaked 4.9 million Gmail logins

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Most mobile apps fail on privacy, warns ICO

  Most mobile applications are accessing personal information without explaining how that data is used, the ICO has warned

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  CIO interview: Bryson Koehler, CIO of The Weather Company

  The Weather Company is a huge advocate for cloud-based technology, and everything it has built is cloud-enabled

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  UK guidance on mobile app security low, research shows

  Only one in 20 UK workers are given guidance on mobile app security, a study has shown

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Google to refund at least $19m for unauthorised in-app purchases

  Google is to refund at least $19m as part of a settlement agreement over unauthorised charges for in-app purchases

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Nude celebrity hack forces changes at Apple and 4Chan

  Apple and image-sharing site 4Chan take security measures after celebrity iCloud accounts were compromised and photos leaked

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Media union backs Australian piracy blocking plan

  A media union has endorsed the Australian government's proposal to block websites containing material that infringes copyright

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Apple and FBI launch iCloud hack investigation

  Apple and FBI investigate the breach of Apple’s iCloud causing fresh business concerns over cloud security

• September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14

  Nude celebrity pictures posted online after alleged iCloud hack

  Hundreds of nude images of female celebrities have been leaked, allegedly after Apple’s iCloud service was hacked

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Brighton & Hove Albion deploys free Wi-Fi at Amex Stadium

  Brighton & Hove Albion picks The Cloud and Ruckus to supply a new Wi-Fi solution at the American Express Community Stadium

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Microsoft cuts 1,500 fake apps in Windows Store cleanup

  Microsoft has removed 1,500 fake, fraudulent and misleading apps from its Windows and Windows Phone store

• August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14

  South Korea arrests 16 suspects in massive cyber fraud

  South Korea has arrested 16 suspects in connection with a multi-million-dollar fraud enabled by the theft of 27 million online gaming credentials

• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  DDoS attacks hit Sony’s PlayStation Network and other gaming services

  Sony's PlayStation Network and other gaming services reported disruptions at the weekend in a suspected cyber attack campaign

• August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14

  Facebook hit with deadline on EU privacy challenge

  An Austrian court has given Facebook Ireland four weeks to respond to a class action that claims the network is breaking European privacy laws

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  FT turns to cloud to manage advertising bookings

  Business newspaper replaces 20-year-old ad-booking system with a cloud-based service

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  Google to acquire City Guides app maker Jetpac

  Google is to acquire City Guides app firm Jetpac that used image recognition and neural network technology to recommend destinations

• August 15, 2014 15 Aug'14

  Network upgrade levels the playing field for Infiniti Red Bull Racing

  Formula One team Infiniti Red Bull Racing uses AT&T network and UC services to stay in the running after big changes to sporting regulations

• August 15, 2014 15 Aug'14

  Google Chrome warns of deceptive software downloads

  Google is to update its Chrome browser to warn users about deceptive software downloads

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  Company Magazine ditches print to go online only

  The womens’ monthly publication Company Magazine has announced it will become a standalone digital brand from October

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  BBC hands digital testing contract to Mindtree

  Multi-million pound contract awarded under the terms of the BBC Digital Services Framework initiative

• August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14

  Why John Linwood is not to blame for BBC’s failed technology project

  Former BBC CTO has won his case for unfair dismissal over the failed £100m DMI project, but what lessons can be learned?

• August 07, 2014 07 Aug'14

  Sacked BBC CTO wins unfair dismissal case

  Former BBC chief technology officer John Linwood has won his case for unfair dismissal against the broadcaster

• August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14

  Bauer Media Group invests €100m in digital startups

  Bauer Media has set up a venture capital fund with plans to invest €100m in digital technology through startups likely to provide return on investment

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  GCHQ certifies six cyber-security masters degrees

  GCHQ has certified six masters degrees focused on cyber-security as the government attempts develop the expertise required to make the UK as part of the National Cyber Security Programme.

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Russian blogger law comes into action

  A new information security law which places restrictions on Russian bloggers and social media users has come into force today

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Paddy Power hit by data breach in 2010

  Gambling firm Paddy Power owns up to 2010 data breach after recovering a compromised dataset in Canada

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  BT forges on with fibre roll-out but customer uptake weak

  BT rolls out fibre optic broadband across the UK at a steady pace but only 15% of fibre-ready premises sign up for the superfast internet service

• July 28, 2014 28 Jul'14

  Wikipedia ban edits from US Congress

  Wikipedia has imposed a ten-day block on edits from computers within US Congress building after the latest series of rogue edits

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Dr Who visual effects studio builds desktop as a service for graphics

  Jellyfish Pictures, the visual effects and animation studio behind Dr Who and the Line of Duty link has developed a DaaS for GPU

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Italy gives Google 18-month privacy compliance deadline

  The Italian data protection watchdog has given Google 18 months to comply with EU privacy laws

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Apple’s iPhone drives record quarterly profits

  Apple has reported profits of $7.75bn for the quarter ended 28 June 2014, an increase of 12% year on year

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  Hackers abuse Bitly API in novel attack, reports Websense

  A cyber attack targeting MSNBC highlights cybercriminals’ abuse of the public’s trust in news sites, says Websense Security Labs

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Technical glitch hits BBC iPlayer

  BBC iPlayer was affected by technical problems over the weekend, preventing some viewers from accessing TV on demand

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  UK anti-piracy campaign set to kick off in 2015

  A UK anti-piracy campaign aimed at educating people about copyright and legal ways to download digital content will begin in 2015

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  BBC 4G broadcast research wins support of Huawei and EE

  BBC Research and Development has teamed up with Huawei and EE to explore the role of 4G mobile networking in the future of broadcasting

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Apple expands 2FA feature to boost security

  Apple has expanded two-factor authentication for all its services to 48 more countries, bringing the total to 59

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Google beats Q2 revenue expectations

  Google has reported revenues of $15.96bn for the second quarter of the year, beating expectations

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  BBC News commits to digital investment amid loss of 220 jobs

  BBC News has announced a restructure where it will invest more into digital transformation and original journalism.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Yahoo shares up despite lacklustre quarter

  Yahoo’s shares rose slightly in after-hours trading despite a lacklustre quarter that saw profits fall by 18% and revenue by 3%

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  Legal challenge to UK surveillance set to kick off at Investigatory Powers Tribunal

  The biggest legal challenge to government’s powers to conduct mass internet surveillance takes place 14-18 July

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  The SDN state of play: first steps for the enterprise

  Software-defined networking experts say telcos will be first to push SDN ahead of enterprises and suggest how CIOs can prepare

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  Microsoft acts to block bogus crypto certificates

  Microsoft has acted to block bogus encryption certificates that could be used to attack computers running Windows

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  UK leads international partnership to fight financial malware

  The UK National Crime Agency is leading international collaboration between law enforcement and the private sector to fight bank theft malware

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  US government network hacked by Chinese cyber criminals

  Chinese hackers broke into a network of the US government agency that stores personal information on all federal employees

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  UK emergency surveillance legislation expected soon

  The government is expected to rush through emergency legislation to force UK communications providers to store customer data

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Cyber Essentials ensures SMEs protected, says Databarracks

  The government’s Cyber Essentials Scheme protects SMEs from cyber threats in a practical way, says IT services firm Databarracks

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Organisations fail to encrypt sensitive data, shows Infosecurity Europe survey

  More than a third of all organisations are failing to encrypt sensitive data sent outside their own systems, reveals a survey at Infosecurity Europe

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Why using voice biometrics is a good idea

  Banks and other organisations are turning to voice biometrics, but why do they believe the technology is good idea?

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Prominent muslim US citizens targeted by NSA spying, Snowden files show

  The NSA Prism surveillance programme targeted prominent muslim US citizens, shows a document leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Enisa gears up to focus on economic benefits of cyber security

  Enisa, plans to re-focus its efforts with a new strategy to put economic benefits at the forefront of all its activities

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Top hardware firms join forces on IoT standards

  Top hardware firms join forces to establish secure and reliable connectivity standards for the internet of things

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Smart light bulbs get security update

  Smart light bulb maker LIFX has issued a firmware update after security researchers exposed a security weakness

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Most NSA spy data relates to innocent internet users, report shows

  Study shows NSA's internet surveillance collects more data from ordinary internet users than legitimate targets

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Five arrested in crackdown on bogus UK government websites

  The National Trading Standards eCrime Team arrests five people in a crackdown on bogus government websites

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Crest welcomes Barclays CES certification

  Security certification body Crest has welcomed the first certification by a major organisation under the government’s new Cyber Essentials Scheme

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Security Think Tank: The dos and don’ts of a good incident response plan

  What does a good information security incident response plan look like?

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Google accused of censorship as it struggles with takedown requests

  Google has come under fire over some of the search links it is removing in Europe as it struggles to cope with the high volume of takedown requests

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  BBC Technology deploys private cloud for virtual local radio

  BBC Technology has developed a private cloud-based virtual local radio station built on commodity IT

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Cyber fraudsters net up to $3.75bn in Brazil

  Cyber criminals are thought to have stolen up to $3.75bn in a malware-based fraud operation targeting online payments in Brazil

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Integrating intelligence key to better security, says FireEye

  Security threat intelligence is vital, but challenging to implement, says FireEye

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  UK internet porn filters a failure, says Open Rights Group

  The Open Rights Group reveals UK ISP internet porn filters are blocking nearly one in five legitimate websites, including political commentary

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Facebook apologises over psychological experiments

  Facebook has apologised over the controversial psychological experiments carried out on 689,000 users without their consent in 2012

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  FireEye warns of new breed of Android malware

  Security researchers have discovered a new breed of mobile banking Android malware

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Symantec exposes hackers targeting power grids

  More than 1,000 energy companies have been compromised by an Eastern European hacking collective, says Symantec

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Formula 1 big data contest launches ahead of British Grand Prix

  Tata Communications has invited IT innovators to exploit the vast amounts of data in F1 racing to give fans and drivers new insights into the sport

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  ICO probes Facebook over psychology experiment data protection fears

  The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) investigates fears Facebook broke data protection laws with a psychology experiment on users

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Microsoft under fire over disruptive anti-crime operation

  Microsoft has come under fire after an operation aimed at taking down a criminal botnet disrupted traffic to millions of legitimate servers

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Government should consult more widely on cyber security, says NSSC

  Goverment should consult more widely on cyber security, says parliament's National Security Strategy Committee

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  BBC promotes R&D controller Matthew Postgate to CTO role

  The BBC has appointed its research and development (R&D) controller Matthew Postgate as the corporation's chief technology officer (CTO)

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Industrial control systems increasingly under attack, says Kaspersky

  Targeted attacks on industrial control systems take place on a regular and increasing basis, says Kaspersky Lab

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  Government can learn from private sector cyber security, says EY

  UK government could learn from the private sector’s approach to cyber security, says EY

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  DDoS attacks a growing concern for UK, BT study shows

  DDoS attacks are a growing concern for UK organisations, a study has revealed

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  Facebook under fire over secret experiment on users

  Facebook has come under fire for conducting a psychology experiment on 689,000 users without their consent

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Government behind UK cyber security economy

  The government says ensuring the UK has the cyber security skills it needs is about defence and economic growth

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Facebook moves Instagram photos out of Amazon and into own datacentre

  Facebook has moved all the user photos on Instagram out of Amazon’s cloud platform into its own internal datacentre and cut costs

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Wearable tech must comply with privacy laws, warns ICO

  Wearable technology must comply with UK data privacy laws, warns the ICO

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Google begins complying with European takedown requests

  Google has begun removing search results in response to takedown requests from European citizens

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  German government terminates Verizon contract over NSA snooping fears

  The German government has terminated a contract with Verizon over concerns of snooping by the National Security Agency (NSA)

• June 26, 2014 26 Jun'14

  BBC to trial UHD over IP network at Commonwealth Games

  The BBC will trial ultra-high definition broadcasts and IP network content delivery at a showcase during the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  Cloud access brokers top security technology, says Gartner

  Cloud access security brokers are the top security technology trend for 2014, according to Gartner

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  UK police forces fail to impress in ICO audit

  Only one out of 17 UK police forces audited by the ICO achieved the top assurance rating for compliance with data protection laws

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  Iraqis use Firechat app to bypass internet block

  Iraqis are using mesh messaging app Firechat to circumvent a government block on net access

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  Montana notifies 1.3 million residents of 11-month old data breach

  The US state of Montana has just notified 1.3 million residents of a data breach in the state health department that took place in July 2013

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  Cyber thieves tap over €500,000 from European bank

  Cyber thieves drained more than €500,000 from customers at a European bank in one week, researchers have discovered

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  Internet of things will put pressure on enterprise security, says Proofpoint

  The internet of things will give attackers more ways to deliver malware into the enterprise, says Proofpoint

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  Syrian hacktivists find new way to target Reuters

  Syrian hacktivists have found a new way of targeting Reuters, highlighting the need for greater supply chain security

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  Jihadists in Iraq hijack World Cup hashtags

  The militant Islamic group ISIS is hijacking Twitter hashtags for the 2014 World Cup to spread its message

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  NSA granted extension to collect phone data

  The NSA has been granted an extension of 90 days to continue collecting US phone records in bulk

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  CW500: Digital customer engagement

  The CW500 Club event in June blew away the myths around digital customer engagement

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  Growing call for anonymity online, says Cambridge researcher

  While it is difficult to be anonymous online, new technology is making it possible to protect users' privacy better, says a Cambridge researcher

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  UK divided on government role in cyberspace, survey shows

  UK citizens are divided on the role of government in cyberspace, a survey has revealed

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  Researchers find critical Android security problem in Google Play

  Researchers have discovered a critical security problem in Google Play, the official Android app store