Category: ComputerWeekly

April Patch Tuesday fixes zero-day used to deliver ransomware
12
Apr
2023

April Patch Tuesday fixes zero-day used to deliver ransomware

A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Common Log File System (CLFS) – which is being exploited as part…

Bank of England starts recruiting Britcoin team
12
Apr
2023

Bank of England starts recruiting Britcoin team

The Bank of England is recruiting a team to work on the development of a digital pound as payments using…

Deutsche Bank to close Russian software operations
12
Apr
2023

Deutsche Bank to close Russian software operations

Deutsche Bank is close to shutting down its operations in Russia, with reports that remaining staff have been offered severance…

KFC, Pizza Hut data stolen in January ransomware attack
11
Apr
2023

KFC, Pizza Hut data stolen in January ransomware attack

Yum!, the US-based parent organisation of KFC and Pizza Hut, has written to a number of employees whose data was…

NatWest supports tech training for displaced Ukrainian women
11
Apr
2023

NatWest supports tech training for displaced Ukrainian women

NatWest bank has teamed up with tech training organisations to pilot a programme aimed at providing technology training to displaced…

Anne Keast-Butler named as new director of GCHQ
11
Apr
2023

Anne Keast-Butler named as new director of GCHQ

MI5 deputy director general and long-serving intelligence expert Anne Keast-Butler has been named as the next director of GCHQ, succeeding…

Controversial Fujitsu contract with Post Office extended after technical challenges moving to cloud
11
Apr
2023

Controversial Fujitsu contract with Post Office extended after technical challenges moving to cloud

The Post Office will pay £16.5m to extend a contract with Fujitsu after fundamental technical challenges meant its planned migration…

Security Think Tank: Adopt a coherent framework for ID first security
11
Apr
2023

Security Think Tank: Adopt a coherent framework for ID first security

Cyber security models are currently focused on securing relatively static ring-fenced environments of centrally-hosted services. Organisations now face the challenge…

Experian names AWS as preferred cloud partner for multi-year off-premise migration project
11
Apr
2023

Experian names AWS as preferred cloud partner for multi-year off-premise migration project

Credit reporting bureau Experian is undergoing a multi-year digital transformation project that has seen it name Amazon Web Services (AWS)…

The Folio Society turns over new leaf with NetSuite
06
Apr
2023

The Folio Society turns over new leaf with NetSuite

In 1947, in the midst of post-war austerity, The Folio Society was launched by Charles Ede to bring aesthetic pleasure…

CGI signs up to prison leaver employment initiative
06
Apr
2023

CGI signs up to prison leaver employment initiative

CGI joins KPMG and Amazon in helping deliver a programme of IT and business training to support prison leavers attempting…

Italy’s ChatGPT ban: Sober precaution or chilling overreaction?
06
Apr
2023

Italy’s ChatGPT ban: Sober precaution or chilling overreaction?

A sudden ban on the use of ChatGPT by the Italian data protection authority has divided artificial intelligence (AI) and…