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• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Blogging platform Ghost hacked through Salt vulnerability

  Publishing service’s network was taken over by illicit cryptominers after failing to patch a critical vulnerability

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  IT Priorities 2020: Compliance and risk are top security concerns

  When it comes to security, buyers are prioritising solutions and services that address compliance issues, risk management and data protection, according to the Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities 2020 study

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  NCSC tackles unconscious bias in security terminology

  The terms whitelisting and blacklisting are out at the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Cyber security skills courses go online during pandemic

  The government is turning to online learning to find the next generation of cyber security talent

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Critical SaltStack vulnerability affects thousands of datacentres

  Critical vulnerabilities in the Salt remote task and configuration framework enable hackers to take control of cloud servers and must be patched right away

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  UK government secures Microsoft Azure discounts for public sector

  Procurement chiefs at the Crown Commercial Service have secured an addendum to a long-standing Microsoft preferential pricing deal that now includes Azure public cloud services

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Mobile banking customers at risk from new EventBot trojan

  Customers of Barclays, HSBC, Santander and many other banks should be alert to a dangerous new trojan

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  GPs embrace virtual consultations to navigate Covid-19 outbreak

  The majority of GPs across England are now operating with video meetings and more virtual services are being developed

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Government under pressure to give limited company IT workers more financial support

  IT contractors who provide services through their own limited companies and pay themselves in dividends are largely uncatered for by the goverment's various coronavirus-focused business support packages, and are facing financial difficulties

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Red Hat-VMware rivalry intensifies with OpenShift virtualisation

  New virtualisation features in OpenShift point to an emerging Kubernetes platform war between Red Hat and VMware

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: GCHQ gets access to NHS data to beef up security

  Health secretary gave GCHQ emergency powers to obtain information relating to the security of its networks and IT systems at the beginning of April, it has emerged

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Nordic CIO interview: Stefan Olowsson, Swedish Social Insurance Agency

  Stefan Olowsson, CIO at Sweden’s Försäkringskassan, helps to ensure social security payments run smoothly, which is a balancing act of innovation, data security and reliable delivery

• April 28, 2020 28 Apr'20

  Under the spotlight, video apps rush to strengthen security

  Most popular videoconferencing applications now meet Mozilla’s minimum security standards, with fierce competition and public pressure driving rapid improvement

• April 28, 2020 28 Apr'20

  Almost half of security pros being redeployed during pandemic

  Close to half of cyber security professionals say they have been taken off some or all of their security duties to focus attention elsewhere during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic

• April 28, 2020 28 Apr'20

  Black Rose Lucy ransomware now posing as FBI porn warning

  A new strain of Russian-developed ransomware impersonates US federal law enforcement to force payment, says Check Point

• April 27, 2020 27 Apr'20

  Microsoft patches .gif file vulnerability in Teams

  Vulnerability could have enabled cyber criminals to use a malicious .gif file to scrape user data and take over Teams accounts

• April 27, 2020 27 Apr'20

  UK tech companies launch online safety body

  Online Safety Tech Industry Association unites 14 technology companies to drive conversation and policy around online safeguarding

• April 27, 2020 27 Apr'20

  GP Connect to enable patient information sharing in Covid-19 outbreak

  Past and present medical details will be shared across primary care during the emergency period

• April 24, 2020 24 Apr'20

  Government urges parents to keep children safe during lockdown

  The UK government has published more guidance for parents in an attempt to limit children's exposure to cyber bullying and disinformation during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic

• April 24, 2020 24 Apr'20

  Dark data is contributing to carbon emissions

  Almost six million tonnes of carbon dioxide will be pumped into the atmosphere this year as a result of dark data, Veritas research finds

• April 23, 2020 23 Apr'20

  Ransomware-stricken Travelex up for sale

  Travelex’s parent Finablr is washing its hands of the ransomware-stricken forex provider as it struggles with the twin shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic and a developing fraud scandal

• April 23, 2020 23 Apr'20

  iOS zero-day leaves iPhone users dangerously exposed

  Researchers identify dangerous vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS operating system that allow remote code execution on target devices

• April 23, 2020 23 Apr'20

  Zoom to roll out fresh cyber security updates

  New features include support for advanced AES 256-bit encryption

• April 23, 2020 23 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Remote workers air long-term productivity concerns over home-working tech

  Research from managed service provider Atlas Cloud highlights concerns from remote workers that their work-from-home tech kit might not be up to the job in the long term

• April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20

  NCSC overwhelmed by response to coronavirus campaign

  The UK’s NCSC has taken down more than 80 malicious web campaigns and received 5,000 reports of suspicious emails within 24 hours of launching reporting service

• April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Banking and mobile sectors collaborate to stop text scams

  Initiative aims to protect 50 genuine brands and government organisations from being impersonated by cyber criminals

• April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Cyber criminals may be changing tactics

  Cyber criminals “may soon shift to heavier exploitation of footholds established through phishing and other scams”, warns Cyber Threat Coalition

• April 21, 2020 21 Apr'20

  Border Force awards £3.1m contract to Capita

  The contract with the Home Office's law enforcement agency will see the implementation of 4G and satellite infrastructure

• April 21, 2020 21 Apr'20

  CIO interview: Theo Blackwell, CDO for London

  Digital and data are transforming the way London runs – from transport to public services. The first ever chief digital officer for London explains how his team are going about it

• April 21, 2020 21 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: HMRC job retention scheme targeted by cyber criminals

  The UK government’s scheme to pay furloughed employees 80% of their wages is being targeted by cyber criminals

• April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20

  NCSC launches coronavirus cyber security campaign

  The National Cyber Security Centre has launched a reporting service for scam emails as part of a campaign to help people protect themselves from cyber criminals exploiting the pandemic

• April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20

  Zoom and WebEx users targeted by credential stealing attempts

  Videoconferencing apps such as Zoom and Cisco’s WebEx are being targeted by cyber criminals trying to steal users’ personal data

• April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20

  CIO interview: Jason Oliver, IT director, University of Sussex

  Imagine taking a year to formulate a digital transformation plan – then having to implement much of it in two weeks when the coronavirus hit. For the Sussex University IT chief, there’s even more to do now

• April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20

  CaixaBank uses hybrid of conventional and quantum computers to classify risk

  Spain's CaixaBank is using quantum computers as part of a project to assess risk using machine learning algorithms

• April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20

  Machine learning to help hospitals predict Covid-19 demand

  The system developed by NHS Digital and the University of Cambridge will support hospitals in England in handling upcoming demand for intensive care beds and ventilators

• April 17, 2020 17 Apr'20

  Covid-19 will leave its legacy on global IT services

  IT services buying and selling will go through a transformation during the coronavirus crisis

• April 17, 2020 17 Apr'20

  Government investigates perceptions about data sharing of health and social care

  A project has been launched to find out about citizen understanding around data uses, and how perception may have been affected after the Covid-19 outbreak

• April 17, 2020 17 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: How Nominet fights back against malicious domains

  Domain name registry has thwarted hundreds of attempts to register malicious .uk domain names during the coronavirus pandemic

• April 17, 2020 17 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Security certification body puts exams online

  Candidates for certification by the International Association of Privacy Professionals will now be able to sit their exams remotely

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  St Albans council integrates systems in effort to streamline processes

  The council of St Albans has implemented a unified digital platform to streamline how citizens interact with its services, as well as its own decision-making processes

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Check Point sounds alarm over double extortion ransomware threat

  Researchers say double extortion ransomware attacks are likely to increase in frequency, and warn organisations to be on guard

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: India eases lockdown restrictions for IT service providers

  Indian government allows IT services firms to bring half their staff back to delivery centres

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  NHS Wales to get free security services during coronavirus pandemic

  NHS Wales Informatics Services enlists Thales to help it face down security threats and let its teams focus on the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Cyber attacks on banks seen spiking, says Carbon Black

  VMware’s Carbon Black observes a spike in cyber attacks on financial services organisations

• April 15, 2020 15 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: ICO temporarily relaxes regulatory approach

  The Information Commissioner’s Office sets out a revised approach to its regulatory duties during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic

• April 15, 2020 15 Apr'20

  House of Commons reports progress on virtual Parliament

  Plans to take certain proceedings online are on track but ‘bumps along the way’ are expected, according to the Speaker of the House of Commons

• April 15, 2020 15 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Standard Chartered bans employees from Zoom

  Standard Chartered is the first bank to have instructed its staff to refrain from using Zoom

• April 15, 2020 15 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Researcher finds security vulnerability in Slack

  Some common assumptions about the security of cloud-based messaging platform Slack may not be entirely accurate, says an Alien Labs researcher

• April 15, 2020 15 Apr'20

  Microsoft patches 19 critical bugs in another heavy Patch Tuesday

  The volume of vulnerabilities being uncovered by Microsoft remains high, with more than 100 fixes pushed out in April’s Patch Tuesday

• April 15, 2020 15 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: More than two-fifths of employees likely to continue remote working after pandemic

  Research firm Gartner offers guide to managing remote workers during Covid-19 pandemic as new normal for work emerges