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June 16, 2015 16 Jun'15
Password management firm LastPass admits hack – but says password vault safe

LastPass admits system breach, but says it is confident its encryption measures are sufficient to protect users of its online password management service
June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15
Freedom of speech dominates Magna Carta for digital age

A world wide web that will not let companies pay to control it, and not let governments restrict the right to information is the most popular clause for a digital era Magna Carta
June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15
EU Data Protection Regulation to be finalised by end of 2015

The last phase of negotiation is set to begin to hammer out a final text of the new European General Data Protection Regulation
June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15
Chinese hackers are by-passing web privacy tools, say researchers

A new Chinese watering hole attack is exposing the details of visitors to certain websites even if they are using Tor browsers or VPNs, researchers have found

June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15
Wikimedia to encrypt all connections by default

The Wikimedia Foundation calls on all sites to join its move to encrypt all connections by default
June 12, 2015 12 Jun'15
Complacency about DDoS attacks puts businesses at risk, survey shows

Attention is turning to application data breaches, network attacks and malware, despite 60% of respondents saying they are worried about DDoS attacks, a survey shows
June 12, 2015 12 Jun'15
Twitter chief Dick Costolo to step down

Twitter co-founder and chairman Jack Dorsey will take over as interim chief until the board can find a replacement for Dick Costolo
June 11, 2015 11 Jun'15
Surveillance legislation needs verification, says Anderson report

The government, TechUK and Big Brother Watch welcome the Anderson report on surveillance legislation – but the civil liberties group calls for wider debate
June 11, 2015 11 Jun'15
Kaspersky Lab praised for handling of Duqu 2.0 cyber attack

Kaspersky Lab determined the best approach to cyber attack was to not only admit that it had been hacked, but also to provide extensive information on the malware
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
CERN picks Cisco to collaborate on advanced networking capabilities

Cisco joins CERN’s openlab industry partnership platform to help develop new computing infrastructure technology

June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
Vodafone launches home broadband service

Vodafone unveils its Vodafone Connect broadband and home phone package, offering headline speeds of 76Mbps
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
DDoS attacks starting to resemble APTs, warns Imperva

Like advanced persistent threats (APTs), many distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are characterised by long durations, repetition and changing attack vectors
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
US government websites to use encryption by 2017

A US government HTTPS-Only Standard directive requires that all federal websites accessible to the public must encrypt all data exchanges
June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
Local government blind to internet of things savings

A report from Vodafone says local councils could save billions by implementing smart city systems, but are ignorant to the possibilities
June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
O2 pulls out of ESN mobile network bid process

O2 pulls out of the bidding process to supply the new Emergency Services Network 4G broadband voice and data network, leaving EE the presumptive provider
June 08, 2015 08 Jun'15
New rules to make switching broadband provider easier

New rules designed to make it easier for consumers and businesses to switch broadband provider are to come into force on 20 June
June 08, 2015 08 Jun'15
Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance to get backpack comms hubs

The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Trust is to assist in the design and development of a backpack-mounted communications system
June 04, 2015 04 Jun'15
Ed Vaizey to chair Digital Infrastructure Taskforce for broadband and mobile

Digital economy minister Ed Vaizey will take charge of a Digital Infrastructure Taskforce focused on broadband, mobile and the digital economy
June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15
Law enforcement officers weigh in on encryption at Infosecurity Europe

Law enforcement officers have called for greater co-operation with the tech industry and the public to enable access to electronic communications for targeted surveillance
June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15
City of Groningen to create smart city infrastructure

Groningen in the Netherlands signs a memorandum of understanding with Huawei to develop a smart city infrastructure
June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15
Sourcing must adapt to digital business goals, says Gartner

Businesses need to change their sourcing strategies if they are to keep pace with the digital revolution, says analyst organisation Gartner
June 02, 2015 02 Jun'15
Vodafone adds Caribbean 4G roaming for summer holidays

Vodafone extends its 4G services to a number of destinations – including Caribbean holiday hotspots – for UK customers travelling abroad
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
Still a long way to go on US surveillance reform, say critics

Critics say reforms contained in the US Freedom bill do not go far enough to achieve significant surveillance reform
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
BBC tests 4G broadcasting at FA Cup final

The BBC turns to EE to test out 4G-powered mobile broadcasting during the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
Telent deploys Unify Circuit to support public sector bid processes

Managed network services provider Telent deploys Unify’s Circuit unified communications system to manage a growing number of public sector bids
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
Most of more than 733,000 police communications data requests approved

Big Brother Watch is calling for a curb on the scale of police access to communications data and greater transparency in the use of this data
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
Tim Berners-Lee concerned by expanded snoopers’ charter

Tim Berners-Lee calls on government to prove it can build an electronic communication monitoring system that is accountable to UK citizens
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
Top six enterprise IT priorities in the Nordics

The future of enterprise IT looks bright in the Nordic region, with growing focus on datacentre investments, national cloud and automatisation
May 28, 2015 28 May'15
Internet of things and smart cities need UK-wide consensus

At a TechUK event, delegates call for cross-body collaboration on IoT to ensure local authority CIOs get the best from the emerging technology
May 28, 2015 28 May'15
Yahoo to face US class action lawsuit over email spying allegations

US judge gives green light for lawsuit filed by non-Yahoo mail account holders, who say Yahoo is analysing emails sent to Yahoo Mail accounts
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
Queen’s Speech sets out plans for new snoopers' charter

The Queen’s Speech confirmed that the government will introduce legislation to modernise the law on communications data
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
TfL kicks off network tower procurement

TfL is to begin £400m network tower procurement exercise in June
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
More responsive PSN security compliance regime goes live

Following a successful public beta of the updated Public Services Network compliance regime, the process has now gone live
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
North-east England becomes superconnected region

Enhanced business broadband Connection Voucher scheme rolled out across north-east England
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
High-value personal data targeted in 100,000 US taxpayer data harvest

Hackers who harvested 100,000 US taxpayers’ personal data using data from previous breaches were targeting high-value personal data, say experts
May 26, 2015 26 May'15
Ofcom to auction MoD spectrum later in 2015

Ofcom forges ahead with plans to release spectrum for high-speed mobile broadband services
May 22, 2015 22 May'15
EE and O2 go head-to-head to provide ESN mobile network

Home Office names EE and O2 among the preferred bidders to build the new Emergency Services Network
May 22, 2015 22 May'15
Fido Alliance launches authentication standards certification

The Fido Alliance, which seeks to eliminate the world’s dependency on password-based security, has launched a certification programme
May 22, 2015 22 May'15
Researchers raise privacy concerns about Bluetooth Low Energy devices

Researchers have raised privacy concerns about a growing number of devices using Bluetooth Low Energy technology
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
Connected cars driving into mobile traffic jams

Mobile network operators may face significant traffic management challenges as more connected cars take to the roads, says study
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
Telstra Pacnet hack shows telcos are a prime target, say security experts

Cyber breach of Telstra’s Asian subsidiary, Pacnet, underlines the importance of cyber defences in the telecoms industry, say security commentators
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
G.fast ultrafast broadband test lab opens in Swansea

BT kicks off trials of G.fast broadband technology in Swansea and opens a new test lab for startups
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
BT and BDUK failed to make costs transparent, says report

A major report on BDUK commissioned by DCMS identifies a number of failures around the transparency of the scheme’s costs
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
US group calls to keep encryption strong as UK snoopers’ charter set to return

A coalition of top cryptologists and several large technology firms have sent a letter urging the US government to preserve strong encryption
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
ICO calls for practical approach to data protection

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called for a more practical approach to data protection regulation
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
Vodafone returns to quarterly revenue growth

A minute rise in quarterly sales gives mobile network operator Vodafone hope that its financial situation is now stabilising
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
York businesses invited to register interest in UFO network

Sky and TalkTalk prepare to open up their ultrafast fibre-optic (UFO) network for business in York
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
Colt deploys 100GbE European Supercore network

Colt enhances connectivity into key European commercial trading centres, including London and Frankfurt, with its Supercore network
May 18, 2015 18 May'15
BT appeals to competition watchdog over EE acquisition

BT claims its proposed acquisition of mobile network operator EE will be good for competition, investment and innovation
May 15, 2015 15 May'15
UK law enforcers support snoopers’ charter

Three of the UK’s law enforcement chiefs have come out in support of a revival of the so-called snoopers’ charter to monitor electronic communications
May 15, 2015 15 May'15
Ofcom proposals will force BT to open dark fibre network

Ofcom publishes a proposal to shake up the £2bn leased line market by granting other operators full access to BT’s dark fibre network
May 14, 2015 14 May'15
Venom is serious, but no Heartbleed, say experts

Security researchers have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the virtual floppy drive code used by many virtualisation platforms
May 14, 2015 14 May'15
BDUK broadband hitting 6,800 homes per million pounds spent

Statistics released by the government give fresh insight into the value for money being generated by BDUK's superfast broadband roll-out
May 14, 2015 14 May'15
Vodafone bemoans 4G business laggards

A survey of 4G take-up in business by Vodafone has revealed many businesses are struggling to understand how it can help them
May 14, 2015 14 May'15
TalkTalk not buying Tesco Mobile

TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding tells the BBC she is not going to acquire mobile virtual network operator Tesco Mobile
May 13, 2015 13 May'15
Verizon boosts IoT ambitions with AOL acquisition

Verizon Communications signs $4.4bn deal to acquire AOL in bid to drive growth through digital, video and the internet of things
May 12, 2015 12 May'15
FBI arrests two men for Photobucket intrusion app

US authorities arrest two men on suspicion of developing an app that enabled users to steal credentials to access accounts for image site Photobucket
May 12, 2015 12 May'15
Microsoft bids for security edge with new browser

In a bid to end years of Internet Explorer security woes, Microsoft is betting that its still-to-be-released Edge browser will meet the challenges of increasingly sophisticated online hacker attacks
May 11, 2015 11 May'15
DCMS gets new boss in cabinet shuffle

John Whittingdale replaces Sajid Javid as culture secretary at DCMS as David Cameron puts together the first majority Tory cabinet in almost 20 years
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
Theresa May signals Tory majority could revive snoopers’ charter

Theresa May has indicated the party could revive the so-called "snoopers’ charter" to monitor electronic communications
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
Identity is key to meeting IoT security challenges, says NetIQ

The IoT will not necessarily introduce new cyber threats, but it will amplify those we are already facing, says NetIQ solutions consulting director
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
The IoT industry needs to do more to secure data, says Beecham Research

There are key areas where the industry supporting the internet of things (IoT) needs to provide better security, according to Beecham Research
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
NSA phone metadata tracking ruled illegal

The US National Security Agency (NSA) bulk collection of mobile phone metadata revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013 has been ruled unlawful by a federal appeal court
May 07, 2015 07 May'15
BT sales down at end of landmark year

In fourth quarter and full-year results, BT revealed its revenues fell 2%
May 07, 2015 07 May'15
City of London Police crack counterfeit Cisco ring

Detectives dismantle a criminal operation suspected of importing, exporting and selling fake Cisco hardware
May 06, 2015 06 May'15
German car makers eyeing Nokia Here mapping service

Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz said to be planning a bid for Nokia’s Here mapping division to keep the unit in European hands
May 05, 2015 05 May'15
HP targets carriers with NFV system and services

HP launches integrated hardware, software and services platform to support carriers and comms services providers as they virtualise their networks
May 01, 2015 01 May'15
Memset blasts BT over PSN Protected deployment delays at Surrey datacentre

IaaS provider turns attention to closing down more public sector deals now PSN Protected network is finally in place
April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15
Vodafone sends network in a backpack to Nepal earthquake zone

Vodafone’s charitable arm, the Vodafone Foundation, deploys instant mini networks to help restore communications in quake-hit Nepal
April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15
Samsung beats first-quarter forecasts with $44.2bn revenues

Samsung Electronics posts first-quarter revenue of KRW 47.12tn ($44.2bn) and KRW 5.98tn operating profit, beating the company’s forecasts
April 28, 2015 28 Apr'15
Brewer Marston’s ISP upgrades core network with SSE

Marston’s house networking unit Marston’s Telecoms rolls out a resilient nationwide network to accommodate demand for its managed services offering
April 28, 2015 28 Apr'15
MVNO Lebara deploys Huawei digital wallet for mobile services

Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Lebara deploys an online charging system, developed by Huawei, to support a digital wallet service
April 28, 2015 28 Apr'15
iPhone, Mac and App Store drive Apple’s best ever March quarter

Apple has reported revenue of $58bn and net profit of $13.6bn for the quarter ending 28 March 2015
April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15
BT sets out ambition to become enterprise's cloud integrator of choice

BT outlines its 'Cloud of Clouds' vision to allow users to access cloud apps and services, regardless of where their systems are hosted
April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15
Huawei calls for global consensus on the future network

At its Global Analyst Summit, Huawei calls on the networking industry to collaborate to optimise the network for future demands
April 17, 2015 17 Apr'15
Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent: a grand European networking alliance

Nokia's €16bn acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent will bring big changes to the European networking landscape
April 17, 2015 17 Apr'15
Ofcom: Openreach future is on the table

Ofcom chief executive Sharon White says she will consider the future of Openreach as a BT business in a major review of the telco industry
April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15
Nokia buys Alcatel-Lucent

Networking suppliers hook up in £11.2bn deal with grand aims when it comes to network innovation
April 13, 2015 13 Apr'15
Broadband equipment market spikes as fibre subscribers boom

Worldwide revenues from broadband customer premises equipment spiked in 2014 as subscriber numbers boomed and ISPs rolled out more fibre
April 10, 2015 10 Apr'15
French TV5Monde network cyber attack the latest in destructive trend in system intrusions

The cyber attack on French television network TV5Monde is the latest in a growing list of incursions intended to destroy data and IT systems
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
Linux Foundation to host open encryption project

The Linux Foundation is to host an open encryption project aimed at providing a free and easy way to protect online data
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
InfoVista buys Ipanema to boost application performance offer

Network management supplier InfoVista buys application and network performance firm Ipanema to realise software-defined WAN ambitions
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
Facebook faces privacy class action suit in Austria

Privacy campaigner Max Schrems leads a 25,000-strong class action lawsuit in Vienna against Facebook, claiming it breached European privacy law
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
Mixed reaction to AT&T’s $25m data breach penalty

A $25m fine by the US Federal Communications Commission on AT&T for data breaches at call centres has received a mixed reaction
April 07, 2015 07 Apr'15
EE offers Wi-Fi voice on Lumia 640 and Samsung Galaxy S6 devices

EE launches a voice over Wi-Fi service to customers using selected handsets
April 01, 2015 01 Apr'15
Facebook rejects report alleging privacy policy breaches EU laws

Facebook has rejected as inaccurate a report alleging that its privacy policy violates European law
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
Brecon Beacons National Park soups up staff comms with Unify

Brecon Beacons National Park Authority deploys Unify’s OpenScape voice technology to keep remote staff and home workers in touch
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
Huawei not spying on UK, concludes Oversight Board report

A UK security probe into Huawei’s technology has concluded that the company has not presented any risk to national security
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
Government smart meter project should be "halted, altered or scrapped"

The Institute of Directors has weighed in on the controversial smart meter rollout and called for the scheme to be halted, altered or scrapped in its current form
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud

Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
EU single digital market will boost networks and economic growth

The European Commission has highlighted the three main areas of focus in its digital single market strategy
March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15
Ovum urges service providers to get serious about cloud security

Analyst Ovum's report into enterprise cloud adoption warns service providers to stop treating customers' security as an afterthought
March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15
Europe’s highest court considers future of online data privacy

The European Court of Justice has begun considering a case that could decide how Europeans’ data will be shared with US internet firms in future
March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15
Google warns of fake digital certificates

Google has warned of unauthorised digital certificates issued for several of its domains that could be used to intercept data traffic
March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15
Trade body and ISP file first legal challenges against US net neutrality rules

A US broadband trade body and ISP Alamo have filed the first legal challenges to the FCC's recently approved net neutrality rules
March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15
Half of English councils won’t reach BDUK coverage target

Almost half of local authorities in England don’t think they’ll reach the government’s 95% broadband coverage target in the allotted timeframe
March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15
Hyperoptic moves into business broadband

Urban fibre supplier launches first leased line and business broadband products to the market after lengthy trials
March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15
Facebook photo leak flaw raises security concerns

A Facebook mobile code vulnerability, which exposed private photos to hackers, has raised questions about the safety of the social network’s coding
March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15
Queens Park Rangers signs BT as official comms provider

QPR football club inks a multi-year deal with BT Business to supply voice and networking services at Loftus Road
March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15
Ofcom finalises BT wholesale broadband pricing rules

Ofcom finalises plans to introduce wholesale broadband pricing rules to promote competition and investment in superfast broadband