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• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  Strategic cyber criminals likely to capitalise on GDPR

  As cyber criminals concentrate on targeted, strategic, money-making attacks, they are likely to use GDPR fines as leverage to extort money from organisations, a report warns

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  4G IoT network may ease aviation sector fears over drone safety

  Vodafone is testing mobile and internet of things network technology to protect commercial aircraft from badly flown drones

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  UK local councils under huge cyber attack pressure

  Investigation underlines importance of security automation and employee awareness training

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  Government must invest in efficient IT to support food trade post-Brexit, say MPs

  Inefficient IT and infrastructure at the border could cause perishable foods to spoil, says committee, which calls for the government to ensure the right IT is in place for prompt export and import

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  CIO interview: Theo Blackwell, London chief digital officer, Mayor of London’s Office

  London CDO Theo Blackwell talks about cross-council collaboration, London’s role as a data-driven city and the importance of ensuring the capital won’t lose out on talent post-Brexit

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  NHS Digital plots Office 365 and NHSmail integration to boost collaboration in healthcare

  NHS Digital outlines delivery timeline for integrating NHSmail with Microsoft Office 365, as it strives to improve collaboration between health and social care stakeholders

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  CIO interview: Matthew Wallbridge, head of ICT, Croydon Council

  Croydon’s ICT boss talks about why being “good” isn’t good enough and building a new ICT delivery model

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  UK finance regulator collaborates with US counterpart on fintech

  The FCA is working with a US finance regulator to support financial technology companies on both sides of the Atlantic

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Botnets shift focus to credential abuse

  Cyber criminals are increasingly using automated attacks that make use of stolen credentials, a security threat report warns

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Lauri Love can stay in UK: prosecutors will not appeal extradition ruling

  Crown Prosecution Service gives undertaking to Lauri Love that it will not appeal against a court decision not to extradite him to the US – but prosecutors are seeking leave to appeal over part of the court ruling on extradition procedure

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Church spires to become mobile coverage hotspots

  Following successful trials in East Anglia, DCMS and Defra plan to encourage rural vicars to host broadband connectivity hotspots in their churches

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Rackspace upgrade to save $12m with Scality object storage

  Cloud services giant Rackspace brings in Scality object storage in a move that slashes 4,000 boxes from its server count as it separates compute and storage

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Nokia plans job cuts in Finland

  Hundreds of IT jobs are at risk in Finland as Nokia announces plans for more cuts

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Take-up of chatbots will accelerate over next two years

  Chatbots and artificial intelligence are becoming an increasingly important part of customer services

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Google reveals Edge flaw after Microsoft fails to meet deadline

  Google’s Project Zero has gone public with another Microsoft security vulnerability after the software giant failed to issue a fix within allotted time

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  CIO interview: Mike Thomas, CIO, Hobbycraft

  The CIO of Hobbycraft, Mike Thomas, speaks to Computer Weekly about the art of digital transformation in retail, the importance of customer experience and getting a good return on investment

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  US sentences two Russians for huge data breaches

  The US has sentenced two Russian cyber criminals who targeted major payment processors, retailers and financial institutions around the world, as the US joins the UK in condemning Russia for the 2017 NotPetya attacks

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  Few organisations managing cyber risk, survey shows

  Cyber risk management practices are not keeping up with rising cyber security concerns among senior executives around the world, a study shows

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  Briton jailed for two years for product testing for hackers

  A Briton has been jailed for two years for running a product-testing service for hackers

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  F-Secure warns against ‘evil maid’ attacks

  Business people are being urged not to underestimate the importance of physical security for their laptops, which can be used as entry points by attackers if not adequately protected

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  Atos investigates breach linked to Winter Olympics cyber attack

  IT services firm Atos is investigating a potential security breach in response to reports that employee credentials were found in malware used to target the Winter Olympics

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  Cash will remain in use in Eurozone for a very long time, says central bank

  Cash seems set to survive the onslaught of digital payments, at least in countries that use the euro

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  Cisco profits slump after Trump tax bill

  Networking giant posted $8.8bn loss in the second quarter of its fiscal 2018 after booking charges related to the US government’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but saw a strong quarter elsewhere

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  UK Foreign Office minister condemns Russia for NotPetya attacks

  The UK has attributed to Russia the NotPetya malware that caused significant disruption globally, based on an assessment by the NCSC

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  100 days to GDPR compliance deadline

  As the clock ticks down to the deadline to comply with the EU’s new data protection regulations, some surveys indicate there is still some confusion, but the focus has shifted from the sanctions to the benefits

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Cyberthreat 2018 aimed at UK cyber security techies

  Cyberthreat 2018 is aimed at growing the UK’s network of cyber defenders, filling a key gap in the UK cyber security conference calendar and bridging the public-private sector divide

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Technology spend growing at expense of trader salaries

  Investment firms are spending a larger proportion of their budgets on software as data and artificial intelligence technology is seen to provide a competitive advantage

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Blockchain to give global LGBT community a louder economic voice

  Blockchain will underpin a global platform that aims to give the LGBT community a more powerful economic voice

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Nordic banks plan common cross-border payment infrastructure

  Banks in the different Nordic countries plan to move to a shared payments infrastructure

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Australia’s national payment system will ease peer-to-peer payments

  New Payments Platform is expected to accelerate the decline of cash and cheques in Australia, as well as simplify invoicing for businesses through overlay services

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Trust is key to sharing personal data, ODI research finds

  People are more comfortable sharing personal data if they have been told how it will be used, according to the Open Data Institute

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Siemens’ Datrium NVMe flash speeds customer software deployment

  Siemens utility metering group deploys Datrium DVX in place of cumbersome LUN-based block storage and cuts customer software roll-outs to a few minutes and data restores to seconds

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Home Office fights terrorist content online with detection tool

  The Home Office has partnered ASI Data Science to create a tool which automatically detects terrorist content on online platforms

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Industrial cyber security improving, but needs work

  Cyber attacks on industrial and critical infrastructure systems are increasing in number and sophistication, but more attention is being paid to security, says Honeywell at it opens new Dubai facility

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Simon Eccles appointed as NHS CCIO

  Emergency medicine consultant Simon Eccles will take over as chief clinical information officer for the National Health Service following Keith McNeil’s departure

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Quarter of retailers say tech investment makes it harder to connect with consumers

  Lack of return on investment in technology has left one in four retailers disappointed and unable to connect with their customers

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Cyber security awareness top priority in financial sector

  Information security chiefs in the financial sector say cyber security awareness needs to be a top priority

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Cryptocurrency mining consuming more electricity than Iceland’s homes

  Cryptocurrency mining in Iceland could use more power than all the households in the country combined

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  FS-ISAC enables safer financial data sharing with API

  The global financial industry's body for cyber and physical threat intelligence analysis and sharing has published an API to facilitate safer sharing of consumer financial information

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  Criminals hijack government sites to mine cryptocurrency used to hide wealth

  Europol says criminals are hiding billions in cryptocurrencies, as thousands of government and other websites have reportedly been used to hijack computers to mine more

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  Belgian police share Cryakl ransomware keys

  The Belgian police have released free decryption keys for the Cryakl ransomware through the No More Ransom project

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  EE launches home broadband over 4G LTE

  EE has been conducting tests of a powerful 4G antenna that it claims can provide isolated rural homes with broadband speeds equivalent to full-fibre

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  Brexit with no deal unthinkable for UK tech, Lords committee told

  The damage that leaving the EU without a deal will reap on the UK tech sector is unthinkable, a House of Lords committee has been told

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  Europe in the firing line of evolving DDoS attacks

  The Europe, Middle East and Africa region accounts for more than half the world’s distributed denial of service attacks, a report from F5 Labs reveals

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  DMA Group working to reduce fear around GDPR

  The DMA Group is focused on the GDPR for customer communications and marketing, but says the key aim is to reduce fear in the market

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Norway’s government backs cyber defence mobilisation

  Norway has accelerated plans to scale up its national security infrastructure against threats emanating from the cyber domain

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  TalkTalk’s York FTTP broadband roll-out to go nationwide

  Following successful delivery of an ultrafast FTTP broadband network in York, TalkTalk is planning to start work on a £1.5bn national roll-out

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  More POS malware detected in the wild

  The first new point of sale malware in many months is stealing data from the magnetic strips on payment cards, security researchers warn

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Universal Credit business case still not approved as concerns continue over digital service

  MPs reveal internal project reviews that show full business case yet to be approved and ongoing worries over digital system for welfare reform programme

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Swisscom downplays data breach

  Telecommunication provider Swisscom has downplayed a data breach affecting around 800,000 customers, but security experts warn of potential long-term risks