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• April 08, 2022 08 Apr'22

  IT contractors warned as HMRC draws on ‘IR35-adjacent’ legislation in tax avoidance clampdown

  IT contractors are being urged to take action now, as details emerge about how HM Revenue & Customs is drawing on some IR35-adjacent legislation to send out five-figure tax bills to individuals who engage with contractor-focused accountants

• April 07, 2022 07 Apr'22

  AirAsia taps Google Cloud to bolster its super-app

  AirAsia is setting up a cloud centre of excellence with Google Cloud to shore up its super-app and build capabilities in site reliability engineering and machine learning operations

• April 07, 2022 07 Apr'22

  Goldacre review outlines recommendations on safer use of health data

  The findings of an investigation into use of health data for research and analysis includes a number of proposals to improve innovation in the NHS

• April 07, 2022 07 Apr'22

  US shuts down Russia’s Cyclops Blink botnet operation

  Operation by US authorities has taken the Russia-attributed Cyclops Blink botnet ‘off the board’

• April 06, 2022 06 Apr'22

  APAC organisations to spend more on AI

  The higher investments in AI will be led by the region’s banking industry which is harnessing AI systems to mitigate risks and detect fraud

• April 06, 2022 06 Apr'22

  Apple criticised over unpatched CVEs in Catalina, Big Sur

  Apple patched two zero-days in macOS Monterey last week, but did not address the same issue in Catalina or Big Sur, raising questions

• April 06, 2022 06 Apr'22

  Denonia malware may be first to target AWS Lambda

  The newly discovered Denonia malware appears to be custom designed to target AWS Lambda environments, and may be the first of its kind

• April 06, 2022 06 Apr'22

  Hydra takedown merely shifts cyber criminal problem elsewhere

  The seizure of the Hydra dark web marketplace is a positive development in the fight against cyber crime, but will only be a temporary setback for determined criminals

• April 05, 2022 05 Apr'22

  Structured decentralisation is the key to unlocking Nordic-level innovation

  Finnish tech entrepreneurs will be taking the stage at the World Economic Forum to tell the world about the role of trust in Finnish startup success

• April 05, 2022 05 Apr'22

  Discount retailer The Works hit by cyber attack

  A small number of The Works’ bricks-and-mortar stores were forced to close amid a cyber attack of an undisclosed nature

• April 05, 2022 05 Apr'22

  Triple-threat Borat malware no joke for victims

  Unlike its namesake, the newly discovered Borat malware won’t raise a smile for IT security pros

• April 05, 2022 05 Apr'22

  Saudi Arabian ICT sector hits $32.1bn after strong pandemic response

  The Saudi Arabian IT and communications sector is recovering strongly from the Covid-19 pandemic

• April 04, 2022 04 Apr'22

  Office Wi-Fi may not cope with hybrid work

  Continued growth of online meetings is triggering disruption across the employee productivity technology market, research from CCS Insight has found

• April 01, 2022 01 Apr'22

  Four moves to ‘checkmate’ critical assets thanks to lax cloud security

  Malicious actors can compromise 94% of critical assets within four steps of the initial breach point, according to a report

• April 01, 2022 01 Apr'22

  Apple drops emergency patches for two zero-days

  Apple has fixed two zero-day vulnerabilities that appear to have been actively exploited in the wild

• March 31, 2022 31 Mar'22

  EU Act ‘must empower those affected by AI systems to take action’

  Ada Lovelace Institute publishes recommendations on how European institutions can improve the Artificial Intelligence Act by establishing a ‘comprehensive remedies framework’ around those affected by the deployment of AI systems

• March 31, 2022 31 Mar'22

  Global upheaval shows cyber security isn’t good enough, says GCHQ director

  Generational global upheaval has laid bare significant gaps in national cyber strategies, GCHQ chief Jeremy Fleming has said in a speech

• March 31, 2022 31 Mar'22

  Lapsus$ cyber crime spree continues despite arrests

  The arrests of seven people in connection with the Lapsus$ cyber crime group has not dented the gang’s enthusiasm for causing chaos

• March 31, 2022 31 Mar'22

  Spring4Shell zero-day sprung on security teams

  Some are describing a newly disclosed Spring Java framework vulnerability as the next Log4Shell, but what is Spring4Shell, and what can we do about it?

• March 31, 2022 31 Mar'22

  BCS Pride group calls for end to transphobia in tech

  The BCS has called for an end to transphobic abuse and harassment in the technology industry

• March 30, 2022 30 Mar'22

  One-third of UK firms suffer a cyber attack every week

  New statistics from the annual DCMS Cyber security breaches survey reveal the extent and frequency with which UK organisations are being attacked by malicious actors

• March 30, 2022 30 Mar'22

  CIO interview: Spencer Clarkson, CTO, Verastar

  Digital transformation and unifying customer relationship management systems are driving the business services group forward

• March 30, 2022 30 Mar'22

  Executive interview: Rajiv Ramaswami, CEO, Nutanix

  We speak to the CEO of Nutanix about growing up in India, the switch from engineering to business leader, and mentoring

• March 29, 2022 29 Mar'22

  NCSC: Not necessarily wise to ditch Kaspersky

  UK’s National Cyber Security Centre issues refreshed guidance on organisations’ usage of technology and services of Russian origin, but stops short of advising users to expunge all Russian products from their IT estates

• March 29, 2022 29 Mar'22

  Wave of Log4j-linked attacks targeting VMware Horizon

  Sophos issues a new warning to organisations that have so far failed to patch their VMware Horizon servers against Log4Shell

• March 29, 2022 29 Mar'22

  Cabinet Office publishes playbook with rules for government digital projects

  Digital, Data and Technology guide outlines measures supporting overhaul intended to “get things right at the start”

• March 28, 2022 28 Mar'22

  Sajid Javid pushes digitisation of social care records

  Health secretary wants 80% of providers to abandon paper-based records by 2024 ahead of broader plans for digital health and care

• March 28, 2022 28 Mar'22

  Virgin Media O2 Business aims to ‘go beyond’ traditional broadband SLAs

  Business arm of UK connectivity provider proposes new way of working, built on successful outcomes rather than service deliverables alone, with bespoke agreements offering flexible use, reduced dual running costs and next-level service for new large...

• March 25, 2022 25 Mar'22

  NHS advances digital trials with high-tech mobile health clinic

  The NHS’ Find and Treat van uses tech tools including artificial intelligence software and a tele radiology network to care for vulnerable, high-risk Londoners

• March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22

  CIO interview: Craig York, CTO, Milton Keynes University Hospital

  A cloud-first digital strategy is helping the NHS trust becoming an innovator in the use of healthcare systems such as document management and electronic patient records

• March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22

  Ad agency slashes NetApp costs with Datadobi data migration

  US-based branding agency needed to migrate 20TB of large files to new NetApp hardware, but unwilling to stomach the vendor’s migration costs it chose Datadobi instead

• March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22

  Hiring and retention challenges in cyber security persist

  Latest ISACA report shows that enterprises are struggling to find and retain cyber security talent

• March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22

  Recognising APAC’s trailblazers in digital transformation

  The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2022

• March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22

  CW Innovation Awards: Transforming Australia’s national assessment programme

  Education Services Australia has transformed the country’s national assessment programme through an online platform that has enabled teachers to design adaptive tests and improved student engagement

• March 23, 2022 23 Mar'22

  Private equity house spins SSE company out of McAfee Enterprise

  The launch of Skyhigh Security completes division of McAfee Enterprise into separate businesses by Symphony Technology Group, which acquired the long-standing cyber security firm for $4bn in March 2021

• March 23, 2022 23 Mar'22

  SAP to invest S$250m in Singapore innovation lab

  New lab will double SAP’s engineering workforce in Singapore by 2025 and help to shape the company’s product development roadmap

• March 22, 2022 22 Mar'22

  NetApp Cloud Insights gets AI monitoring and ransomware detection

  Cloud Insights adds artificial intelligence-based continuous audit and monitoring of entire IT estate and generates impact assessments from performance events, plus anomaly alerting for ransomware

• March 22, 2022 22 Mar'22

  Details of Conti ransomware affiliate released

  Information about a new Conti affiliate has been released by eSentire and BreakPoint Lab after a joint investigation into the group’s indicators of compromise

• March 22, 2022 22 Mar'22

  Edge computing implementations still in their infancy

  It’s still early days for enterprise implementations of edge computing, with one analyst likening it to the early days of cloud

• March 21, 2022 21 Mar'22

  DWP Digital launches Birmingham hub

  The new space will aim to create 130 jobs and tap into the digital talent pool of the West Midlands

• March 18, 2022 18 Mar'22

  Electronic patient records key to NHS digital transformation

  Getting EPR systems rolled out across NHS organisations will help boost digital transformation efforts, and are key to fulfilling government healthcare plans

• March 18, 2022 18 Mar'22

  Ukrainian cyber defences prove resilient

  Thanks to a combination of prior experience and global support, Ukraine’s defences against cyber incidents are holding strong in the face of Russian attacks

• March 17, 2022 17 Mar'22

  Kaspersky CEO: Ukraine war must end through diplomacy

  Eugene Kaspersky speaks out on the war in Ukraine, and rebuffs Germany’s BSI, branding its warnings over his company’s trustworthiness as insulting

• March 17, 2022 17 Mar'22

  Alarm raised over ‘trickster’ LokiLocker ransomware

  The new LokiLocker ransomware is, like its namesake, adept at tricks and misdirection, say BlackBerry researchers

• March 16, 2022 16 Mar'22

  Biden signs ransomware reporting mandate into law

  CNI operators in the US must now report cyber attacks within 72 hours, and ransomware payments within 24 hours

• March 16, 2022 16 Mar'22

  SentinelOne adds Attivo Networks to identity portfolio

  SentinelOne adds identity threat detection and response technology to its cyber portfolio, saying it will benefit zero-trust adoption among its customers

• March 16, 2022 16 Mar'22

  UKtech50 2022: Help us find the most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is back – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year’s list

• March 16, 2022 16 Mar'22

  German authorities warn on Kaspersky but stop short of ban

  Germany authorities warn Kaspersky users to consider alternatives to the firm’s flagship antivirus software, citing national security concerns and the war on Ukraine

• March 16, 2022 16 Mar'22

  CaddyWiper is fourth new malware linked to Ukraine war

  ESET’s cyber security analysts have identified yet another destructive wiper malware being used against targets in Ukraine

• March 16, 2022 16 Mar'22

  Kubernetes vulnerability underscores repeated security warnings

  The disclosure of a new vulnerability in an important container runtime engine that underpins Kubernetes has drawn fresh warnings to pay attention to securing Kubernetes environments