Category: ComputerWeekly

UK Apple Store workers detail ‘union-busting’ tactics
24
Jan
2024

WebKit vulnerability sparks Apple’s first major security update of 2024

Apple has rolled out a series of patches for multiple vulnerabilities across its ecosystem, among them a critical zero-day discovered…

Ducktail social media marketing malware rears its head again
24
Jan
2024

Southern Water confirms cyber attack after Black Basta claims

UK utility Southern Water, which serves customers in East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent and West Sussex, has…

IR35 compliance review: HMRC applauded over handling of 18-month investigation
24
Jan
2024

IR35: Contractors call for off-payroll rules to be scrapped in Spring Budget 2024

IT contractors are among the freelance workers calling on the government to consider scrapping the controversial IR35 off-payroll working rules…

Cardiff University expands HPC cluster with Lenovo
24
Jan
2024

Cardiff University expands HPC cluster with Lenovo

Cardiff University has deployed 90 Lenovo ThinkSystem servers, with Logicalis technology, to support high-performance computing (HPC) research. The university’s Advanced…

Critical vulnerability exposes Fortra GoAnywhere users
24
Jan
2024

Critical vulnerability exposes Fortra GoAnywhere users

Barely 12 months since a zero-day in the Fortra GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT) tool resulted in a surge in…

SEC bitcoin hack was result of SIM-swapping
24
Jan
2024

SEC bitcoin hack was result of SIM-swapping

A cyber attack against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that resulted in misinformation being posted on the financial…

GenAI outlook: Expect industry disruption and job cuts
23
Jan
2024

GenAI outlook: Expect industry disruption and job cuts

Research published by credit rating firm Moody’s has found that generative AI (GenAI) has the potential to disrupt a number…

Treat cyber risk like financial or legal issue, says UK government
23
Jan
2024

Treat cyber risk like financial or legal issue, says UK government

The UK government has today published a draft Code of Practice on cyber security governance, aimed at directors and other…

GitHub: Top tips to make software developers more productive
23
Jan
2024

GitHub: Top tips to make software developers more productive

Developers who report a high degree of understanding of their code feel 42% more productive than those with low or…

UK AI plans offer ‘inadequate’ human rights protection, says EHRC
23
Jan
2024

Podcast: Storage and compliance outlook for 2024

In this podcast we look at the year ahead in 2024 with Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust. We talk about upcoming…

DPU 101: What are DPUs, what do they do, and who supplies them?
23
Jan
2024

NVM Express boosts computational storage standards

The NVM Express consortium has announced additions to its standard that will allow datacentre NVMe flash-based storage systems to take…

Ofcom data stolen in MOVEit cyber attack
23
Jan
2024

Leak of 26 billion records may prove to be ‘mother of all breaches’

The discovery of 12TB (terabytes) of stolen personally identifiable information (PII) and credentials comprising 26 billion records relating to millions,…