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Amazon to call Trump to testify in Pentagon JEDI contract dispute
Amazon to call Trump to testify in Pentagon JEDI contract dispute

Amazon to call President Trump to the witness stand over his ‘screw Amazon’ comment to former Secretary of Defense James Mattis

  • Cloud and Infrastructure
  • 11 February 2020
Public sector lacks transparency in the use of AI, warns official report
Public sector lacks transparency in the use of AI, warns official report

Implementations of AI in the public sector risk undermining the Nolan Principles, warns Lord Evans, chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life

  • Big Data and Analytics
  • 10 February 2020
Google fixes critical vulnerability affecting Android Bluetooth subsystem
Google fixes critical vulnerability affecting Android Bluetooth subsystem

Bluetooth Android security flaw has been labelled ‘critical’ on both Android 8 and 9

  • Security
  • 07 February 2020
TCL to stop making BlackBerry Android smartphones
TCL to stop making BlackBerry Android smartphones

TCL's BlackBerry licensing deal won't be renewed in August, putting the future of BlackBerry smartphones in doubt

  • Hardware
  • 03 February 2020
Oracle opens five new cloud regions
Oracle opens five new cloud regions

Oracle aims to have 36 cloud locations by the end of the year, including a Government and Commercial cloud data centre in Newport, Wales

  • Cloud Computing
  • 03 February 2020
Former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers dies
Former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers dies

78-year-old Ebbers made WorldCom one of the world's largest telecoms company - committing one of the world's largest accounting frauds in the process

  • Communications
  • 03 February 2020
Almost 500 Citrix servers in the UK vulnerable to ransomware
Almost 500 Citrix servers in the UK vulnerable to ransomware

But that's nothing - there's still more than 3,200 in the US that haven't been patched against the CVE-2019-19781 security flaw

  • Security
  • 31 January 2020
Microsoft offers $20,000 bug bounties for Xbox security flaws
Microsoft offers $20,000 bug bounties for Xbox security flaws

Microsoft extends bug bounty offerings to Xbox games console vulnerabilities

  • Security
  • 31 January 2020
Government Huawei ruling will cost £500m over five years, claims BT
Government Huawei ruling will cost £500m over five years, claims BT

BT claims that it will need to remove Huawei equipment from the EE mobile network to comply with the government's ruling

  • Communications
  • 30 January 2020
Avast to close Jumpshot data-analytics firm following claims it sold anti-virus users' web-browsing data
Avast to close Jumpshot data-analytics firm following claims it sold anti-virus users' web-browsing data

Avast CEO Ondrej Vlcek claims he made the decision following a review instigated after he joined seven months ago

  • Security
  • 30 January 2020
Travelex claims it has brought money transfer and wire services back - but website remains down
Travelex claims it has brought money transfer and wire services back - but website remains down

Travelex's main website remains down almost a month after New Year's Eve ransomware attack

  • Security
  • 29 January 2020
Smartphone sales to rise just three per cent in 2020, but slowdown in 2021 - Gartner
Smartphone sales to rise just three per cent in 2020, but slowdown in 2021 - Gartner

Worldwide sales to grow in 2020 following two per cent decline in 2019

  • Communications
  • 28 January 2020
UK decision on Huawei's participation in 5G networks due today
UK decision on Huawei's participation in 5G networks due today

Prime Minister Boris Johnson under pressure from both sides over inclusion of Huawei in the UK's 5G networks

  • Communications
  • 28 January 2020
Government plans new laws to mandate minimum security standards for consumer IoT devices
Government plans new laws to mandate minimum security standards for consumer IoT devices

Government expected to push for legal recognition of emerging TS 103 645 global IoT security standard

  • Security
  • 27 January 2020
Citrix releases final patches for critical CVE-2019-19781 security flaw
Citrix releases final patches for critical CVE-2019-19781 security flaw

Patch ASAP, urges Citrix - then scan your network for any indicator of compromise

  • Security
  • 25 January 2020
Metropolitan Police to roll-out live facial recognition across London
Metropolitan Police to roll-out live facial recognition across London

Met plans to use live facial recognition at 'specific location' in London to 'help protect the vulnerable'

  • Security
  • 24 January 2020
'Smart factory' honeypot attracts two ransomware attacks, fraudsters, corporate espionage - and other security researchers
'Smart factory' honeypot attracts two ransomware attacks, fraudsters, corporate espionage - and other security researchers

Trend Micro honeypot indicates that bread-and-butter security measures will deter most attackers

  • Security
  • 23 January 2020
IBM reports surprise (small) quarterly revenue rise - largely thanks to its Red Hat acquisition
IBM reports surprise (small) quarterly revenue rise - largely thanks to its Red Hat acquisition

IBM's tiny 0.1 per cent fourth-quarter revenue increase overshadowed by 3.1 per cent decline for the full year

  • Software
  • 22 January 2020
House of Lords introduces private member's bill to resurrect age verification plan
House of Lords introduces private member's bill to resurrect age verification plan

Baroness Howe of Idlicote's bill intended to force government into implementing the so-called porn block

  • Communications
  • 22 January 2020
CityFibre acquires TalkTalk's FibreNation fibre network
CityFibre acquires TalkTalk's FibreNation fibre network

CityFibre has also cut a deal with Vodafone enabling it to cut wholesale deals with other ISPs sooner than originally agreed

  • Communications
  • 21 January 2020
GDPR claims €114m in fines in under two years - with more to come this year
GDPR claims €114m in fines in under two years - with more to come this year

European data protection authorities have received more than 160,000 data-breach notifications since GDPR came into force in May 2018

  • Security
  • 20 January 2020
Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for 'proportionate' regulation of artificial intelligence
Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for 'proportionate' regulation of artificial intelligence

There is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated - Sundar Pichai

  • Software
  • 20 January 2020
Travelex continues to insist that no customer data was compromised in new video update from CEO
Travelex continues to insist that no customer data was compromised in new video update from CEO

Customer-facing systems are being restored, says Travelex CEO Tony D'Souza, 18 days after the ransomware attack broke out

  • Security
  • 17 January 2020
WeLeakInfo website trading in 12 billion compromised credentials taken down and two men arrested
WeLeakInfo website trading in 12 billion compromised credentials taken down and two men arrested

Arrests in the Netherlands and Northern Ireland accompany cross-border operation against hacker website trading in compromised credentials

  • Security
  • 17 January 2020
Google to whack third-party tracking cookies - but you'll have to wait until 2022
Google to whack third-party tracking cookies - but you'll have to wait until 2022

Google shifts position on tracking cookies and announces plans to tackle 'browser fingerprinting'

  • Security
  • 15 January 2020
Equifax to pay $380.5 million in data breach settlement in the US
Equifax to pay $380.5 million in data breach settlement in the US

Equifax settles class-action lawsuit over 2017 data breach that spilt personal data of 147 million Americans (and more than 15.2 million Brits)

  • Security
  • 15 January 2020
Travelex refuses to comment on whether it paid ransom to get its data back
Travelex refuses to comment on whether it paid ransom to get its data back

Last week, a group claiming to be behind the Sodinokibi ransomware attack on Travelex threatened to release data. This week, Travelex refuses to comment on whether it paid up…

  • Security
  • 14 January 2020
Visa acquires fintech start-up Plaid for $5.3bn
Visa acquires fintech start-up Plaid for $5.3bn

Plaid turns $310m in venture funding into a tidy $5bn profit for backers of 2013 fintech start-up

  • Software
  • 14 January 2020
Windows 7 Extended Support ends today
Windows 7 Extended Support ends today

From now on, you're on your own (unless you pay Microsoft $25-$50 per PC per year for the next three years for essential patches)

  • Software
  • 14 January 2020
Travelex claims it is 'making good progress' in recovery from Sodinokibi ransomware attack
Travelex claims it is 'making good progress' in recovery from Sodinokibi ransomware attack

Travelex continues to insist that no personal data was compromised

  • Security
  • 13 January 2020
UK set to approve Huawei technology for 5G networks
UK set to approve Huawei technology for 5G networks

Huawei to be granted 'very limited' role, according to reports

  • Communications
  • 13 January 2020
Travelex 'negotiating' with Sodinokibi ransomware group threatening to release or sell personal data
Travelex 'negotiating' with Sodinokibi ransomware group threatening to release or sell personal data

Travelex reportedly negotiating $6m ransom as group threaten to release personal data Travelex claims hasn't been compromised…..

  • Security
  • 10 January 2020
Currys-PC World fined £500,000 over cyber attack that compromised 14 million people's personal information
Currys-PC World fined £500,000 over cyber attack that compromised 14 million people's personal information

Currys owner DSG Retail fined the maximum under the old data protection regime - would've been much more under GDPR, warns ICO

  • Security
  • 10 January 2020
ICO: Travelex hasn't reported a data breach
ICO: Travelex hasn't reported a data breach

'The company has not reported a data breach,' ICO tells Computing, but adds that they may be required to 'explain why it wasn't reported'

  • Security
  • 08 January 2020
Huawei unveils openEuler, its CentOS-based Linux distribution
Huawei unveils openEuler, its CentOS-based Linux distribution

In the spirit of the age, Huawei releases the source code of openEuler to Gitee, a Chinese alternative to Github

  • Software
  • 08 January 2020
Sonos sues Google claiming theft of smart speaker intellectual property
Sonos sues Google claiming theft of smart speaker intellectual property

Sonos claims Google exploited the company's openness in 2013 collaboration to better integrate Google Play Music with Sonos's wireless speakers

  • Hardware
  • 08 January 2020
TikTok security flaws enabled attackers to text malware to users and uncover personal information
TikTok security flaws enabled attackers to text malware to users and uncover personal information

Setting the bar low for app security

  • Security
  • 08 January 2020
Travelex: Met Police called-in last week as Travelex FINALLY admits Sodinokibi ransomware attack
Travelex: Met Police called-in last week as Travelex FINALLY admits Sodinokibi ransomware attack

Travelex statement admits Sodinokibi ransomware outbreak but claims that no "structured personal customer data" has been compromised

  • Security
  • 08 January 2020
Privacy International demands Amazon, Google and other cloud companies reveal use of 'cloud extraction' technology
Privacy International demands Amazon, Google and other cloud companies reveal use of 'cloud extraction' technology

Privacy pressure group calls for 17 cloud giants to 'protect customer data from legal backdoors'

  • Security
  • 07 January 2020
Xerox nails down $24bn funding to back proposed HP acquisition
Xerox nails down $24bn funding to back proposed HP acquisition

Xerox CEO John Visentin brandishes the financing necessary to back Xerox's proposed takeover of HP Inc

  • Hardware
  • 06 January 2020
Travelex ignored September warning over 'insecure' VPN server software
Travelex ignored September warning over 'insecure' VPN server software

Travelex among a large number of organisations running vulnerable Pulse Secure VPN software

  • Security
  • 06 January 2020
Downing Street to hire data scientists, project managers - and (even more) weirdos
Downing Street to hire data scientists, project managers - and (even more) weirdos

Prime Minister's chief special advisor calls for flood of new talent as rumours of major Civil Service reforms circulate

  • Leadership
  • 03 January 2020
Ex-Google executive: Company only pays lip-service to human rights principles as workplace culture descended into bullying
Ex-Google executive: Company only pays lip-service to human rights principles as workplace culture descended into bullying

Former head of international relations at Google speaks out over the company's compromises on China and Saudi Arabia, and its use of diversity programmes to bully staff

  • Cloud and Infrastructure
  • 02 January 2020
Zynga's September security breach compromised accounts of 173 million Farmville and Words with Friends players
Zynga's September security breach compromised accounts of 173 million Farmville and Words with Friends players

Attacker behind the breach had claimed to have snaffled email addresses, login names and passwords of 220 million accounts

  • Security
  • 23 December 2019
Google fined €150m by French authorities over anti-competitive abuse of search ads
Google fined €150m by French authorities over anti-competitive abuse of search ads

Google hit with third-highest antitrust fine by French authorities

  • Communications
  • 20 December 2019
ECJ opinion backs Facebook over data privacy 'standard contractual clauses'
ECJ opinion backs Facebook over data privacy 'standard contractual clauses'

Advocate general Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe backs standard contract clauses, but warns they require ongoing scrutiny

  • Communications
  • 19 December 2019
Google removes Avast and AVG extensions from Chrome web store over 'unnecessary' data collection
Google removes Avast and AVG extensions from Chrome web store over 'unnecessary' data collection

Google follows Opera and Firefox in removing Avast and AVG security extensions used by up to 400 million users

  • Security
  • 18 December 2019
Ofcom considers ban on sale of locked smartphones
Ofcom considers ban on sale of locked smartphones

Ofcom proposal aims to lower the barriers to switching networks

  • Communications
  • 17 December 2019
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