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January 08, 2021
08
Jan'21
Majority of suppliers won’t have software ready for CDS until March
Brexit IT systems are all up and running, but little traffic through the borders means they haven’t yet been put to the test, and in Northern Ireland, suppliers don’t yet have software ready to use the Customs Declaration Service
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January 07, 2021
07
Jan'21
Hackney Council data leaked by Pysa ransomware gang
Council data stolen in October is leaked online in a double extortion attack
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January 07, 2021
07
Jan'21
Robust member administration system indispensable for Dutch Coeliac Society
Organisation had to find a dedicated member administration system to support existing members, new members and countless volunteers
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January 07, 2021
07
Jan'21
DBS opens tech academy in skills training drive
The DBS Future Tech Academy will focus on training the bank’s technologists in three disciplines for a start – site reliability engineering, data processing and analytics, and application security
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January 06, 2021
06
Jan'21
SolarWinds attack almost certainly work of Russian spooks
Investigations into the far-reaching SolarWinds Solorigate attack did not let up during the holidays
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January 05, 2021
05
Jan'21
Huawei battles for market access in Nordics
Chinese networking equipment supplier Huawei fights to retain access to potential 5G contracts across the Nordic region
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January 04, 2021
04
Jan'21
Caerphilly council delivers free school meals through automation
Welsh council expands its robotic process automation project, which has successfully helped the council deliver free school meals during the Covid-19 pandemic
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January 03, 2021
03
Jan'21
Covid-19’s impact on the retail supply chain
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the ability of retailers to mitigate supply chain imbalances
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December 31, 2020
31
Dec'20
Top 10 investigations and national security stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 investigations and national security stories of 2020
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December 30, 2020
30
Dec'20
Top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2020
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December 29, 2020
29
Dec'20
Top 10 financial services stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 financial services IT stories of 2020
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December 24, 2020
24
Dec'20
Top 10 IT leader interviews of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 IT leader interviews of 2020
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December 24, 2020
24
Dec'20
Top 10 Middle East stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Middle East stories of 2020
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December 21, 2020
21
Dec'20
Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories of 2020
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December 18, 2020
18
Dec'20
Utility supplier People’s Energy has entire customer list stolen
All 270,000 customers of People’s Energy, a renewable energy startup, have had their details compromised in a major data breach incident
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December 18, 2020
18
Dec'20
SolarWinds cyber attack is ‘grave risk’ to global security
More victims of the SolarWinds Orion Sunburst cyber attack are being identified as the massive scale of the Russia-linked cyber espionage campaign becomes more clear
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December 17, 2020
17
Dec'20
Post Office suffers latest court defeat in Horizon IT scandal
Court of Appeal indicates subpostmasters can pursue appeal route that could do more damage to Post Office’s reputation
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December 17, 2020
17
Dec'20
Dodgy browser extensions put social media users at risk
More than three million users of third-party browser extensions for Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo and others have been infected with malware, according to Avast
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December 17, 2020
17
Dec'20
EU security strategy a ‘step up’ on cyber leadership, says Brussels
The EU’s new cyber security strategy forms a key component of Shaping Europe’s Digital Future, the Recovery Plan for Europe, and the EU Security Union Strategy
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December 17, 2020
17
Dec'20
NHS Scotland taps Check Point to secure Covid-19 data
NHS National Services Scotland is working with security firm Check Point to safeguard its sensitive data in the cloud and support its work on the coronavirus
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December 17, 2020
17
Dec'20
FireEye and partners release SolarWinds kill-switch
A so-called kill-switch for the dangerous SolarWinds Sunburst attack should allay some user fears, but is not a full fix for the issue
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December 17, 2020
17
Dec'20
AWS brings disaster recovery programme to Australia
Project Resilience will offer up to $5,000 worth of credits to public sector and community organisations to offset the cost of storing data on Amazon Web Services
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December 15, 2020
15
Dec'20
SolarWinds cyber attack: How worried should I be, and what do I do now?
Security teams across the world are on high alert as more details emerge of the widespread SolarWinds ‘Sunburst’ attack. What do defenders need to do next?
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December 15, 2020
15
Dec'20
Covid-19 sparks boom in Middle East digital payments sector
Stubborn cash use could fall in the Middle East after an acceleration in the take-up of digital payments amid the coronavirus pandemic
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December 15, 2020
15
Dec'20
Air purifier manufacturer creates IoT service in the cloud
Sweden’s Blueair introduces new functionality for customers through a cloud-based internet of things platform
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December 14, 2020
14
Dec'20
FireEye identifies flaw in networking monitoring software as US agencies attacked
Cyber security company says investigations have revealed security breach occurred because of a flaw in a network monitoring software
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December 14, 2020
14
Dec'20
Appointment of disgraced former Post Office executive at Welsh FA questioned by MP
The appointment of a former Post Office executive, who tried to mislead a judge, in the Football Association of Wales has been questioned by an MP
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December 13, 2020
13
Dec'20
Singapore trials beacons to bolster police operations
Police beacons equipped with video cameras, sirens, floodlights and speakers are being deployed at two parks to improve public safety in a year-long trial
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December 11, 2020
11
Dec'20
The week in ransomware: Foxconn and Randstad are high-profile victims
Foxconn and Randstad are laid low by cyber criminals, while Sophos spills on Egregor, and prognosticators turn to their crystal balls to divine how ransomware will develop in the next 12 months
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December 11, 2020
11
Dec'20
Disputed PostgreSQL bug exploited in cryptomining botnet
PGMiner cryptomining botnet remained unnoticed by exploiting a disputed CVE in PostgreSQL
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December 11, 2020
11
Dec'20
Surge in Covid-19 vaccine phishing scams reported
Check Point and KnowBe4 share details of a growing number of phishing campaigns using the prospect of a Covid-19 vaccine as a lure
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December 11, 2020
11
Dec'20
History made as subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted in Horizon IT scandal have convictions quashed
Six subpostmasters who were wrongly prosecuted for accounting shortfalls caused by computer errors have their convictions quashed after years of campaigning
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December 11, 2020
11
Dec'20
Agility key to pandemic recovery, say APAC CFOs
Chief financial officers in the Asia-Pacific region call for financial transformation to bring about the agility that their organisations need to tide over the pandemic
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December 10, 2020
10
Dec'20
Data on Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine stolen in cyber attack
The European Medicines Agency has launched a full investigation into an apparent security incident that has seen documents on the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine stolen
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
Calls for Facebook break up as US issues lawsuits for anti-competitive behaviour
Antitrust lawsuits issued by the US Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general call for the breakup of Facebook following 10 years of anti-competitive behaviour
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
Amnesia:33 IoT flaws dangerous and patches unlikely, say experts
The disclosure of multiple flaws by Forescout has raised big questions for the developers of connected products, and for their users
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
Gousto uses PagerDuty to cope with lockdown business boom
The recipe box startup has seen a huge growth in demand for its products as people shop for online dinners, which put a strain on its helpdesk
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft presents just 58 CVEs for Christmas
The final Patch Tuesday of 2020 contains 58 fixes, a minnow compared to some recent drops, but many are still of high importance
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
FireEye’s ethical hacking tools stolen in state-backed attack
Hacking tools used to conduct red team penetration testing were stolen in the state-backed attack on security firm FireEye
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
There’s no going back to pre-pandemic security approaches
The cyber security world will probably never return to its pre-pandemic state, and different approaches to security will come to the fore in 2021
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December 08, 2020
08
Dec'20
Societe Generale latest banking giant to cut costs and increase digital investment
French bank Societe Generale is merging two retail brands and increasing investment in its digital offering to meet its ambitious customer acquisition plans
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December 08, 2020
08
Dec'20
Multiple D-Link routers found vulnerable to attack
Digital Defense discloses a remotely exploitable root command injection flaw in a number of D-Link wireless router devices
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December 08, 2020
08
Dec'20
Russian state actors exploiting VMware bug to hijack data, users warned
Russian APT groups are actively exploiting a vulnerability in VMware products to access protected data, according to latest warnings
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December 07, 2020
07
Dec'20
HMRC referred 11 data security incidents to ICO in 2019-20
HM Revenue & Customs shares details of a number of data security incidents that occurred during the 2019-20 financial year in its annual report
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December 07, 2020
07
Dec'20
Post Office IT scandal CEO Paula Vennells jumps NHS ship as pressure mounts
CEO at the centre of the scandal that saw innocent people bankrupted and some sent to prison steps down from NHS role as pressure for her resignation grows
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December 07, 2020
07
Dec'20
A trillion dollars lost to cyber crime every year
Data collated by McAfee and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies highlights the growing impact of cyber crime
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December 04, 2020
04
Dec'20
Opportunistic Egregor ransomware is an emerging and active threat
Researchers at Recorded Future’s Insikt Group highlight links between the emerging Egregor ransomware and other strains, and offer guidance on defending against it
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December 04, 2020
04
Dec'20
What next for the now-profitable app-based Starling Bank?
Starling bank is the first of the new breed of UK digital banks to make a profit, so where next?
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December 03, 2020
03
Dec'20
Cyber Aware campaign to help safeguard Christmas shoppers
New government campaign sets out to raise awareness of online shopping fraud in the run-up to Christmas
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December 03, 2020
03
Dec'20
Allied Irish Bank prioritises digital services as it cuts workforce
Bank is cutting its operating costs by 10% with job cuts and facility closures, but will continue to invest heavily in technology