Security Technology
Over half of UK banks have insecure SSL implementations associated with login functions
Xiphos Research co-founder says some of the instances are 'shockingly bad' but that banks aren't interested in mitigating risks
UK government plans to weaken encryption 'threatens way of life, privacy and economic stability', warns Apple
'Strong encryption is vital to protecting innocent people from malicious actors,' Apple says in evidence released by Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee
What's the point of secure software if you can't trust your CPU?
Modern chip designs make it increasingly difficult for developers to be sure that systems are not compromised, says security expert Joanna Rutkowska
UK's critical infrastructure could be taken out by hackers, warns expert
'Sticking plaster' cyber defence means 'issues of national and worldwide safety are at risk here,' Dr Kevin Curran tells Computing
Microsoft is ending support for Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 next week
You have until Tuesday to get on 11 or Edge
William Hill uses machine learning to fight off 'constant' cyber attacks
'A machine can learn what's normal and can spot anomalies more easily than a thousand people,' CTO Finbarr Joy tells Computing
AVG puts Chrome users at risk with security-compromising browser extension, says Google
Requests permissions that mitigate attacks, reports Google employee
Oracle must carry apology for botched Java security on its website for two years
Old builds stayed resident, opening security loops. Regulator orders ongoing apology
My New Year's resolution: learn more about blockchain in 2016
Extravagant claims about how blockchain could change banking and bring about Internet 2.0 have left John Leonard wanting to find out more
Juniper silent on claims that China was the source of compromise in ScreenOS
"Unauthorised code" in firewall operating system maintained in China
Mimecast talks social engineering, and how your organisation can be compromised in just 82 seconds
And email is still the path of least resistance
Cyber security skills gap: 'Pay more and the problem will go away,' says Reuters IT security chief
Get a bigger chequebook to show you're taking it seriously, suggests Boura
Think you know what's going on your network? You probably don't, warns Darktrace's Steve Soar
Organisations need to proactively monitor network activity, rather than looking at server logs
The top cyber security myths - busted!
Worldpay's DevOps lead allays some misplaced fears about the cloud
Identifying the security gaps in the enterprise - research
Despite increasing awareness of cyber-threats, most enterprise security leaders are still struggling to close gaps in their defences
Irwin Mitchell LLP selects Darktrace for cyber-threat monitoring
Darktrace solution is a "game changer" for us, says law firm's head of IT security, Mark Vivian
ISIL 'doing their best' to use the internet to kill UK citizens, warns Osborne as he pledges to double cyber crime funding
Electricity supply, traffic control and hospitals all under threat, alleges Chancellor
Amadeus deploys Box to global workforce of 13,000
Box 'provides increased efficiency, security and simplicity for our employees' says Alexandre Cabaud, VP global business services at Amadeus
Visa Europe rolls out Computacenter NGSD IT service desk to all 3,400 staff as part of wider mobility overhaul
'In the 21st century, our system seemed ripe for improvement' says head of IT David Sherry
Joomla CMS exploit attacks begin again only four hours after patch
12,000 attacks against insecure Joomla content management systems in 24-hours
Marks & Spencer website glitch allowed users to view other customers' personal data
Site suspended for two hours Tuesday night, said to be fixed now
'Our bad - there should be no on and off button for security, it should always be on' says Oracle's Larry Ellison
Oracle is to push security down to the hardware layer in a bid to protect its customers from the likes of Venom and Heartbleed
Forty per cent of IT professionals now use encrypted email - has a tipping point been reached?
Apple's and WhatsApp's conversion to end-to-end encryption has brought secure messaging to the mainstream - but there is still work to do on the convenience side
How to hack Hadoop (and how to prevent others doing it to you)
All you need is Zenmap and Terminal on a default distro
