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IT for retail and logistics
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May 24, 2022
24
May'22
Ransomware volumes grew faster than ever in 2021
Verizon’s annual DBIR assessment of the security landscape highlights an unprecedented boom in ransomware volumes, to the surprise of nobody
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May 23, 2022
23
May'22
Government has no plans to review controversial court rules on computer evidence
Government accused of ‘passing the buck’ and ‘not knowing what it is talking about’ after stating it has no plans to review court rules on computer evidence
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May 19, 2022
19
May'22
Deliveroo accused of ‘soft union busting’ with GMB deal
Smaller grassroots unions have criticised Deliveroo and GMB for making a “hollow” deal that will ultimately undermine workers’ self-organising efforts
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May 18, 2022
18
May'22
Mastercard biometric programme will allow payment authentication by smile
Mastercard is inviting banks and merchants to join a programme to set standards for biometric payments technology
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May 17, 2022
17
May'22
Post Office scandal victim calls for government’s role in silencing victims to be investigated
Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal in Scotland raise further questions about Post Office and government conduct
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May 17, 2022
17
May'22
(ISC)² to train 100,000 cyber pros in UK
Security association (ISC)² unveils ambitious UK training programme
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May 17, 2022
17
May'22
Controversial Post Office IT system to be replaced by 2025
Work is ongoing by the Post Office to replace the controversial Horizon retail and accounting system used in nearly 12,000 branches
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May 13, 2022
13
May'22
Amazon shareholders to vote on audit of working conditions
Amazon shareholders will vote on whether the company has to conduct an independent audit on the working conditions and treatment of its warehouse workers, following the e-commerce giant’s unsuccessful attempt to dismiss the proposal
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May 12, 2022
12
May'22
Fashion tech investment grew 66% during pandemic
As the pandemic caused an increase in online shopping, fashion businesses began investing in technology to help them match customer demand
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May 11, 2022
11
May'22
CyberUK 22: Five Eyes focuses on MSP security
The western intelligence community has set out practical steps IT service providers and their customers can take to protect themselves
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May 11, 2022
11
May'22
Cyber accreditation body Crest forges new training partnerships
Crest says partnerships with Hack The Box and Immersive Labs will enhance its members’ defensive and offensive security skills
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May 11, 2022
11
May'22
Microsoft fixes three zero-days on May Patch Tuesday
It’s the second-to-last Patch Tuesday as we know it, and Microsoft has fixed a total of 75 bugs, including three zero-days
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May 10, 2022
10
May'22
CCRC to contact 88 more former subpostmasters with potentially wrongful convictions
The Criminal Cases Review Commission is to contact 88 more potentially wrongfully convicted Post Office workers
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May 10, 2022
10
May'22
CyberUK 22: Cyber leaders affirm UK’s whole-of-society strategy
On the opening day of CyberUK 2022, GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming and NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron have spoken of their commitment to the government’s ambition for a whole-of-society cyber strategy
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May 10, 2022
10
May'22
Post Office scandal inquiry chair brings forward urgent compensation hearings
The chair of the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry has brought forward hearings about compensation as victims warn that at this rate “people will die” before they get anything
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May 10, 2022
10
May'22
CyberUK 22: NCSC refreshes cloud security guidance
The National Cyber Security Centre is revising its cloud guidance as increasing uptake of potentially vulnerable cloud services puts more organisations at risk of compromise
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May 10, 2022
10
May'22
European retailers see embedded finance as a revenue builder
Retailers and e-commerce businesses are working with tech suppliers to embed financial products and services in their customer offerings
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May 09, 2022
09
May'22
Post Office scandal victims in Scotland to tell their stories, raising questions of law
Inquiry into Post Office scandal moves to Scotland, with differences in English and Scottish law raising further serious questions about subpostmaster prosecutions
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May 06, 2022
06
May'22
John Lewis to hire more than 150 tech workers
As the retail group continues its drive to digitise, the John Lewis Partnership is aiming to hire more than 150 tech workers
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May 05, 2022
05
May'22
Swedish digital entrepreneur interview: Haider Abdo
Consumer demands changed during Covid-19 and Swedish entrepreneur Haider Abdo has used this as a platform to take niche startup to the next level in the retail sector
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May 05, 2022
05
May'22
Prepare for smart robot revolution
While industrial robots are well established, smart robots are being deployed across retail and logistics – but much of the tech is still nascent
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May 04, 2022
04
May'22
Judicial intervention 'inevitable' as Post Office compensation valuation falls short
Lawyer negotiating compensation for victims of Post Office scandal says the two sides are 'poles apart' on valuations
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May 03, 2022
03
May'22
Post Office scandal CEO could be stripped of CBE
Honours Forfeiture Committee to review Paula Vennells’ CBE in the light of Post Office scandal
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April 28, 2022
28
Apr'22
Ransomware recovery costs dwarf actual ransoms
The cost of recovering from a ransomware attack far outweighs the ransoms now being demanded by cyber criminals, according to recent data
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April 28, 2022
28
Apr'22
Sanders calls on Biden to cut off federal contracts with Amazon
In an open letter, senator Bernie Sanders urges the US president to fulfil a campaign promise to stop union-busting companies from winning federal government contracts
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April 27, 2022
27
Apr'22
Log4Shell, ProxyLogon, ProxyShell among most exploited bugs of 2021
These 15 CVEs were the most commonly exploited last year, and if you haven’t mitigated against them, now is the time
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April 27, 2022
27
Apr'22
Ransomware victims paying out when they don’t need to
Sophos’s annual State of Ransomware report shows dramatic increases in the impact of ransomware attacks, but also finds many organisations are paying ransoms when they don’t need to
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April 27, 2022
27
Apr'22
Government digital ignorance puts Dutch economy at risk
In this interview, Michiel Steltman, managing director of Digital Infrastructure Netherlands, tells Computer Weekly why the Dutch digital economy is at risk due to a lack of knowledge and understanding at government level
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April 27, 2022
27
Apr'22
Police question former Fujitsu worker again in Post Office scandal perjury investigation
Police have interviewed a former Fujitsu employee for the third time in the investigation into potential perjury during trials of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters
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April 26, 2022
26
Apr'22
BCS passes defiant Ukrainian tech industry message to its members
BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, has passed on a message from Ukrainian IT suppliers that the country is open for, and in need of, business
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April 26, 2022
26
Apr'22
Emotet tests new tricks to thwart enhanced security
The operators of the Emotet botnet seem to be trying to find a way to get around recent changes made by Microsoft to better protect its users
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April 25, 2022
25
Apr'22
Post Office scandal victims still waiting for compensation a year after convictions overturned
Former subpostmasters at the centre of one of biggest miscarriage of justice in modern history are still waiting for compensation a year after their wrongful convictions were overturned
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April 22, 2022
22
Apr'22
Asda adopts Workday as part of digital transformation
As Asda undergoes a digital transformation as part of its separation from Walmart, the supermarket has adopted Workday to manage its 140,000 employees
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April 21, 2022
21
Apr'22
Tech to account for over half of regulatory compliance spending
By 2026, regtech will account for more than half of the money that businesses spend on compliance with regulations
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April 21, 2022
21
Apr'22
More Scottish subpostmaster conviction reviews expected as part of Post Office scandal
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission expects more subpostmasters with potential wrongful convictions to come forward
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April 20, 2022
20
Apr'22
How Veeam helped grocery chain Franprix escape its backup hell
French supermarket chain had backup windows that ran well into the next working day and restoring deleted files could take days. It chose Veeam in a contest with Cohesity
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April 13, 2022
13
Apr'22
WatchGuard firewall users urged to patch Cyclops Blink vulnerability
The US authorities have seen fit to add the WatchGuard vulnerability used by Sandworm to build the Cyclops Blink botnet to its list of must-patch vulnerabilities
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April 13, 2022
13
Apr'22
Microsoft patches two zero-days, 10 critical bugs
Patch Tuesday is here once again. This month, security teams must fix two privilege escalation zero-days in the Windows Common Log File System Driver and the Windows User Profile Service
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April 11, 2022
11
Apr'22
Mastercard opens European tech hub in Dublin
Mastercard is doubling its technology workforce in Dublin through a new European tech hub in the Irish capital
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April 07, 2022
07
Apr'22
Amazon workers defeat company to form first US union
Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York, have successfully formed the first union at the company, with organisers pledging to help their colleagues across the US do the same
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April 07, 2022
07
Apr'22
European IT and BPO outsourcing off to strong start
European IT and business process outsourcing services continue to increase rapidly, with cloud-based services now more than half of the total
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April 05, 2022
05
Apr'22
Discount retailer The Works hit by cyber attack
A small number of The Works’ bricks-and-mortar stores were forced to close amid a cyber attack of an undisclosed nature
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April 05, 2022
05
Apr'22
Triple-threat Borat malware no joke for victims
Unlike its namesake, the newly discovered Borat malware won’t raise a smile for IT security pros
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April 05, 2022
05
Apr'22
Saudi Arabian ICT sector hits $32.1bn after strong pandemic response
The Saudi Arabian IT and communications sector is recovering strongly from the Covid-19 pandemic
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April 04, 2022
04
Apr'22
Fujitsu bags £430m government contracts despite rising cost of Post Office Horizon scandal
Fujitsu has won two huge government IT contracts, worth over £400m, while taxpayers face footing the massive bill for the Post Office scandal caused by its software
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April 04, 2022
04
Apr'22
Environmental campaigners halt Meta datacentre construction in the Netherlands
Datacentre being built to serve ‘metaverse’ worlds would consume nearly half as much energy as all other datacentres in the country
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April 01, 2022
01
Apr'22
Four moves to ‘checkmate’ critical assets thanks to lax cloud security
Malicious actors can compromise 94% of critical assets within four steps of the initial breach point, according to a report
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March 30, 2022
30
Mar'22
Compensation goal finally in sight for 555 Post Office scandal victims
The subpostmaster campaign group which exposed the Post Office Horizon scandal could be close to achieving the objective it was established for, with fair compensation for its members in sight
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March 30, 2022
30
Mar'22
One-third of UK firms suffer a cyber attack every week
New statistics from the annual DCMS Cyber security breaches survey reveal the extent and frequency with which UK organisations are being attacked by malicious actors
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March 29, 2022
29
Mar'22
NCSC: Not necessarily wise to ditch Kaspersky
UK’s National Cyber Security Centre issues refreshed guidance on organisations’ usage of technology and services of Russian origin, but stops short of advising users to expunge all Russian products from their IT estates