
Staff avoid New Year daze to provide IT cover.
Recruitment agencies are bracing themselves for a rush of permanent staff and contractors keen to forgo traditional holiday pleasures to cash in on a millennium pay bonanza.
Although only a few IT departments expect to call up extra staff over the millennium, recruitment agencies are compiling lists of people who promise to be on standby to meet emergency demand for IT staff...
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Warning over Zeppelin ransomware targeting healthcare and tech firms across Europe and US
Analysis of Zeppelin's code suggests that it was first compiled last month
Malware attacks targeting the Americas increased dramatically in Q3 2019
The trend represents a major geographic shift in the focus for attackers
Open Rights Group criticises government for demanding weaker encryption
The ORG believes such back-doors would endanger the security of internet users around the world
Facebook turns down Attorney General's request for access to its messaging products
That would be a gift to hackers, criminals and repressive regimes, Facebook believes
Top three security tips for 2020 from the experts
'Secure inbound email' advise the experts. Computing speaks to luminaries from end user and vendor organisations, and learns that it's not about 'patch management'
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