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• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Artificial intelligence to reduce waiting list for neurology appointments

  The Walton Centre is working with Tata Consultancy Services to apply digital technology to its operation, starting with a time-saving AI chatbot

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  BT sees challenging Q1 but beats the heat to ‘smash’ network development objectives

  UK incumbent telco ends first quarter facing continued challenging enterprise market conditions offsetting growth in other segments, in particular strong growth of business with core fibre and 5G network assets

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  H0lyGh0st ransomware gang faces challenges, but still a threat

  Digital Shadows reports on the recently identified H0lyGh0st ransomware outfit, a new threat actor operating out of North Korea that faces some clear challenges, but is nevertheless still a live threat

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  NCSC startups scheme turns focus to operational technology, SME security

  NCSC for Startups initiative turns its focus to supporting innovation around securing operational technology and addressing the challenges facing small businesses

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Facebook net income drops 36% as economic outlook worsens

  Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is planning to slash spending by $6bn, but remains focused on AI development

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Home Office selects CGI as strategic delivery partner

  IT services supplier will act as strategic delivery partner for the Home Office’s plans to modernise and join up UK law enforcement’s digital capabilities

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Cyber criminals pivot away from macros as Microsoft changes bite

  As Microsoft resumes blocking macros by default in its Office application suite, reversing a temporary reversal, analysis from Proofpoint suggests the action has had a remarkable effect

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Hibs push for the backup premier league with Acronis

  Hibernian FC signs Acronis to get top division data protection and make the most of ticketing information and match footage as it tries to gain more value from the data it holds

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Teams in Grenoble work on 6G breakthrough technology

  Even as 5G networks are being rolled out, new requirements are driving scientists, and engineers in Europe are back to the lab to start developing 6G

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  The verdict is Pure as Scottish prosecutor upgrades high-end storage

  Scotland’s prosecution service saw disk drives in the dock every week with EMC legacy storage. Now it’s got Pure all-flash and has turned over an (Evergreen) new leaf

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Virgin Media O2 Business to provide dark fibre for all Proximity edge datacentres

  Fixed wholesale connectivity arm of Virgin Media O2 Business announces initiative with network of regional carrier-neutral edge datacentres to bolster customer choice for low-latency services across UK edge colocation portfolio

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  Ocado revenue drops despite distribution centre successes

  Ocado has spent the past six months rolling out new customer fulfilment centres and signing partners for its smart platform, but the cost-of-living crisis still sees revenue taking a hit

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Microsoft anticipates $3.3bn savings by extending server life

  Thanks to new software tools and better hardware, Microsoft plans to upgrade servers and network equipment every six years

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Government slammed for slow response to IR35-related consultation on zero-rights employees

  The government has taken four years to publish its response to a three-month consultation on whether employment status and tax laws should be more closely aligned, and concluded that now is not the right time to make any changes

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Netomnia, Truespeed advance UK altnets’ full-fibre march

  Company claiming to be the UK’s fastest-growing wholesale fibre broadband operator expands reach across swathe of UK while Southwest England provider racks up 300 gigabit business customers

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Consumers left out of pocket as security costs soar

  As the average cost of a security incident reaches an all-time high of nearly $4.5m, an IBM Security study reveals how these costs are being passed on to ordinary people

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  US doubles bounty on Lazarus cyber crime group to $10m

  US State Department doubles a previously announced reward for information on North Korean cyber criminals, including the notorious Lazarus group

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  UK 5G operators make strides in first half of 2022

  Latest analysis by Ookla-owned mobile network performance measurement firm RootMetrics finds UK 5G market in fine fettle, particularly as regards download speeds, latency reliability and availability

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Google results show bigger GCP operating loss

  The company remains committed to the Google Cloud Platform, but continues to assess the value of extra datacentre investment

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Retail software firm PrestaShop warns users about SQL injection attacks

  Open source e-commerce platform PrestaShop warns thousands of small retailers that their customers’ credit card details may be at risk of compromise

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Cyber security training ‘boring’ and largely ignored

  Two-thirds of employees don’t bother to pay attention to cyber security training – and the fault does not lie with them

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Gigabit Networks brings ‘futuristic’ broadband to Wolverhampton

  Regional UK ISP adds to its growing reach across UK Midlands with 930Mpbs connectivity offer based on CityFibre infrastructure

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Telstra and Microsoft deepen cloud and connectivity ties

  Telstra will use Azure as a preferred cloud while Microsoft will look at boosting its capacity on Telstra’s subsea cable network in a wide-ranging deal

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Secret court asked to quash a decade of MI5 surveillance warrants following ‘systemic breaches’

  The culture at MI5 was to ‘prioritise’ missions ‘over everything else’, including compliance with safeguards designed to protect the public, the UK’s most secret court heard yesterday

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  CityFibre to upgrade all networks to 10Gbps XGS-PON technology

  Boosting considerably the capability of its rapidly growing network, full-fibre provider, in partnership with Calix and Nokia, announces that 10Gbps XGS-PON access technology will be deployed as standard across full infrastructure from April 2023

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  No More Ransom initiative helps 1.5 million people in six years

  One and a half million people have now taken advantage of free ransomware decryption tools offered by a joint European project

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Eutelsat confirms OneWeb merger after ‘robust’ financial year

  As it posts results showing growth in connectivity and mobile services, satellite operator inks agreement with joint venture satellite broadband provider to create what they claim will be a global connectivity leader

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  UK government looks to universities, Korea to develop 5G diversity plans

  UK government has created a body for telecoms innovation and inked milestone R&D partnership with Republic of Korea

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Quantum researchers advance error handling

  Handling errors is one of the hot areas of research to advance quantum computing

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Supermarket facial recognition challenged by privacy group

  Big Brother Watch’s legal challenge against Southern Co-op’s use of facial recognition claims the use of the technology in stores is ‘unlawful’ and ‘Orwellian in the extreme’

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Post Office attacked subpostmasters who questioned Horizon, say victims

  When the Post Office’s lie about the Horizon system failed to silence subpostmaster critics, it took more extreme measures, say victims of the scandal

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Visibility and proactive stance needed to secure OT systems

  Critical infrastructure operators need to have more visibility into their IT and operational technology environment, and take a more active stance to fend off sophisticated adversaries, expert says

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Meta publishes first-ever human rights report

  Meta details its approach to protecting and promoting human rights, but civil society groups say the company has failed to grapple with the human rights risks associated with its own business model

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Ducktail infostealer targets Facebook Business users

  Newly uncovered Ducktail operation targets individuals with access to Facebook Business service and tries to steal their accounts

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Lambeth maps future with cloud applications

  With its funding dramatically cut, Lambeth Council has turned to cloud delivery of its business applications to have a simpler technology stack and be nimbler in delivering services to its 330,000 population

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Orange Spain, Masmóvil confirm merger plans

  Spanish telcos sign binding agreement to combine their businesses in a move they say will drive competition, digitisation and innovation in the market

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  OneWeb merger plans with Eutelsat confirmed

  French satellite operator reveals talks with UK government and Bharti Global-owned company that they say would be the first multi-orbit satellite operator offering integrated GEO and LEO solutions

• July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

  Six more subpostmaster convictions overturned in Horizon scandal

  More former subpostmasters have their wrongful convictions for theft and fraud overturned in the Court of Appeal

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  Home Office ‘unlawfully’ approved MI5 bulk surveillance warrants

  MI5 provided ‘false information’ to the Home Office to secure bulk surveillance warrants, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  NCSC seeks community input for Cyber Advisor service

  The NCSC is proposing to establish a new Cyber Advisor service to train up experts in security guidance, and is inviting interested parties to come forward

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  Umbrella IT contractors could get back-dated holiday pay windfall following Supreme Court ruling

  Umbrella industry stakeholders weigh-up the financial implications of a Supreme Court ruling, which could pave the way for IT contractors to submit back-dated claims for holiday pay

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  Latest Atlassian Confluence vulnerability raises concerns

  CVE-2022-26138 is the second major vulnerability disclosure made for Atlassian’s Confluence collaboration platform in recent months

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  CDO interview: Brandon Hootman, director of digital data, Caterpillar

  Manufacturing giant is modernising its data management and turning to digital to steal a march on its competitors

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  The Security Interviews: Why you need to protect abandoned digital assets

  The war in Ukraine and subsequent boycott of Russia resulted in a swathe of digital infrastructure being abandoned, becoming a potential vulnerability for many organisations, says Cyberpion’s Ran Nahmias

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  CDO interview: Ian Rabagliati, product and experience director, Eurotunnel

  The Channel Tunnel operator is coming to terms with the realities of post-Covid European travel, and focusing on customer experience to bring it closer to its passengers

• July 25, 2022 25 Jul'22

  TMT firms among top targets for cyber attacks in Singapore

  Organisations in the technology, media and telecoms sector were among the most lucrative targets for malicious actors as their services penetrate almost every aspect of society

• July 22, 2022 22 Jul'22

  Russia could become the world’s largest market for illegal IT

  Russia could become the biggest market for illegal IT equipment as companies try to get round sanctions imposed on the country

• July 22, 2022 22 Jul'22

  SAP Q2 2022: Revenue up 13%, Ukraine war impact steady at €300m

  SAP has announced first-quarter revenue of more than €7.5bn, and restated its expectation that Ukraine war is projected to have a €300m impact in 2022

• July 22, 2022 22 Jul'22

  UK heatwave linked to ongoing IT systems issues at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

  Guy's & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust said it is working ‘around the clock’ to restore the IT systems affected by the extreme temperatures seen in the UK this week

• July 22, 2022 22 Jul'22

  LinkedIn most impersonated brand in phishing attacks

  Social network LinkedIn, along with Microsoft and DHL, are just some of the brands that are most frequently imitated by cyber criminals conducting phishing attacks