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January 15, 2019
15
Jan'19
Nottingham Building Society boosts storage and saves power with Nexsan deployment
Building society ditches geriatric IBM storage array to gain reliability, boost capacity by 20 times and make energy savings with Nexsan, but rejects flash storage for spinning disk SAN
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January 14, 2019
14
Jan'19
Top UK hacker-for-hire jailed
Notorious British hacker-for-hire jailed for cyber attacks on a Liberian telco after an international criminal justice operation
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January 11, 2019
11
Jan'19
AI application overlooked in cyber security research
Despite the proliferation of cyber security products and services claiming to be driven by artificial intelligence, the application of the technology is being overlooked by research, a study shows
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January 11, 2019
11
Jan'19
Microsoft takes community approach to artificial intelligence in Sweden
Microsoft is making increasing use of artificial intelligence in Sweden as it shares experiences with the development community
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January 10, 2019
10
Jan'19
UK firms say £6.6bn annual security testing cost too high
Avord launches platform to reduce the multibillion-pound annual cyber security testing cost that most UK firms say is too high
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January 10, 2019
10
Jan'19
Enterprises are increasing the human workforce while deploying AI
Artificial intelligence is creating more jobs than it replaces, according to a study of businesses using the technology
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January 09, 2019
09
Jan'19
2FA bypass tool highlights top business security vulnerabilities
CEOs are the most likely target of two-factor authentication phishing bypasses, demonstrated by a security researcher’s proof-of-concept attack
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January 09, 2019
09
Jan'19
FireEye gears up email security for emerging threats
Email continues to be a top means of initiating cyber attacks with new detection bypass techniques and executive impersonation capabilities continually emerging, research shows
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January 08, 2019
08
Jan'19
Second Lorca cohort to focus on supply chain security
The second cohort of companies to benefit from the new London cyber innovation centre will focus on user-centric security and securing supply chains
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January 08, 2019
08
Jan'19
Protego Labs launches serverless app security tool
Security professionals and developers now have a way to assess the security of their serverless applications with a new open source testing tool donated to Owasp
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January 07, 2019
07
Jan'19
Boards need to be active partners in cyber defence
Board members must be active governance partners in collaborative cyber defence, says US regional information sharing and analysis organisation
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January 07, 2019
07
Jan'19
BlackBerry licenses security tech to IoT device makers
BlackBerry is to license its secure software development technology to the makers of internet-connected devices to boost IoT security
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January 04, 2019
04
Jan'19
Modern IT underlines need for zero-trust security
The increasing complexity of supply chains and interconnectivity of IT systems means the attack surface is widening and security has to evolve accordingly, warns British computer scientist
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January 04, 2019
04
Jan'19
Data breaches affected more than a billion people in 2018
The personal information of more than a billion people was compromised in 2018 as companies holding the data failed to keep it safe
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January 04, 2019
04
Jan'19
Phishing attacks hidden by custom fonts
Security researchers have uncovered a new way in which phishing attacks are evading detection.
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January 03, 2019
03
Jan'19
Fortinet to lead cyber security discussion at WEF annual summit
The head of cyber security firm Fortinet has been named as a discussion leader at the upcoming World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland
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January 02, 2019
02
Jan'19
Kaspersky Lab champions gender equality and digital child safety
Kaspersky Lab report highlights gender equality in the technology industry and child education about digital security
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January 02, 2019
02
Jan'19
Nordic digital transformation driven by traditional businesses
More traditional Nordic businesses are fuelling the region's digital transformation, finds report
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January 02, 2019
02
Jan'19
SMEs urged to get on board with Network Services 2 framework
Suppliers have until the end of January 2019 to sign up to the new government network services purchasing framework
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December 28, 2018
28
Dec'18
Top 10 HR technology stories of 2018
Companies are turning to artificial intelligence, robotic automation and chatbots to take the drudgery out of human resource management
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December 27, 2018
27
Dec'18
Top 10 Middle East stories of 2018
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Middle East enterprise IT stories of 2018
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December 24, 2018
24
Dec'18
Top 10 IT security stories of 2018
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 IT security stories of 2018
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December 21, 2018
21
Dec'18
Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2018
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cyber crime stories of 2018
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December 19, 2018
19
Dec'18
Top 10 broadband stories of 2018
The networking industry swung firmly behind full-fibre broadband in 2018, with encouraging signs that the gold-standard of broadband service delivery technology is at long last taking off in the UK
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December 18, 2018
18
Dec'18
Broadband coverage improved through 2018, says Ofcom
Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report reveals that the number of people who cannot receive a 10Mbps broadband connection has halved
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December 18, 2018
18
Dec'18
Ofcom fires starting gun for new mobile spectrum auction
Mobile spectrum in the 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz bands will be put up for auction either late in 2019 or early in 2020
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December 14, 2018
14
Dec'18
Iranian cyber espionage highlights human element
State-backed hackers in Iran have reportedly upped efforts to compromise US officials’ email accounts using phishing scams
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December 14, 2018
14
Dec'18
Australia passes controversial encryption law
Arguments continue over law that requires companies to work with government agencies to ensure that encrypted communications can be read if a crime is suspected
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December 13, 2018
13
Dec'18
Machine identity protection development gets funding boost
Cyber security firm Venafi has launched a development fund aimed at accelerating the delivery of protection for machine identities
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December 13, 2018
13
Dec'18
Social engineering at the heart of critical infrastructure attack
Social engineering is the core technique used in a series of cyber attacks targeting government, defence, nuclear, energy and financial organisations around the world, which means people are key to defence
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December 13, 2018
13
Dec'18
UK trade sector risks GDPR fines over poor data disposal
UK businesses in the trade sector are risking GDPR fines for failing to wipe data from old IT equipment, a survey shows
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December 13, 2018
13
Dec'18
Most UK retailers plan to up cyber security
The majority of UK retailers are planning to increase cyber security measures during the Christmas season, a survey reveals
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December 12, 2018
12
Dec'18
Criminals act like nation-state attackers in Russian campaign
Security researchers have uncovered evidence of a sustained effort targeting Russian state-owned critical infrastructure companies by financially motivated non-state actors
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December 11, 2018
11
Dec'18
Mac malware makes debut in top 10 list
Mac malware appears in the WatchGuard top 10 malware list for first time, and 6.8% of major websites still use an insecure SSL protocol, according to the firm’s latest internet security report
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December 10, 2018
10
Dec'18
O2 expected to pursue Ericsson for compensation over 24-hour stoppage
Mobile network operator could seek up to £100m in damages from its supplier, which failed to update expired software certificates, causing a day-long outage
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December 10, 2018
10
Dec'18
UK businesses feel let down by government on cyber security
Government needs to provide more support around cyber security issues in 2019, according to the majority of UK IT leaders polled
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December 07, 2018
07
Dec'18
Finnish government announces research and development ecosystem
Finland has launched an innovation ecosystem that will support IoT and AI developers amongst others
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December 07, 2018
07
Dec'18
Half of business leaders unaware of BPC cyber attacks
Half of management teams polled in 12 countries, including the UK, are unaware of business process compromise (BPC) attacks
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December 06, 2018
06
Dec'18
BT and KCOM named broadband USO suppliers
Ofcom has named BT, and in East Yorkshire, KCOM, as the designated providers for the incoming broadband universal service obligation
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December 06, 2018
06
Dec'18
Fileless malware surge, warns Malwarebytes report
Data from millions of consumers reveals an uptick in fileless malware and other new-generation malware that calls for a new cyber security approach, report reveals
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December 06, 2018
06
Dec'18
Software failure paralyses O2’s 4G network
O2 is racing to fix a major outage on its 4G network that has left millions of mobile subscribers without access to data services
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December 06, 2018
06
Dec'18
Adobe releases Flash patch for zero-day exploit
Emergency security update released for zero-day vulnerability that is being exploited in the wild via a Microsoft Office document, according to researchers
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December 05, 2018
05
Dec'18
Australia races towards commercial quantum computing
Universities make headway in the challenge of commercialising quantum computing
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December 05, 2018
05
Dec'18
Nominet brings security expertise and tech to market
The .uk domain registry is to bring its DNS expertise and technology developed for the NCSC to market to address cyber security ‘blindspot’
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December 05, 2018
05
Dec'18
Phishing at centre of cyber attack on Ukraine infrastructure
Phishing is one of the key tools used by cyber attackers against critical national infrastructure (CNI), as highlighted by attacks on telecommunications in Ukraine
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December 04, 2018
04
Dec'18
Financial institutions’ data at risk despite security spending
Despite increased spending on cyber security, digital transformation and advanced attacks mean financial institutions’ data is still at risk, a report reveals
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December 04, 2018
04
Dec'18
100 million Quora.com user details exposed
Question-and-answer site is the latest organisation to admit a breach of users’ personal data, with industry commentators calling out credential theft as a top cause of such breaches
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December 03, 2018
03
Dec'18
BT announces new head of security business
BT has appointed a former law enforcement officer and BT investigator as the new head of its security business
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December 03, 2018
03
Dec'18
Police investigations into cyber crime up 14% in a year
Officers forced to follow up over 2,500 complaints of Instagram, Facebook, email and website hacking, and Bitcoin ransom, despite a rise in violent crime, report reveals
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November 30, 2018
30
Nov'18
Cyber crime most significant harm in UK, says top cyber cop
Cyber crime is the most significant harm in the UK, according to the cyber lead at the City of London Police, which is the national lead for online crime