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December 03, 2019
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General Election 2019: Which manifesto is best for the UK’s tech sector?
Computer Weekly breaks down each political party’s technology policies ahead of the upcoming General Election to see how they compare
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December 03, 2019
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Survey finds most firms don’t respond to GDPR requests in time
Most organisations do not respond to requests for GDPR data in the one month allowed, while many return incorrect data. The education sector does best, but the public sector lags behind
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December 03, 2019
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Biometrics to enable $2.5tn of mobile payments by 2024
Juniper Research study predicts that biometric technology will be present on 90% of smartphones in five years’ time
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December 03, 2019
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Tenable buys Indegy to integrate IT and OT security
Acquisition of industrial security specialist Indegy will create a unified, risk-based platform spanning both IT and OT security for Tenable
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December 03, 2019
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Chinese web users take more risks than Brits or Americans
A research paper published by the University of Birmingham seems to show that differences in cultural values have an impact both on risky behaviour online and legal regulation
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December 02, 2019
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Top Android apps at risk from StrandHogg vulnerability
Researchers at Promon say all of the 500 most-downloaded Android apps are at risk from a newly discovered vulnerability
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November 29, 2019
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Cyber criminal RAT busted by cops
Police forces around the UK have arrested nine people as part of an international operation targeting users of a remote access trojan
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November 29, 2019
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TfL locks down Oyster accounts to ward off credential stuffing
Mandatory password reset for all travellers who use Oyster and contactless payment systems follows minor breach incident earlier in 2019
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November 29, 2019
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Hack Friday: This Christmas, fight back against cyber criminals
It’s nearly Christmas, and cyber attacks and fraud attempts in the retail sector are ramping up. Is it time to panic? And is there anything we can do beyond hammering home the message around basic cyber security hygiene?
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November 28, 2019
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The Security Interviews: Do cyber weapons need a Geneva Convention?
On a cold afternoon in Finland, F-Secure’s Mikko Hypponen discusses cyber weapons and nation state threats, and explains why arms limitations treaties might one day expand to include malware and other threats
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November 28, 2019
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Australia’s Fenner Dunlop ditches tape backups for cloud
Australian manufacturer of conveyor belts Fenner Dunlop has freed up its IT staff to focus on future projects by moving tape backups to the cloud
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November 28, 2019
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Top APAC security predictions for 2020
More attacks on critical infrastructure, supply chain vulnerabilities and file-less attacks are some of the security threats that enterprises should keep an eye on next year
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November 27, 2019
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Security skills gap will take a decade to fill
The British education systems cannot move fast enough to address the security skills crisis, and in the absence of government action increased reliance on automation may be the least worst solution
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November 26, 2019
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Enterprises muddled over cloud security responsibilities
A McAfee study suggests that 2020 will be a big year for cloud adoption, but confusion still persists over who is responsible for securing it
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November 26, 2019
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Facebook undermined rivals in bid to dominate global messaging
Facebook used buyouts and bullying tactics towards competitors to grow its business empire, documents leaked to Computer Weekly reveal
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November 25, 2019
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General Election 2019: The Conservatives’ technology policies and digital plans
With the UK gearing up for its third general election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Conservative and Unionist Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto
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November 25, 2019
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AI may open dangerous new frontiers in geopolitics
Truly artificial intelligence has the potential to provoke an international geopolitical crisis, warns F-Secure’s Mikko Hypponen
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November 25, 2019
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Uber app exploit posed safety risk to passengers
A flaw in Uber’s system meant thousands of trips in London were taken with unauthorised drivers at the wheel
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November 25, 2019
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Tim Berners-Lee launches nine principles for the web
Inventor of the worldwide web sets out Contract for the Web to protect its freedom, data privacy and access for all
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November 25, 2019
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Conservatives propose national cyber crime force
Manifesto also says Tories would “empower the police to safely use new technologies like biometrics and artificial intelligence, along with the use of DNA, within a strict legal framework”
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November 22, 2019
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Mystery surrounds leak of four billion user records
Threat researchers uncover four billion user records on a wide-open Elasticsearch server but who left them there is a mystery
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November 22, 2019
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IT chiefs recognise the risks of artificial intelligence bias
Artificial intelligence promises to change the way businesses operate. IT leaders are now taking bias in AI algorithms seriously
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November 22, 2019
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Some 29,000 UK web domains suspended for criminal activity
Domain suspensions for criminal activity over the past year has dropped for the first time since 2014
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November 22, 2019
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Druva eyes data protection for IoT workloads
Cloud data protection software supplier Druva is looking at a comprehensive platform that will protect data generated by IoT workloads
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November 21, 2019
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Labour pledges review of NCSC in UK security overhaul
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre may get expanded powers under a Labour government
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November 21, 2019
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British Airways cancels flights due to technical issue
British Airways customers are suffering delays and cancellations as a result as a technical issue
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November 21, 2019
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F-Secure’s Blackfin challenges perceptions of how AIs think
New research project aims to develop adaptive, autonomous and collaborative AI agents, and challenges the notion that machine intelligence should merely mimic human intelligence
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November 21, 2019
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How Nicigas is disrupting Japan’s gas market with IoT
Japanese energy retailer Nicigas is deploying 850,000 IoT devices to convert traditional gas meters into smart meters to unlock consumption data amid efforts to shake up the utilities industry
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November 20, 2019
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Senators raise questions over Facebook’s monitoring of phone users’ locations
After Facebook publishes a blog post with conflicting statements, two US senators ask for clarification on how the company collects location data from its users
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November 20, 2019
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Mimecast blocked 99 billion suspicious emails in third quarter
Latest threat intelligence report reveals the scale of the threat posed by malicious emails, with the transport, legal and financial sectors hit hardest
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November 20, 2019
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Massive increase in fraud attacks on TSB customers during IT meltdown
There was a massive spike in attempts by fraudsters to steal from TSB customers when the bank’s IT systems failed in 2018
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November 20, 2019
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Conservatives slammed over social media trickery
The Conservative Party has been caught spreading online disinformation during the General Election campaign for a second time
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November 20, 2019
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Carbon Black to open Australia datacentre in 2020
Australia datacentre comes on the heels of VMware’s acquisition of Carbon Black and will serve organisations with data sovereignty requirements
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November 19, 2019
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Public sector risks downplayed by senior IT leaders
Sophos reveals a significant cyber security perception gap between senior IT and security leaders in the public sector and their front-line teams
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November 19, 2019
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Macy’s Magecart breach presages Christmas fraud spike
US retailer Macy’s admits some customer data was accessed by unknown actors during a week-long Magecart attack
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November 19, 2019
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Anti-stalkerware coalition calls time on intrusive abusers
New coalition plans to tackle the scourge of stalkerware as a tool of domestic and other forms of abuse
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November 19, 2019
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Businesses failing to wipe data from old endpoints
Organisations are not taking adequate precautions to sanitise data held on endpoints when refreshing their PC or mobile device estates
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November 19, 2019
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Huawei shrugs off latest US reprieve
Chinese tech giant dismisses the latest extension of the US Temporary General Licence and maintains that the US government is harming its own interests in banning it
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November 19, 2019
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Managed services fuelling APAC security market
Spending on managed security services will account for almost half of Asia-Pacific’s cyber security market by 2023, as global and local providers shore up their offerings in the region
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November 18, 2019
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Microsoft increases data protection for enterprises following Dutch MoJ audit
Last year’s audit by the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security got the attention of the European Data Protection Supervisor. Now Microsoft has reacted
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November 15, 2019
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Notorious hackers claim responsibility for Labour DDoS
Hackers claiming to represent Lizard Squad say they were behind a distributed denial of service attack on the UK’s Labour Party
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November 14, 2019
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Home Office Brexit app contains multiple security flaws
The Home Office’s Brexit app may be putting EU citizens’ personal data at risk
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November 14, 2019
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Cyber criminals tool up for Christmas fraud season
Organised criminals are trying to cash in on the festive retail boom with both brand new and tried-and-tested techniques
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November 13, 2019
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11 new 5G hacks enable user device tracking and monitoring
Researchers at Purdue University and the University of Iowa publish details of several new 5G mobile network vulnerabilities
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November 13, 2019
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Business leaders fibbing to cover up lax security posture
Nominet study finds evidence that many businesses tout the robustness of their security posture as a selling point even though their security teams lack confidence in themselves
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November 13, 2019
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Finnish biometric identity plans for seamless air travel
Finnair and Finavia explore options for automatic digital identification and authentication of air travellers
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November 13, 2019
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Attack on Labour shows need for DDoS defence but should alarm few
After being hit by two DDoS attacks in the space of 24 hours, many commentators are convinced the UK’s Labour Party is the victim of foreign interference in the General Election campaign. It probably isn’t
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November 13, 2019
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Business must engage with consumers to boost AI
Artificial intelligence is set to become a core part of business, but to get the most from it, enterprises need to engage with consumers to focus personalisation
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November 13, 2019
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Cyber risk insurance is more than just insurance
Insurance companies such as Chubb are offering incident response services and security tools to help companies improve their cyber security posture and better cope with cyber attacks
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November 12, 2019
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Nordic SMEs lack the money needed for cyber security
Businesses and governments in Denmark and Norway are working together to address a cyber security shortfall for SMEs in each country