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Hackers posing as notorious APT groups threaten organisations with DDoS attacks
The new and unidentified hacking group is masquerading as other, infamous groups to convince firms to pay its ransom demands
US government's TikTok app store ban appeal to be fast-tracked
US Commerce Department has been barred from ordering Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, but the appeal process will now start this month
Amazon to escape two per cent digital services tax, HMRC admits
The American firm will not have to pay the digital tax on goods it sells directly to customers
Apple unveils iPhone 12 series with 5G capability and faster Bionic chipset
The cheapest model starts at £699 in the UK
Microsoft patches 87 vulnerabilities in October 2020 Patch Tuesday update
Twelve of them are listed as 'Critical'
Hackney Borough Council suffers serious cyber attack
The Council is currently working with security experts to protect data
Computing celebrates Ada Lovelace day
Computing marks the annual event designed to celebrate the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths
EU drawing up a list of tech firms that are 'too big to care' to target with tougher regulations
The bloc is reportedly creating a 'hit list' of 20 companies that will be subjected to stricter regulation
Microsoft leads offensive against TrickBot infrastucture ahead of US election day
The US government and cyber security experts see ransomware attacks as one of the biggest threats to the upcoming elections
Google could be forced to sell Chrome
The search giant currently faces investigation in the US for alleged antitrust violations
IT Leaders admit they face an uncertain future
Computing speaks to some of the UK’s leading technology figures to find out their biggest challenges for the future
Review: Turboant X7 Pro electric scooter
Covid-19 has put many people off the idea of public transport, especially in major cities like London. Could a new electric scooter be the answer for shorter trips?
Japan and India join 'Five Eyes' alliance to demand backdoor access to encrypted apps
The alliance wants tech firms to add functionality to their apps for governments to view encrypted messaging; but tech giants argue that any such system could be exploited
Organisations have accrued technical debt in the shift to remote work, and now they have to face the fallout
In a Computing websem, Javvad Malik of KnowBe4 said that companies that lowered security to continue operating in the pandemic must deal with the consequencies - sooner, rather than later
Twilio plans to buy customer data start-up in $3.2b deal
The deal is expected to be partially based on Twilio stock
Russian-speaking hackers use 'MontysThree' toolset on industrial targets
The attacks have been ongoing since 2018
Parliamentary Defence Committee says there's evidence Huawei is colluding with Chinese government
Removal of Huawei equipment from UK infrastructure should be speeded up, report recommends
IBM to split in two
Infrastructure services unit to be spun off as a separate company
Governmental mass surveillance is illegal, says top European court
National security concerns do not exclude the bloc's members from the need to abide by EU laws, says the EU Court of Justice
Arm will use 'firewalls' to prevent Nvidia from accessing customer data
Arm says it will work to minimise data-sharing with its new American owner
Microsoft services suffer third outage in 10 days
Many services were affected, and Microsoft blamed an update to network infrastructure
Service outages reported at Three
Outages started at 9.12 Wednesday
Tech giants' anticompetitive practices investigation - US lawmakers report their findings
Report concludes that big tech firms like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are monopolies that need to be broken up
Apple to unveil new iPhone models next week
The company is expected to announce four iPhone 12 models on 13th October
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