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• December 02, 2021 02 Dec'21

  IR35 reforms: Contractors report widespread blanket bans and project disruption in impacts survey

  A poll of more than 3,000 contractors about how the roll-out of the IR35 reforms affected them brings to light widespread use of blanket bans

• December 02, 2021 02 Dec'21

  Millions of credit card details for sale on dark web for as little as 75p

  The credit card details of millions of people from across the world can be bought by criminals using the dark web for as little as $1

• December 02, 2021 02 Dec'21

  India’s IT spending to cross $100bn mark in 2022

  Led by software investments, the growth in IT spending comes as organisations in the subcontinent look to modernise their IT infrastructure and support a hybrid workforce

• December 01, 2021 01 Dec'21

  Kaspersky introduces cyber policy for bionic devices

  Cyber firm Kaspersky has become one of the first organisations in the world to develop and implement a security policy covering the use of bionic devices and other forms of human augmentation

• December 01, 2021 01 Dec'21

  Cloud-based Redwood becomes latest challenger bank to make a profit

  Cloud-based business bank becomes the latest of the new wave of challengers to achieve profit

• November 30, 2021 30 Nov'21

  Compliance, device management a challenge for NHS cyber teams

  Information gleaned by asset visibility specialist Armis reveals that despite improvements, some daunting security challenges still dog the NHS

• November 30, 2021 30 Nov'21

  MI6 will ‘open up’ to tech firms to innovate faster than adversaries, says chief Richard Moore

  MI6 will use investment fund to back tech companies to develop long-term technologies that will help it to keep pace with China and Russia

• November 30, 2021 30 Nov'21

  UK bank branch cull continues as TSB condemns 70 more

  TSB’s branch closure programme gathers pace as dozens more high street premises are shuttered

• November 30, 2021 30 Nov'21

  HP patches bugs in over 150 printer models

  More than 150 HP multifunction printers are at risk of compromise through a series of newly disclosed vulnerabilities, one of them wormable

• November 30, 2021 30 Nov'21

  Recovering from ransomware: One organisation’s inside story

  In February 2021, French office equipment supplier Manutan fell victim to a DoppelPaymer ransomware hit. IT ops director Jérôme Marchandiau tells the inside story of the incident

• November 30, 2021 30 Nov'21

  Financial Ombudsman Service takes step towards digital transformation with Workday

  Ombudsman uses human resource and financial management software in the cloud

• November 30, 2021 30 Nov'21

  Accenture to create 3,000 UK tech jobs

  Accenture’s recruitment plan in the UK is a response to businesses to the release of pent-up demand for digital transformations

• November 29, 2021 29 Nov'21

  Second Mizuho executive quits after IT problems

  IT failures have forced the CEO of Japanese financial services group to step down

• November 29, 2021 29 Nov'21

  British Army picks Immersive Labs for cyber training

  The British Army will make Immersive Labs’ security training platform available to all serving personnel

• November 29, 2021 29 Nov'21

  DWP extends Capita contract for Scottish jobs programme

  Scotland’s JETS job-matching scheme, which uses digital tools to support people looking for work, extends contract with Capita

• November 29, 2021 29 Nov'21

  Three latest trends and developments around the Mitre ATT&CK framework

  Framework is set to receive important updates to help organisations and businesses evolve their cyber security. Learn more about what it offers

• November 26, 2021 26 Nov'21

  Post Office inquiry clears up opaque stance on subpostmaster compensation

  The chair of the Post Office scandal public inquiry has confirmed the compensation of a group of subpostmasters will be revisited

• November 25, 2021 25 Nov'21

  Government must prove its plans to police encryption work, says ex-cyber security chief

  Ciaran Martin, the former UK cyber security chief, says the government must explain how it can access encrypted communications without damaging cyber security and weakening privacy

• November 25, 2021 25 Nov'21

  Post Office supported 1999 law change that eased prosecutions using computer evidence

  The Post Office made clear its support for a change in UK law regarding computer evidence that was making prosecution 'onerous' - a change which later helped to wrongfully convict subpostmasters

• November 24, 2021 24 Nov'21

  Kazakhstan’s IT industry growing rapidly thanks to heavy government support

  Kazakhstan’s IT sector is being prepared for international expansion through government investment

• November 24, 2021 24 Nov'21

  Apple sues under-fire malware firm NSO

  Lawsuit alleges spyware firm NSO Group targeted Apple’s users, adding to the pressure on the under-fire company

• November 23, 2021 23 Nov'21

  NCSC commits to new diversity measures

  The National Cyber Security Centre’s second annual report on diversity in cyber security finds room for improvement

• November 23, 2021 23 Nov'21

  Four-day week introduced for staff at digital bank

  UK’s Atom Bank brings in four-day working week for employees with no salary reduction

• November 22, 2021 22 Nov'21

  Upcoming holidays prompt ransomware warning from authorities

  Ransomware gangs know how calendars work, and may target their attacks around major holidays to take advantage of more people being off work, according to a new alert

• November 22, 2021 22 Nov'21

  Black Friday cyber warning for 4,000 card-skimming victims

  NCSC warns thousands of small retailers that their websites are being exploited to steal customer data

• November 19, 2021 19 Nov'21

  Subpostmasters asked to withdraw support for Post Office scandal inquiry

  Subpostmaster campaign group founder calls for members to withdraw support for public inquiry into Horizon IT scandal over lack of adequate compensation

• November 19, 2021 19 Nov'21

  Why is Emotet back, and should we be worried about it?

  The sudden reappearance of Emotet this week has security teams on high alert, but do we need to be worried about its return, and what should we be doing about it?

• November 19, 2021 19 Nov'21

  GCHQ, NSA chiefs recommit to counter cyber threats

  UK and US intelligence services reaffirm a joint commitment to disrupt and deter new and emerging cyber threats

• November 18, 2021 18 Nov'21

  Memento ransomware gang quick to retool for ‘optimum’ outcome

  The operators of a new ransomware called Memento are quick to retool for ‘success’ if they run up against a competent defender, says Sophos

• November 18, 2021 18 Nov'21

  Alert over spate of Iran-linked BitLocker attacks

  A joint advisory from western cyber agencies warns of a campaign of ‘ongoing malicious activity’ by an Iran-linked APT group exploiting BitLocker to extort its targets

• November 18, 2021 18 Nov'21

  Sky ECC provided free cryptophones to a Canadian police force

  Internal emails disclosed in a US court show how Sky Global supplied sample encrypted phones to a Canadian police force before its phone users became subject to an international police investigation

• November 18, 2021 18 Nov'21

  Six more former subpostmasters have convictions overturned

  A total number of 65 subpostmasters have now had criminal convictions overturned in Post Office Horizon scandal

• November 18, 2021 18 Nov'21

  Cryptophone supplier Sky Global takes legal action over US government website seizures

  Canadian tech company Sky Global has filed a legal motion claiming that the US government unlawfully seized the company’s internet sites following police investigations into the use of its cryptophones by organised crime

• November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

  Security startups line up on Cyber Runway

  Some 108 cyber security startups representing the UK’s most cutting-edge innovators are to join Plexal’s Cyber Runway accelerator

• November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

  Zero-days: The next element of the service-based cyber economy?

  Digital Shadows researchers have reported on the emergence of zero-days as a service, which could be the next big thing in the cyber criminal underworld

• November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

  Out of the shadows: The rise of ethical hackers in 2021

  Ethical hackers working on the Bugcrowd platform have saved organisations almost $30bn in risk during the Covid-19 pandemic, as the community sheds old stereotypes

• November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

  Post Office agrees to share privileged legal information with Horizon scandal inquiry

  The Post Office will waive professional legal privilege for documents relating to legal advice it received regarding subpostmaster prosecutions

• November 16, 2021 16 Nov'21

  One-fifth of NCSC-supported cyber incidents linked to Covid-19

  National Cyber Security Centre has helped to thwart multiple cyber incidents that could have seriously disrupted the UK’s response to the pandemic

• November 16, 2021 16 Nov'21

  Medtronic ups ante in digital health

  Medtronic wants a slice of the burgeoning digital health market and is teaming up with startups and other organisations in Asia-Pacific’s healthcare ecosystem to raise its game

• November 15, 2021 15 Nov'21

  UK government proposes new rules for digital supply chain security

  Proposals could see IT service providers legally required to adhere to the NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework, among other things

• November 15, 2021 15 Nov'21

  General Motors restructures IT to develop $25bn software business

  Carmaker has divided its IT function, one part focusing on the back office, the other on its software-defined business opportunity

• November 15, 2021 15 Nov'21

  Government bodies refuse FOI requests on basis of misleading database search times, says academic

  The Information Commissioner’s Office tells tribunal it would need to bring in external experts to search data using an Excel spreadsheet

• November 15, 2021 15 Nov'21

  Convictions of eight former subpostmasters in Scotland under review

  The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission is investigating eight potential miscarriages of justice linked with faulty Post Office IT system

• November 15, 2021 15 Nov'21

  CaixaBank system normal after migration of millions of customer accounts

  Spain’s CaixaBank has successfully completed the migration of millions of Bankia customers to its systems

• November 14, 2021 14 Nov'21

  Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2022

  Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for the annual Innovation Awards to honour digital transformation initiatives in Asia-Pacific that have transformed organisations in seven industries

• November 12, 2021 12 Nov'21

  Cost reduction is still the biggest driver of banks’ cloud adoption

  More than 80% of banks now have a clear cloud strategy following a injection of urgency during the Covid-19 pandemic

• November 12, 2021 12 Nov'21

  BT applies Covid-19 R number modelling to threat response

  A prototype cyber security tool developed at BT uses epidemiological principles to detect and respond to cyber threats

• November 12, 2021 12 Nov'21

  CaixaBank to complete IT integration of Bankia in two days

  Spanish bank embarks on a massive migration of customer accounts following merger

• November 12, 2021 12 Nov'21

  IT Priorities 2022: APAC enterprises invest in digital future

  Nearly two-thirds of enterprises in Asia-Pacific plan to increase their IT budgets next year in areas such as cloud computing and cyber security to secure their digital future

• November 11, 2021 11 Nov'21

  HPE’s Aruba networking unit hit by cyber attack

  Undisclosed threat actor compromised data buckets used to run the Aruba Central cloud environment using a stolen access key