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NCC Group's internal training data - and CREST cheatsheets - leaks on GitHub
The leaked documents offered step-by-step guidance about how to pass the CREST exams
The Women in Tech Festival is now virtual, and better than ever!
Grab your place now, with the early bird discount set to close on Friday 14th August
Citrix and SAP issue warnings over critical security flaws
Citrix has addressed five vulnerabilities in its CEM solution
Microsoft patches 120 security bugs in August 2020 Patch Tuesday update
Seventeen bugs are rated as "critical" meaning they can be easily exploited by hackers to gain full control of a vulnerable machine
UK suffers largest employment fall in a decade, but tech is resilient
Employment in the tech sector, which helped the country keep working during lockdown, remained above 1.5 million
Threat actors behind Smaug ransomware are advertising their RasS platform on the Dark Web forum
Smaug RaaS makes it easy for threat actors to use ransomware to achieve their objectives
Huawei Data Centre in Papua New Guinea exposes government's secret data to spying, report warns
Huawei used outdated software in the centre, it claims
Lafayette City pays $45,000 ransom to cyber criminals
Attackers likely entered the network through a phishing scam or brute force attack
Twitter makes play for TikTok
Twitter is said to be only looking at TikTok’s US operations - unlike Microsoft, which wants the whole package
Bugs in Qualcomm chips expose millions of Android handsets
Attackers could use the bugs to listen to audio in a device's surroundings, monitor a user's location and exfiltrate sensitive information
US sanctions force Huawei to stop making Kirin chips
Huawei can no longer produce the chips it needs for its high-end smartphones with features like 5G and AI, due to US government sanctions
Microsoft is pursuing plan to buy TikTok's global operations, report
Meanwhile, President Trump has signed an executive order to curtail US transactions with TikTok
Intel's classified documents, including source codes, leaked online
An anonymous hacker claims to have breached Intel server earlier this year and stolen data from the system
Inadequate broadband access is costing London SMEs money and opportunities
More than four in five SMEs say they need a broadband connection to operate successfully
Insecure satellite-based internet poses threat to transport safety
Satellite internet service providers are still vulnerable to attack methods discovered nearly 15 years ago
Researchers identify vulnerabilities in critical industrial equipment
Protocol gateways are critical to enabling Industry 4.0, and Trend Micro has found critical weaknesses in how they operate
Passwords for over 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers revealed on hacker forum
The attacker likely exploited CVE-2019-11510 security flaw to gain access to vulnerable systems
Will you celebrate success at the Security Awards 2020?
This year we will present a special one-time prize for security performance in the coronavirus pandemic
FBI warns organisations of increased security risks due to devices running Windows 7
An actively supported OS provide the best way to mitigate the risks arising due to newly discovered security bugs, it says
British firms paid more than £200m in ransoms last year
British firms paid the sixth-highest total ransom amount to attackers last year, after the USA, Italy, Germany, Spain and France
Cloud and connectivity top UK IT spending charts during pandemic
New research from Computing Delta reveals how organisations are intending to spend their IT budgets during the COVID-19 crisis, with most staff continuing to work remotely
Mirai botnet is targeting RCE vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP software
The bug could enable an attacker to create or delete files, intercept information and otherwise compromise the system
Entries are now open for the Technology Product Awards 2020
The Technology Product Awards are the only Computing event where our readers choose the winners
US agencies publicly link Taidoor malware to Chinese government
The warning comes in the midst of rising tensions between the USA and China
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