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February 09, 2021
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Oracle claims major win in Australian public sector
Australian Data Centres will deploy Oracle’s Dedicated Region Cloud@Customer to host cloud services for the federal government
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February 09, 2021
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Cyberpunk 2077 developer refuses to pay up after ransomware attack
Polish video game developer CD Projekt has released details of a ransomware attack on its systems
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February 09, 2021
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Data teams struggle to maximise business benefits
Many data scientists are having a hard time moving data science initiatives beyond proof-of-concept projects
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February 09, 2021
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NHS reports fewer phishing emails in 2020
The NHSmail email service saw a steady decline in suspected phishing emails during the course of 2020
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February 08, 2021
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UK Cyber Security Council to take charge of skills strategy
New government-backed body will be set up to boost careers opportunities and professional standards in the cyber security sector
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February 08, 2021
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Too few UK organisations offering cyber training for remote work
Nearly a year into the pandemic, a study reveals a concerning tendency for organisations not to bother offering security training for remote workers
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February 08, 2021
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Get ready for fake work epidemic
Remote working has become a fact of life for many office-based workers during the pandemic, and there has also been a rise in remote staff monitoring
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February 08, 2021
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Woolworths to invest more than A$50m in skills training
More than 60,000 Woolworths employees across store and e-commerce operations, supply chain network and support offices are expected to benefit from the new investment
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February 08, 2021
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Sweden to establish national cyber security centre
Sweden becomes latest Nordic state to establish a national cyber security centre as the threat landscape grows
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February 08, 2021
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Singapore tops cloud adoption in ASEAN
Nearly nine in 10 organisations in Singapore are using cloud services, but cost and security concerns remain
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February 05, 2021
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Financial regulatory body bombarded with malicious emails
New disclosures reveal the FCA’s systems bounced almost a quarter of a million malicious emails in a three-month period
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February 05, 2021
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Security firm Stormshield loses source code in cyber attack
Source code from two products developed by French cyber security firm was compromised in a December 2020 incident
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February 05, 2021
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How Yarra Valley Water is tapping APIs
The largest water retailer in Melbourne has rolled out application programming interfaces to improve operations and customer service
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February 04, 2021
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UKRI should speed up Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund approval processes, says NAO
Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund’s lengthy approval process leads to delays in funding projects and could be a deterrent, according to the National Audit Office
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February 04, 2021
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Revolut rewrites policy to include permanent remote working
Challenger finance firm Revolut is redesigning its office spaces and introducing permanent remote working policies
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February 04, 2021
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Woodland Trust hit by cyber attack in December
Conservation charity is investigating what it describes as a ‘sophisticated’ cyber attack but has waited nearly two months to inform its members
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February 04, 2021
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Boeing outsources to Dell affecting 600 IT jobs
US aircraft manufacturer contracts hundreds of IT roles to Dell as it accelerates outsourcing plans
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February 04, 2021
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IBM and Microsoft close the gap to mainstream quantum computing
Recent developments from IBM and Microsoft suggest that cloud-based enterprise computing may become mainstream in just a few years
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February 04, 2021
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CCS goes live with £800m NHS IT framework
Digital Capability for Health framework covers development and IT management services for health and social care organisations
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February 04, 2021
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Fraud and cyber crime still vastly under-reported
The scale of digitally enabled crime in the UK is dramatically under-reported, new statistics indicate
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February 04, 2021
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CIO interview: David Walmsley, chief digital and omni-channel officer, Pandora
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic could have been a disaster for the jeweller, but due to its digital transformation programme, it was ready to carry on serving its customers online
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February 03, 2021
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Crypto malware targets Kubernetes clusters, say researchers
Newly identified Hildegaard malware targets Kubernetes clusters and seems to herald a new campaign from the TeamTNT gang
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February 03, 2021
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Has Covid-19 made bank branch closures easier to sell?
Big banks continue to close branches and invest more in technology as the Covid-19 pandemic makes a case for digital banking
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February 03, 2021
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Foxtons rejects claims of slow reaction to data leak
Investigators have unearthed 16,000 data records that seem to have been stolen in an attack on property firm Foxtons last year, but the organisation says it acted by the book in dealing with the incident
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February 03, 2021
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‘Classic’ Cerber ransomware targets health sector in high volumes
Cerber ransomware-as-a-service seems to have re-emerged as one of the most critical cyber threats facing healthcare organisations, reports VMware Carbon Black
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February 03, 2021
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SolarWinds patches two critical CVEs in Orion platform
New vulnerabilities disclosed as SolarWinds reels from December 2020 Solorigate/Sunburst attack – but do not appear to have been exploited yet
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February 03, 2021
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Tata Communications grows IoT footprint
India’s Tata Communications has been shoring up its IoT capabilities through a handful of acquisitions and partnerships with telcos
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February 02, 2021
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CIO interview: Paul Coby, CIO, Johnson Matthey
Johnson Matthey’s CIO is working to create an agile IT department and says the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a company-wide appreciation of what IT does
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February 02, 2021
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Agent Tesla trojan finds new ways to sneak past defences
Updated versions of Agent Tesla Rat include new techniques that fiddle with code to disable endpoint protection tools on target systems
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February 01, 2021
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West Midlands refreshes digital strategy
Combined authority’s 2021-2026 digital roadmap aims to address the digital divide and make the West Midlands the most digitally connected region in the country
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February 01, 2021
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UKRI suspends services after ransomware attack
UK Research and Innovation was hit by an undisclosed strain of ransomware at the end of January
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February 01, 2021
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SBRC picks Check Point to support cyber helpline
The Scottish Business Resilience Centre has enlisted Check Point as the first security supplier to join its incident response partnership programme
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January 29, 2021
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Manufacturing particularly at risk of Solorigate-linked breaches
Every fifth victim of the SolarWinds Solorigate/Sunburst attack was a manufacturing organisation, say researchers
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January 28, 2021
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Apprenticeships may be a solution to cyber skills shortage, say insiders
Cyber security professionals are open to new approaches to finding sorely needed talent, according to a poll
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January 28, 2021
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End of Emotet: A blow to cyber crime, but don’t drop your guard
The takedown of Emotet is a huge event with repercussions that will reverberate across the cyber criminal world, but unfortunately that’s not to say there will be much of a long-term impact
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January 28, 2021
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TCS rings in the new year on a roll
India’s Tata Consultancy Services recorded one of its strongest third-quarter earnings and grew its brand value amid a global pandemic
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January 27, 2021
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Pandemic response has improved privacy posture, says Cisco
Data privacy seems to be ‘coming of age’ to some extent and organisational responses to Covid-19 may be partly responsible, according to a report
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January 27, 2021
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Yorkshire Building Society migrating application development to improve customer satisfaction
Yorkshire Building Society is moving to new application development platform to support the creation of customer-friendly online services
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January 27, 2021
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Mimecast breach was work of SolarWinds attackers
Mimecast’s investigation into a January 2021 breach of its systems turns up evidence that the culprit was the same group that targeted SolarWinds in December
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January 27, 2021
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Emotet botnet goes offline as cops seize servers
The Emotet botnet has been disrupted and knocked offline after a major international effort by law enforcement
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January 27, 2021
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Grindr complaint results in €9.6m GDPR fine
Norway’s data protection authority plans to apply a fine totalling 10% of LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr’s revenues over its data sharing practices
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January 27, 2021
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Emergency Apple updates patch exploited zero-days
Three vulnerabilities could give attackers full control of their target Apple devices, and must be patched immediately
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January 27, 2021
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After a push at the start, Mencap’s automation journey is gathering pace
UK charity was helped out by a bank at the start of an automation investigation that is now a project sweeping across the organisation
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January 26, 2021
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Australia’s IT spending set to bounce back in 2021
IT spending in Australia will grow by 4% this year, reversing a decline of 1% in 2020 as organisations seek to grow their digital chops
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January 26, 2021
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Cyber fraud a national security issue, says Rusi report
A report from the Rusi think tank calls for fresh approaches to how we think about fighting fraud
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January 26, 2021
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Gartner: IT budgets shift to mature processes around remote business
The pandemic forced businesses to work remotely. Now, almost a year on, CIOs must consider the IT to run long-term remote business strategies
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January 22, 2021
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ICO resumes adtech investigation
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office was criticised for ending its investigation into alleged malpractice in advertising technology, but has now resumed its probe
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January 22, 2021
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Where is Intel going to place its next strategic bet?
Intel is getting a new CEO and the company is on a mission to move beyond the x86, a processor architecture that it has defined and dominated
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January 22, 2021
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Sepa data leaks as agency resists ransom demands
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is resisting extortion demands from a ransomware gang, but has suffered a data leak in retaliation
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January 22, 2021
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Google threatens to cut off Australia
Google’s threat to end its Australian Search operation comes in the face of new legislation that would force it to pay media publishers for news content