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• October 25, 2023 25 Oct'23

  1Password caught up in Okta support breach

  After breaches at BeyondTrust and Cloudflare, 1Password, a third customer of Okta operating in the same space, has revealed that it too was impacted in a breach of the IAM house’s support systems

• October 24, 2023 24 Oct'23

  Cisco hackers likely taking steps to avoid identification

  Cisco confirms that a drop in detections of devices compromised by two zero-days was likely the result of reactive measures taken by the threat actors to avoid discovery

• October 24, 2023 24 Oct'23

  Research team tricks AI chatbots into writing usable malicious code

  Researchers at the University of Sheffield have demonstrated that so-called Text-to-SQL systems can be tricked into writing malicious code for use in cyber attacks

• October 24, 2023 24 Oct'23

  Kaspersky opens up over spyware campaign targeting its staffers

  Kaspersky has shared more details of the TriangleDB spyware that was used against its own workforce by an unknown APT group

• October 24, 2023 24 Oct'23

  Customers speak out over Okta’s response to latest breach

  Customers of identity specialist Okta have been attacked via a compromise of its systems, and are claiming Okta’s response leaves something to be desired

• October 24, 2023 24 Oct'23

  Suzy Lamplugh Trust treads path to improved cyber resilience

  Personal safety charity enlists the support of the London Cyber Resilience Centre to improve staff awareness and strengthen its overall cyber resilience

• October 24, 2023 24 Oct'23

  OCBC to roll out GenAI chatbot

  Singapore’s OCBC Bank is rolling out a GenAI chatbot powered by Azure OpenAI to assist employees with writing, research and idea generation

• October 23, 2023 23 Oct'23

  Dell updates PowerStore, PowerMax and PowerFlex storage

  Dell storage upgrades include improved AIOps, lower energy usage, real-time HA failover, seamless hardware replacement, and enhancements to take advantage of DPU acceleration

• October 23, 2023 23 Oct'23

  Cisco pushes update to stop exploitation of two IOS XE zero-days

  Cisco releases updates to thwart exploitation of two flaws affecting users of its IOS XE software

• October 23, 2023 23 Oct'23

  How Ensign is leading the charge in cyber security

  Lee Fook Sun, chairman of Ensign InfoSecurity, traces the company’s journey and how it is leading the charge in cyber security by doing things differently, investing in R&D and engaging with the wider ecosystem

• October 20, 2023 20 Oct'23

  Computer Weekly contributor named Godfather of UK Security

  Advent IM founder Mike Gillespie was among those honoured at the eighth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards

• October 20, 2023 20 Oct'23

  RagnarLocker cyber gang that pioneered double extortion busted

  Europol and the FBI have taken down the RagnarLocker ransomware crew, a long-standing gang that helped pioneer some now common tactics, taking its dark web negotiation and data leak sites offline

• October 19, 2023 19 Oct'23

  Nuclear regulator raps EDF over cyber compliance

  The Office for Nuclear Regulation says EDF has come up short on needed measures to improve cyber security standards at several critical UK nuclear facilities

• October 19, 2023 19 Oct'23

  Fears grow over extent of Cisco IOS XE zero-day

  Researchers have identified spiking numbers of victims of a recently disclosed Cisco zero-day, as users of the networking supplier’s IOS XE software are urged to take defensive measures

• October 19, 2023 19 Oct'23

  Loughborough Uni to create five cyber AI research posts

  Supported by Darktrace, Loughborough University is to recruit five doctoral researchers focusing on cross-disciplinary research in AI and cyber security

• October 19, 2023 19 Oct'23

  Scality gets a jump with VMware Cloud Director integration

  S3-compliant object storage specialist will use new OSIS integration with VMware’s cloud management tool to target service providers that want to deliver regional cloud offers

• October 18, 2023 18 Oct'23

  What are the cyber risks from the latest Middle Eastern conflict?

  The outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel in October 2023 has seen a wide variety of accompanying cyber attacks from hacktivists and other groups. We look at the risks to organisations

• October 18, 2023 18 Oct'23

  Former Post Office executive admits he wouldn’t sign unfair contract he pushed on subpostmasters

  Former contract manager said contract that subpostmasters had to sign with Post Office “put them on the hook” for everything

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  Five Eyes issues five tips on thwarting nation state threats

  Intelligence chiefs from the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US have published guidance on building resilience against nation state cyber threats

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  Alert sounded over dangerous Cisco IOS XE zero-day

  Cisco warns customers using its IOS XE software of a newly discovered vulnerability that could enable a threat actor to take over their systems

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  What it takes to succeed in DevSecOps

  Providing engineering leadership and balancing between speed and security are some areas that organisations will need to focus on in their DevSecOps journey

• October 16, 2023 16 Oct'23

  How APAC organisations are tapping generative AI

  Organisations in the region are deploying and experimenting with generative AI in healthcare, citizen services and other use cases amid cost-related concerns and other challenges

• October 13, 2023 13 Oct'23

  US SEC launches probe into mass MOVEit breach

  Progress Software is facing an investigation from the SEC for the breach of its MOVEit tool, as well as dozens of legal battles resulting from the exfiltration of personal data from the roughly 2,000 organisations affected

• October 13, 2023 13 Oct'23

  CDO interview: Andrew Curry, manager of the Central Data Office, ExxonMobil

  The head of the oil and gas giant’s data organisation is leading a strategy to establish enterprise-wide principles for the use of data as part of a unified corporate ecosystem

• October 13, 2023 13 Oct'23

  ‘Angry’ lawyer warned against Post Office computer investigation in 2010 email

  Angered by his exclusion from an important discussion, former Royal Mail lawyer told colleagues of the risks to the Post Office if, as planned, they publicly investigate allegations against its computer system

• October 12, 2023 12 Oct'23

  How generative AI and cloud complement each other

  McKinsey partner explains the symbiotic relationship between generative AI and cloud, enabling organisations to speed up cloud migration and harness the benefits of AI

• October 12, 2023 12 Oct'23

  Scottish biometrics watchdog outlines police cloud concerns

  Police Scotland’s response to the biometrics commissioner’s formal information notice ‘did not ameliorate’ his concerns about the sovereignty and security of the sensitive biometric information being uploaded to cloud infrastructure that is subject ...

• October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

  Public sector buyers of AI tech must interrogate its suitability

  The Ada Lovelace Institute has published a review on public sector use of artificial intelligence foundation models, looking at the risks and opportunities associated with the technology, and how these can be dealt with from the early stages of ...

• October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

  Telstra to acquire Versent for A$267.5m

  The move is expected to bolster Telstra’s enterprise IT services business and support international expansion

• October 09, 2023 09 Oct'23

  VMware reaffirms commitment to Tanzu

  VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram emphasises the importance of having an infrastructure stack capable of supporting applications, with VMware Tanzu playing a pivotal role

• October 05, 2023 05 Oct'23

  Microsoft: Nation-state cyber espionage on rise in 2023

  Microsoft’s latest Digital Defence Report outlines how nation-state cyber activity has largely moved from destructive attacks to espionage and intelligence gathering

• October 05, 2023 05 Oct'23

  Red Cross issues rules of engagement for hackers in conflicts

  The digital rules of engagement are the first time cyber activity has been looked at by the conflict watchdog, but a number of hacker groups have already come out and said they will not be following them

• October 05, 2023 05 Oct'23

  Ransomware dwell times now measured in hours, says Secureworks

  Ransomware payloads are now being deployed and executed within 24 hours in more than 50% of cases, according to Secureworks’ annual report

• October 04, 2023 04 Oct'23

  HPE hones GreenLake strategy with AI moves, hybrid cloud management

  HPE has evolved its GreenLake strategy over the past five years, expanding beyond its as-a-service offerings to include a capital purchase model and a strong focus on hybrid cloud management and AI

• October 04, 2023 04 Oct'23

  ICO issues guidance on workplace surveillance

  Guidance on employee monitoring covers how employers can conduct their digital surveillance lawfully, transparently and fairly, and warns against businesses intruding on their workers’ private lives

• October 03, 2023 03 Oct'23

  How Pure Storage is supporting AI workloads

  Pure Storage’s cloud-compatible and energy-efficient modular flash storage architecture is well-poised to address the data storage demands of artificial intelligence workloads

• October 03, 2023 03 Oct'23

  Cyber experts urge EU to rethink vulnerability disclosure plans

  The European Union’s proposed cyber security vulnerability disclosure measures are well-intentioned but ultimately counterproductive, as making unmitigated vulnerabilities public knowledge increases the risk of their exploitation by various actors, ...

• October 03, 2023 03 Oct'23

  Public sector needs systemic reform of capacity to innovate

  Improving the public sector’s capacity to innovate requires a culture of innovation underpinned by people, skills and new ways of working with the private sector

• October 03, 2023 03 Oct'23

  CIISec scores DSIT funding to expand successful CyberEPQ scheme

  DSIT has committed to enhanced funding to expand CIISec’s CyberEPQ education programme after recording excellent results to date

• October 02, 2023 02 Oct'23

  CDO interview: Lalo Luna, global head of strategy and insights, Heineken

  The brewing giant is building a data ecosystem to bring new insights to the business and to make the most of emerging developments in artificial intelligence capabilities

• October 02, 2023 02 Oct'23

  Versity targets Exabyte volumes in data archiving

  Versity builds archiving for Exabyte data volumes on tape and in object storage. It has built its own S3 and transitioned to a GPL licence for supercomputing archives

• October 02, 2023 02 Oct'23

  How the Australian government is approaching AI

  The Australian government is experimenting with AI use cases in a safe environment while it figures out ways to harness the technology to benefit citizens and businesses

• September 29, 2023 29 Sep'23

  Scottish watchdog urges wider biometric oversight

  Scotland’s biometrics watchdog urges Scottish Parliament to extend oversight of biometric information to include the entire criminal justice system, not just police

• September 28, 2023 28 Sep'23

  Businesses disconnected from realities of API security

  Business leaders feel confident they’ve got a handle on API security, but at the same time, incidents are through the roof, according to a report

• September 28, 2023 28 Sep'23

  How Akamai is driving growth in APAC

  Akamai's managing director for the region outlines the company’s growth journey, how it sets itself apart from competitors, and its strategies to drive the next phase of growth

• September 28, 2023 28 Sep'23

  Security and risk management spending to grow 14% next year

  Growth in public cloud services will stand out over the next 12 months, as Gartner projects an overall 14% increase in cyber spending in 2024

• September 28, 2023 28 Sep'23

  Yahoo picks Intigriti to run crowdsourced bug bounty programme

  Digital media brand Yahoo is setting up a crowdsourced bug bounty programme with ethical hacking specialist Intigriti, and is reaching out to the Capture the Flag community to participate

• September 27, 2023 27 Sep'23

  Researchers offer free threat briefings on Vegas casino hackers

  Permiso, a cloud detection and response startup, is making its threat intel team available to speak on Scattered Spider, the group behind recent cyber attacks on MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment

• September 27, 2023 27 Sep'23

  City of Las Vegas masters cyber incident response with Darktrace

  The high-rolling city of Las Vegas experiences unique cyber security challenges rarely seen elsewhere. CIO Mike Sherwood reveals how he turned to Darktrace to help address incidents quicker and with confidence

• September 26, 2023 26 Sep'23

  UK government quietly disbands data ethics advisory board

  The government has disbanded its Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation’s advisory board in favour of pulling the relevant artificial intelligence (AI) and data knowledge from a pool of external experts