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• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Huge rise in rogue banking apps driving fraud attacks

  Fraud perpetrated through fake mobile apps purporting to be from legitimate banks has seen a statistically significant spike, says RSA

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Pitney Bowes ‘considering options’ after malware attack

  Mailing and shipping services firm in recovery mode after key systems were encrypted by a malware attack

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  Kroger drives data-driven customer experience

  Scott Crawford, data science lead at 84.51°, the data business at US grocery retailer Kroger, discusses data projects and iterative programmes

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  UKtech50 2019 – help us find the most influential people in UK technology

  Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK technology reaches its 10th anniversary – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year’s list

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  John Lewis Partnership sells its automation to business

  The John Lewis Partnership will expand its use of automation technology as its early projects bear fruit

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  Five million DoorDash customers’ details lost in data breach

  Takeaway delivery service was breached in May 2019, resulting in the data of millions of users and delivery drivers being stolen

• September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

  Enterprises can hire software robots at the push of a button

  IPsoft is beta testing a marketplace where businesses can look at what software robots are available and interview them about their suitability to take roles

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Ecuador citizens’ data breach holds lessons for enterprises

  What caused the mass breach of Ecuadorian citizens’ data, and what can businesses learn from it?

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  US lawmakers demand internal Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon documents in antitrust probe

  US lawmakers have given big tech companies a deadline to disclose a wide range of documents as the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan investigation into competition gathers pace

• September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19

  Gartner Catalyst: Prepare for web giants crushing your industry

  Companies like Amazon and Alibaba are taking a bigger chunk of the customer journey, but they are also spreading across industry sectors

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Ditch hoodies and hackers to encourage diverse security recruitment

  The cyber security industry needs to address a systemic image problem if it is to succeed in recruiting more diverse teams

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  When AIs go to war: Autonomous cyber weapons ‘inevitable’

  CISOs must start thinking about how to engage with intelligent, adaptive, non-human attackers, says Trend Micro’s Rik Ferguson

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Industry opposition to no-deal Brexit hardens, says TechUK

  A survey of TechUK members has found that 71% believe a no-deal Brexit at the end of October will negatively affect them in spite of their preparations

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Mirai descendants dominate IoT threat environment

  Attacks leveraging compromised IoT devices are growing in size, scale and frequency, report security experts at F-Secure and Trend Micro, with Mirai-related botnets a major source of trouble

• September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

  GDPR non-compliance worse than feared

  Over half of UK businesses do not yet appear to be fully GDPR-compliant, and many have de-prioritised their compliance efforts