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• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Hibs push for the backup premier league with Acronis

  Hibernian FC signs Acronis to get top division data protection and make the most of ticketing information and match footage as it tries to gain more value from the data it holds

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Teams in Grenoble work on 6G breakthrough technology

  Even as 5G networks are being rolled out, new requirements are driving scientists, and engineers in Europe are back to the lab to start developing 6G

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  The verdict is Pure as Scottish prosecutor upgrades high-end storage

  Scotland’s prosecution service saw disk drives in the dock every week with EMC legacy storage. Now it’s got Pure all-flash and has turned over an (Evergreen) new leaf

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Microsoft anticipates $3.3bn savings by extending server life

  Thanks to new software tools and better hardware, Microsoft plans to upgrade servers and network equipment every six years

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Government slammed for slow response to IR35-related consultation on zero-rights employees

  The government has taken four years to publish its response to a three-month consultation on whether employment status and tax laws should be more closely aligned, and concluded that now is not the right time to make any changes

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Consumers left out of pocket as security costs soar

  As the average cost of a security incident reaches an all-time high of nearly $4.5m, an IBM Security study reveals how these costs are being passed on to ordinary people

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  US doubles bounty on Lazarus cyber crime group to $10m

  US State Department doubles a previously announced reward for information on North Korean cyber criminals, including the notorious Lazarus group

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Google results show bigger GCP operating loss

  The company remains committed to the Google Cloud Platform, but continues to assess the value of extra datacentre investment

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Retail software firm PrestaShop warns users about SQL injection attacks

  Open source e-commerce platform PrestaShop warns thousands of small retailers that their customers’ credit card details may be at risk of compromise

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Cyber security training ‘boring’ and largely ignored

  Two-thirds of employees don’t bother to pay attention to cyber security training – and the fault does not lie with them

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Telstra and Microsoft deepen cloud and connectivity ties

  Telstra will use Azure as a preferred cloud while Microsoft will look at boosting its capacity on Telstra’s subsea cable network in a wide-ranging deal

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Secret court asked to quash a decade of MI5 surveillance warrants following ‘systemic breaches’

  The culture at MI5 was to ‘prioritise’ missions ‘over everything else’, including compliance with safeguards designed to protect the public, the UK’s most secret court heard yesterday

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  No More Ransom initiative helps 1.5 million people in six years

  One and a half million people have now taken advantage of free ransomware decryption tools offered by a joint European project

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Quantum researchers advance error handling

  Handling errors is one of the hot areas of research to advance quantum computing

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Post Office attacked subpostmasters who questioned Horizon, say victims

  When the Post Office’s lie about the Horizon system failed to silence subpostmaster critics, it took more extreme measures, say victims of the scandal

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Visibility and proactive stance needed to secure OT systems

  Critical infrastructure operators need to have more visibility into their IT and operational technology environment, and take a more active stance to fend off sophisticated adversaries, expert says

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Meta publishes first-ever human rights report

  Meta details its approach to protecting and promoting human rights, but civil society groups say the company has failed to grapple with the human rights risks associated with its own business model

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Ducktail infostealer targets Facebook Business users

  Newly uncovered Ducktail operation targets individuals with access to Facebook Business service and tries to steal their accounts

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Six more subpostmaster convictions overturned in Horizon scandal

  More former subpostmasters have their wrongful convictions for theft and fraud overturned in the Court of Appeal

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  Home Office ‘unlawfully’ approved MI5 bulk surveillance warrants

  MI5 provided ‘false information’ to the Home Office to secure bulk surveillance warrants, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  NCSC seeks community input for Cyber Advisor service

  The NCSC is proposing to establish a new Cyber Advisor service to train up experts in security guidance, and is inviting interested parties to come forward

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  Umbrella IT contractors could get back-dated holiday pay windfall following Supreme Court ruling

  Umbrella industry stakeholders weigh-up the financial implications of a Supreme Court ruling, which could pave the way for IT contractors to submit back-dated claims for holiday pay

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  Latest Atlassian Confluence vulnerability raises concerns

  CVE-2022-26138 is the second major vulnerability disclosure made for Atlassian’s Confluence collaboration platform in recent months

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  CDO interview: Brandon Hootman, director of digital data, Caterpillar

  Manufacturing giant is modernising its data management and turning to digital to steal a march on its competitors

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  The Security Interviews: Why you need to protect abandoned digital assets

  The war in Ukraine and subsequent boycott of Russia resulted in a swathe of digital infrastructure being abandoned, becoming a potential vulnerability for many organisations, says Cyberpion’s Ran Nahmias

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  CDO interview: Ian Rabagliati, product and experience director, Eurotunnel

  The Channel Tunnel operator is coming to terms with the realities of post-Covid European travel, and focusing on customer experience to bring it closer to its passengers

• July 22, 2022 22 Jul'22

  LinkedIn most impersonated brand in phishing attacks

  Social network LinkedIn, along with Microsoft and DHL, are just some of the brands that are most frequently imitated by cyber criminals conducting phishing attacks

• July 22, 2022 22 Jul'22

  Forrester: European cloud adoption accelerates

  The rise in public cloud usage across the UK and EU will speed up new cloud-specific regulations

• July 21, 2022 21 Jul'22

  GCHQ experts back scanning of encrypted phone messages to fight child abuse

  Ian Levy, technical director of the NCSC, and Crispin Robinson, technical director of GCHQ, back client-side scanning software on mobile phones to detect child abuse

• July 21, 2022 21 Jul'22

  Buy ‘plug-n-play’ malware for the price of a pint of beer

  Three-quarters of malwares and almost 90% of exploits retail on the dark web for about £8.40 or less, according to a report

• July 21, 2022 21 Jul'22

  SSEN partners with Icebreaker One to break energy data silos

  Better access to, and sharing of, energy data will help direct the installation of new electric vehicle charging points, as well as help network operators to better understand the electricity grid’s capacity for the introduction of more renewables

• July 21, 2022 21 Jul'22

  Digital drives workplace trends in the Nordics

  Workplaces are rapidly changing in Nordic countries, driven by digital technologies such as artificial intelligence

• July 21, 2022 21 Jul'22

  Russia-linked APTs targeted fleeing Ukrainian civilians

  Mandiant and the US authorities have shared details of a phishing campaign that spoofed humanitarian information on evacuation procedures to target Ukrainians fleeing Russian bombardment

• July 21, 2022 21 Jul'22

  UK government introduces data reforms legislation to Parliament

  Proposed changes to UK’s data protection regime include new grounds for data processing, significant powers for the secretary of state to direct the regime’s application, and fewer restrictions on law enforcement’s use of data

• July 21, 2022 21 Jul'22

  Victorian multilingual chatbot to provide Covid-19 support

  The AskVic WhatsApp chatbot will provide culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia’s state of Victoria, with Covid-19 information and support

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  Transatlantic PET contest open for entries

  A joint UK-US innovation prize challenge for developers of privacy-enhancing technologies has opened for entries

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  Cato aims to bust cyber myths as it extends network protections

  Cato Networks is beefing up its platform’s security features with ransomware and data loss protections, and the firm’s security strategy lead Etay Maor is using the occasion – and his unique access to billions of data points from the firm’s network ...

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  Estonia calls on tech experts to develop its Siri-like civil servant

  Estonian government opens up applications to tech experts across the world, offering them the chance to work on a world first for digital government services

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  Management of IT pioneer dies

  IT heads in the 1970s could not have predicted today’s tech revolution, yet two IT experts established a business to consult on the imminent tsunami

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  Starling Bank withdraws application for licence in Ireland

  App-based bank decides against completing its application for a banking licence in Ireland after concluding it did not offer enough value

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  Barnet Council to bring work outsourced to Capita back in-house by 2026

  London borough is bringing swathes of outsourced services back in-house next year, with more to follow by 2026

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  UK heatwave sparks cooling system meltdown in Google’s and Oracle’s London datacentre regions

  The extreme heat experienced by the UK this week had a detrimental impact on the cooling systems of two of the cloud world’s biggest players

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  Advanced Research and Invention Agency gets CEO and chairman

  The government has named a CEO for the agency it set up to get more out of science and technology, after its original appointment couldn’t take the role

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  How NEC is transforming its business

  While NEC is known for its public safety systems, the company has been expanding into new areas including e-government, financial services and customer experience in Asia-Pacific

• July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

  Russia’s Cozy Bear abusing Dropbox, Google Drive to target victims

  Russian APT known as Cozy Bear has become adept at quickly incorporating popular cloud storage services into its attack chain to avoid detection

• July 19, 2022 19 Jul'22

  CIO interview: Michael Taylor, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One

  We speak to the IT director of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team about historical data, race data and fast-paced analytics

• July 19, 2022 19 Jul'22

  Pro-business AI framework spans sector-specific regulations

  But should organisations deploying artificial intelligence comply with EU or UK proposals?

• July 19, 2022 19 Jul'22

  MPs slam FCSA for declining to answer questions on umbrella companies withholding holiday pay

  Freelance and Contractor Services Association under fire from MPs for declining to answer questions about the umbrella companies that make up its membership and their stance on ensuring contractors receive their holiday pay entitlements

• July 18, 2022 18 Jul'22

  Putting automation into motion will put the wheels on UK economic growth

  Automation technologies and artificial intelligence will change the workplace for the better, giving people time to focus on high-value creative work

• July 18, 2022 18 Jul'22

  US cyber agency CISA to open London office

  The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has chosen London to host its first office outside America