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• July 26, 2016 26 Jul'16

  O2 denies data breach

  Cyber criminals have accessed some O2 customer accounts to steal personal details and offer them for sale, but O2 says it was not breached and password re-use is to blame

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  Yahoo confirms nearly $5bn sale deal with Verizon

  Verizon Communications to boost its advertising business by acquiring Yahoo's client database in a $4.83bn deal

• July 22, 2016 22 Jul'16

  Jihadists’ digital tools revealed

  A report by dark web intelligence firm Flashpoint reveals how jihadist groups use common security and other tools to hide their digital communications from national security forces

• July 22, 2016 22 Jul'16

  Facebook completes first flight of UK internet drone

  Facebook has completed the first test flight in a year-long programme for its UK-developed Aquila drone designed to enable internet connections in remote areas, using high-speed laser communications

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  IT outsourcing falls steeply in second quarter but IT as a service sees strong growth

  Sales of IT as a service growth in Europe helped offset a huge fall in the total value of traditional IT and business process outsourcing contracts

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  Intel’s cloud and IoT-focused businesses deliver disappointing growth

  Intel says its transformation to focus on cloud and IoT is on track, but these key business areas fail to deliver as much growth as expected

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  BT broadband users hit by UK-wide outage

  Telecommunications giant incurs the wrath of BT broadband users after thousands struggle to get online, following power outage at third-party datacentre provider

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  Private data should only be kept for ‘serious crime’, says European Court

  European Court of Justice lays down the limits of data retention following legal challenge by two UK MPs, and David Davis withdraws his name from legal action after assuming a post in Theresa May’s cabinet

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  BT accused of under-investing in Openreach, prompting renewed calls for business split

  The Culture, Media and Sport Committee calls for operation and investment overhaul for Openreach, and claims failure to deliver on this should prompt Ofcom to order breakaway from BT

• July 18, 2016 18 Jul'16

  Oracle targets cloud sales at Asia Pacific’s mid-sized firms

  Software giant aims to hire 1,000 professionals to drive mid-market growth in Apac region

• July 15, 2016 15 Jul'16

  O2 boss Ronan Dunne steps down

  Telefónica UK CEO Ronan Dunne is to leave the business in August, and will be replaced with current CFO Mark Evans

• July 15, 2016 15 Jul'16

  Elizabeth Denham to start as UK information commissioner on 18 July 2016

  Canadian Elizabeth Denham is to begin work as the UK’s information commissioner after a three-week delay

• July 15, 2016 15 Jul'16

  Tech industry welcomes Microsoft victory in data access case

  Tech firms, civil liberties groups and trade bodies welcome what could be a landmark ruling by a US court in protecting the privacy of cloud services

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  Australia’s new government under pressure to hit broadband targets

  Newly elected conservative coalition government will see Australia’s National Broadband Network plan become a higher priority

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  Internet of things accounts for a quarter of IT budgets, claims Vodafone

  The latest edition of Vodafone’s annual Internet of Things Barometer suggests that the IoT commands as much attention as cloud or data analytics

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  Cyber attacks cost UK business more than £34bn a year, study shows

  Nearly half of UK firms lack advanced cyber defences, despite the high level of concern about cyber attacks and associated costs

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  UK business unlikely to dodge EU cyber security rules post-Brexit

  The UK’s Brexit vote has thrown many businesses into uncertainty and doubt about whether they will have comply with the cyber security rules coming out of the EU

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  EC gives Google extension in Android case but adds charges

  The European Commission has given Google an extension to respond to charges relating to Android, but has added fresh charges concerning its advertising business

• July 13, 2016 13 Jul'16

  ISP calls on Theresa May to eject Ed Vaizey from broadband role

  Wholesale internet service provider Entanet calls on Theresa May to replace digital economy minister Ed Vaizey at the helm of the UK’s broadband roll-out

• July 13, 2016 13 Jul'16

  Business lacks certainty despite official adoption of EU-US Privacy Shield

  The European Commission has adopted the EU-US Privacy Shield framework, but businesses still lack clarity and assurance on transatlantic personal data transfers

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  IBM sets up security centre in Canberra

  IBM leads the charge as large private businesses invest heavily in security resources across Australia in an attempt to close the security gap

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  Google boasts of security as Pokémon Go invades Google accounts

  Google claims it is notifying customers of the 4,000 state-sponsored cyber attacks a month amid security concerns about Pokémon Go, developed by Google spinoff Niantic

• July 11, 2016 11 Jul'16

  Broadband certification attracts business tenants to Old Street offices

  Property developer Derwent London pre-lets over 100,000 sq ft of office space after securing highest level of broadband connectivity accreditation from rating body WiredScore

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Cisco UK and Ireland CEO Phil Smith steps down after 22 years

  Phil Smith announces he is stepping down from the day-to-day running of Cisco’s UK and Ireland business to take up the role of chairman

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  McLaren-Honda rebuilds network platform on NTT foundations

  McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team embarks on three-year technology partnership with NTT Communications

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Vodafone launches mobile scheme for community hubs

  Vodafone’s Community Indoor Sure Signal scheme builds on its Rural Open Sure Signal programme to provide indoor mobile coverage in community hubs

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Anglian Water picks Arqiva to run smartmeter network

  Network supplier Arqiva is to build a fixed network in Newmarket to showcase a trial smartmeter project

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  Openreach starts duct and pole sharing trials for broadband delivery

  Openreach enlists five broadband services providers to take part in a trial of processes for sharing access to its duct and pole infrastructure

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  HummingBad Android malware highlights worrying trend, say researchers

  Security researchers uncover a cyber crime operating model that provides financial self-sufficiency, which they fear will enable larger and more sophisticated campaigns in the future

• July 05, 2016 05 Jul'16

  Virtual reality finds fans at Reading University

  Professors at Reading University see virtual reality as an increasingly important research and teaching tool in science and arts subjects

• July 05, 2016 05 Jul'16

  Industrialised cyber crime disrupting business, report reveals

  A majority of businesses do not comprehend the methods and motivations of cyber attackers or fully understand the scale of the threat, a BT-KPMG report reveals

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  CityFibre and Gigaclear partner to close rural broadband gap

  Backhaul supplier and ultrafast ISP form strategic partnership to boost broadband speeds in rural areas

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  A second US man pleads guilty to hacking celebrity accounts

  A second US hacker faces five years in jail after a guilty plea for hacking into celebrity accounts and stealing private images that were leaked online in 2014

• July 01, 2016 01 Jul'16

  China-based Android Trojan netting $500,000 a day

  Security researchers say fast-spreading Hummer Android malware could be netting cyber criminals around $500,000 a day for installing porn and other apps on mobile phones

• July 01, 2016 01 Jul'16

  First fatality for self-drive cars as Tesla driver killed in crash

  US authorities have launched an investigation after the driver of a Tesla Model S was killed in what is believed to be the first fatality involving an self-drive vehicle

• June 30, 2016 30 Jun'16

  LizardStresser IoT botnet launches 400Gbps DDoS attack

  Attack groups using the LizardStresser botnet are exploiting IoT devices to mount massive DDoS attacks without using amplification techniques, say researchers

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  IT services sector faces freeze amid Brexit wrangling

  The IT services sector across the globe will be hit by the uncertainty around the UK's future relationship with the EU, but a spending freeze will eventually thaw

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  Vodafone may pull jobs out of UK after Brexit

  Vodafone says it may pull its headquarters out of the UK after the country voted for Brexit

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  Facebook data case raises US national security issues

  Dublin court case on the legality of Facebook’s data transfers to the US raises issues that affect US national security, claims US Department of Justice

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  Outgoing information commissioner claims good year for ICO

  The ICO is to discuss with government the implications of the Brexit vote and its effect on data protection reform in the UK, says outgoing information commissioner Christopher Graham

• June 24, 2016 24 Jun'16

  Local Government Ombudsman moves to cloud network service

  Ombudsman service is on the way to realising 30% cost savings with 50% faster connectivity after procuring a cloud telephony service through G-Cloud

• June 23, 2016 23 Jun'16

  Rapid7 discloses remote code execution flaw in Swagger

  Rapid7 researchers warn businesses of remote execution vulnerability in the Swagger programming tool

• June 22, 2016 22 Jun'16

  OPNFV Project scales up network functions virtualisation ecosystem

  At the OPNFV summit in Berlin, the OPNFV Project announces new R&D capabilities and a student internship programme

• June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

  Angus Council signs up to Scottish Wide Area Network

  Angus Council has become the latest local authority in Scotland to sign up to the Scottish Wide Area Network, or Swan, for enhanced public services delivery

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Lower average cost of Australian data breaches is not a sign of comfort

  The average cost of a data breach to Australian organisations dropped in 2015, according to research

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  UK consumers support fines for firms that lose personal data

  Most UK consumers would like the government to take more action to ensure companies protect personal information

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Millions of city-dwellers still lack broadband connections

  A study by the Wireless Broadband Alliance has found that over half of the global urban population are unconnected, including many in some of the world’s wealthiest cities

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Brexit will make UK more vulnerable to cyber attack, say security pros

  A third of security professionals are concerned that a Brexit vote will hamper cyber threat intelligence sharing with EU states

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Government committee calls on TalkTalk to publish breach report

  A government committee inquiry into the TalkTalk cyber breach calls for more fines and other measures to ensure greater protection of personal data

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Euro Championship network traffic spike highlights OTT boom

  The BBC and EE both reported massive spikes in network traffic during the England versus Wales clash at Euro 2016