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• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  An inside look at a Scattered Spider cyber attack

  Threat researchers at ReliaQuest share the inside track on a Scattered Spider cyber attack they investigated

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Palantir awarded NHS FDP data contract

  NHS England has awarded a £330m, seven-year contract to US data specialist Palantir, prompting concerns from data privacy practitioners

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Republic of Korea deal adds to UK quantum momentum

  The new agreement paves the way to greater collaboration on AI and quantum computing

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  CISA reveals how LockBit hacked Boeing via Citrix Bleed

  As alarm grows around the world about the impact of the so-called Citrix Bleed vulnerability, Boeing has shared details of its experience at the hands of the LockBit ransomware crew

• November 22, 2023 22 Nov'23

  Nebulon upgrades SPU to Medusa2 with Nvidia DPU hardware

  Nebulon aims to replace HCI with its OS on an offload card that it claims reduces server resource use by 25%. Medusa2 uses Nvidia DPU hardware and its own cloud control plane

• November 21, 2023 21 Nov'23

  Over half of SME cyber incidents now ‘malware-free’

  The age of malware-driven cyber attacks may have peaked, at least when it comes to incidents affecting small and medium sized enterprises

• November 21, 2023 21 Nov'23

  OpenAI faces open revolt

  Up to 95% of staff at the generative AI pioneer are thinking of quitting unless their former boss is rehired

• November 21, 2023 21 Nov'23

  Canada’s Mounties among government employees hit by LockBit

  A LockBit attack on a specialist supplier of relocation services has engulfed multiple government agencies in Canada

• November 20, 2023 20 Nov'23

  Cubbit DS3 Composer brings DIY cloud to object storage pool

  Cubbit customers can now build and configure S3-compatible clouds from unused capacity and offer MSP-grade services with high levels of resilience, security and data sovereignty

• November 20, 2023 20 Nov'23

  IT not ready for AI, Pure Storage survey finds

  Storage, compute and networking hardware won’t cope without upgrades, and that often means total IT infrastructure overhaul

• November 20, 2023 20 Nov'23

  Digital Edge secures green loan for South Korea datacentre

  The Singapore-based datacentre provider has secured its first green loan for its latest colocation facility in Incheon

• November 17, 2023 17 Nov'23

  Does third-party support make sense?

  We speak to a Rimini Street customer about their experience of managing an Oracle ERP

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  Royal Mail spent £10m on cyber measures after LockBit attack

  Royal Mail has spent approximately £10m on recovery and improved cyber resilience measures in the wake of the January 2023 LockBit ransomware attack

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  Workato CEO calls for new automation mindset

  Workato CEO Vijay Tella urges organisations to go beyond the ‘mechanistic glue’ of automating manual processes and embrace a new automation mindset that focuses on transforming their business

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  Cancer Research UK uses AWS for payments and trial search function

  Charity Cancer Research UK has been using AWS to make its donations platform more scalable, as well as making it easier for patients to find clinical trials

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  Ransomware gang grasses up uncooperative victim to US regulator

  The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang has added a new tactic to its playbook, going to ever more extreme lengths in search of a pay-off

• November 16, 2023 16 Nov'23

  British Library’s Halloween cyber scare was ransomware

  The British Library has provided an update on an ongoing cyber incident affecting its systems, confirming it to be the result of a ransomware attack

• November 15, 2023 15 Nov'23

  BlackCat affiliate seen using malvertising to spread ransomware

  Researchers at eSentire identified a wave activity from an ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware affiliate which has adopted a somewhat unusual approach to delivering its locker

• November 15, 2023 15 Nov'23

  November Patch Tuesday heralds five new MS zero-days

  Microsoft pushes fixes for five new zero-days in its latest monthly update

• November 15, 2023 15 Nov'23

  US government reinforces ICBC hack link to Citrix Bleed

  US Treasury adds weight to reports that a ransomware gang gained access to the systems of Chinese bank ICBC by exploiting a critical Citrix flaw

• November 14, 2023 14 Nov'23

  Engineers slash RPO/RTO as they swap tape for Rubrik backup

  Frankham Group ditches archaic tape backup and deploys Rubrik backup appliances and remote disaster recovery facility. Meanwhile, the engineering group assesses a move to the cloud

• November 14, 2023 14 Nov'23

  Fast-acting cyber gangs increasingly disabling telemetry logs

  Sophos guidance for security practitioners and defenders highlights a growing trend for threat actors to disable or wipe telemetry logs to cover their tracks

• November 14, 2023 14 Nov'23

  Francis Maude calls for GDS and CDDO to merge

  Review into the civil service by the former Cabinet Office minister says the two organisations should become one entity to avoid sending mixed signals around accountability and leadership

• November 13, 2023 13 Nov'23

  Australia’s public cloud spending to hit A$23bn in 2024

  Spending on public cloud services in Australia will reach 50% of the total addressable market for the first time in 2024, according to Gartner

• November 13, 2023 13 Nov'23

  Rogue state-aligned actors are most critical cyber threat to UK

  The prospect of rogue nation-state-aligned attackers bringing down the UK’s critical infrastructure is keeping the NCSC up at night

• November 10, 2023 10 Nov'23

  Ransomware attack on major Chinese lender disrupts financial markets

  The financial services arm of one of the world’s largest banks was taken offline by a supposed LockBit ransomware attack, causing problems for US markets

• November 09, 2023 09 Nov'23

  Revealed: How Russia’s Sandworm ramped up attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure

  New Mandiant intelligence reveals how the APT known as Sandworm has been evolving its playbook, twisting legitimate executables known as LoLBins into malicious tools as it seeks to disrupt daily life in Ukraine

• November 09, 2023 09 Nov'23

  Suspected ransomware attack hits Scottish council

  Systems at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar were downed on 7 November in a suspected ransomware attack

• November 09, 2023 09 Nov'23

  The Security Interviews: Why cyber needs to integrate better

  Cyber security is an intensely technical field, but we shouldn’t ignore the soft skills of communication and collaboration. Wipro’s Tony Buffomante explains why a robust security posture is dependent on a security team engaging with the wider ...

• November 09, 2023 09 Nov'23

  How Village Roadshow modernised ITSM with cloud

  Australian theme park and cinema operator reduced ITSM costs by 60% to improve problem resolution and other outcomes from use of Freshworks' cloud-based ITSM service

• November 09, 2023 09 Nov'23

  Conflict of interest concerns raised over CMA's use of AWS UK public sector discount scheme

  Less than a month after the CMA confirmed it would be investigating the competitive impact of AWS preferential pricing deals on the UK cloud market, data reveals the CMA is benefiting from cut-price Amazon cloud services

• November 08, 2023 08 Nov'23

  Data-sharing management gap highlights cyber risk, says report

  Organisations are struggling to secure their use of communications tools to share data with third-party partners and suppliers, and in the process are exposing themselves to heightened levels of risk, according to a report

• November 08, 2023 08 Nov'23

  AI Summit not the place for human rights, says French finance minister

  Despite commitments at the UK’s AI Safety Summit to respect and protect human rights, the French finance minister said it was not the right forum to discuss signatories' human rights records

• November 08, 2023 08 Nov'23

  Iconic Singapore hotel caught up in major data breach

  The Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore uncovered a data breach of its guest loyalty programme last month

• November 08, 2023 08 Nov'23

  SAP touts Business Technology Platform as foundation for S/4Hana migrations

  SAP claims its Business Technology Platform can help customers ease their transition to S/4Hana and lay the foundation for artificial intelligence initiatives

• November 08, 2023 08 Nov'23

  King’s Speech misses the mark on cyber law reform, says campaign

  A group of activists who want to reform the UK’s computer misuse laws to protect bona fide cyber pros from prosecution have been left disappointed by a lack of legislative progress

• November 08, 2023 08 Nov'23

  The Security Interviews: ISC2’s Clar Rosso on cyber diversity and policy

  Computer Weekly catches up with ISC2 CEO Clar Rosso to talk about diversifying the cyber workforce and supporting cyber pros as they keep up with growing compliance and security policy demands

• November 07, 2023 07 Nov'23

  Gartner Symposium: More about AI

  The keynote presentation on the second day of the Barcelona conference examined whether artificial intelligence should be more intelligent than humans

• November 07, 2023 07 Nov'23

  Researchers ‘break’ rule designed to guard against Barracuda vulnerability

  Vectra AI researchers found that a Suricata rule designed to detect exploitation of a dangerous Barracuda Email Security Gateway flaw was not entirely effective

• November 07, 2023 07 Nov'23

  VMware consolidates AI push at Explore in Barcelona

  VMware’s vision is of ‘cloud smart’ enterprises that run on-premise, in multiclouds and in the ‘edge cloud’, with secure and compliant generative AI fuelling efficient business processes

• November 07, 2023 07 Nov'23

  Interview: Paul Scully, minister for technology and the digital economy, DSIT

  The technology minister speaks to Computer Weekly about the government’s semiconductor strategy, how to solve the digital skills challenge in the UK and moving towards the country’s net-zero target

• November 07, 2023 07 Nov'23

  Unesco unveils seven-point anti-disinformation plan

  United Nations body outlines seven proposals for civil society, governments, regulators and tech platforms to adopt to combat the source of disinformation

• November 06, 2023 06 Nov'23

  Gartner Symposium: It’s all about AI

  CEOs want CIOs to take the lead when it comes to AI business initiatives. IT leaders need a clear plan of what they want to do with AI

• November 06, 2023 06 Nov'23

  Shadow IT use at Okta behind series of damaging breaches

  Okta now believes the initial access vector in a series of damaging breaches was one of its own employees who used a corporate device to sign into their personal Google account

• November 06, 2023 06 Nov'23

  How Trellix’s CISO keeps threat actors at bay

  Trellix’s chief information security officer, Harold Rivas, outlines how the company mitigates security threats through containment and by helping security analysts to respond faster to cyber incidents

• November 02, 2023 02 Nov'23

  Admins told to take action over F5 Big-IP platform flaws

  Two vulnerabilities in the widely used F5 Networks Big-IP platform are now being exploited in the wild

• November 02, 2023 02 Nov'23

  CDDO publishes digital roadmap update

  The CDDO envisions that by 2025, digital services will exceed public expectations, civil servants will be equipped for a digital future, and government efficiency and security will be enhanced

• November 02, 2023 02 Nov'23

  UK workers exhibit poor security behaviours, report reveals

  Report by KnowBe4 has found that four in five UK workers do not make security-conscious choices, whether in-office, remote or hybrid working

• November 02, 2023 02 Nov'23

  EU digital ID reforms should be ‘actively resisted’, say experts

  Over 300 cyber security experts have called for the EU to rethink its proposals for eIDAS digital identity reforms, saying some of the provisions risk damaging user privacy and security

• November 01, 2023 01 Nov'23

  AI Summit: 28 governments and EU agree to safe AI development

  In a joint communique at the UK government’s AI Safety Summit, all participating governments agreed to deepen their cooperation around the risks associated with artificial intelligence