Category: ComputerWeekly

Why is CrowdStrike allowed to run in the Windows kernel?
25
Jul
2024

Why is CrowdStrike allowed to run in the Windows kernel?

A 2009 EU anti-competition ruling has been used as a line of defence by Microsoft as questions are being asked…

CrowdStrike blames outage on content configuration update
24
Jul
2024

CrowdStrike blames outage on content configuration update

Under-fire cyber firm CrowdStrike has published an initial post incident review setting out more information on the update-gone-wrong that brought…

Fortune 500 stands to lost $5bn plus from CrowdStrike incident
24
Jul
2024

Fortune 500 stands to lost $5bn plus from CrowdStrike incident

The total direct financial loss faced by Fortune 500 companies as a result of the 19 July Microsoft – CrowdStrike…

Post Office ‘acted the victim’ and civil servants ‘abandoned their principles’, says former minister
24
Jul
2024

Post Office ‘acted the victim’ and civil servants ‘abandoned their principles’, says former minister

The Post Office always acted like the victim of “incompetent” or “criminal” subpostmasters when it faced pressure in relation to…

Mimecast to buy insider threat specialist Code42
24
Jul
2024

Mimecast to buy insider threat specialist Code42

Human-centred risk management experts Mimecast and Code42 are to come together as a single business in an acquisition that builds…

SAP’s Klein bets on cloud stickiness
24
Jul
2024

SAP’s Klein bets on cloud stickiness

SAP has posted cloud revenue of €4.2bn, up 25% for the second quarter of 2024. The company said the increase…

ICO reprimands Essex school for illegal facial recognition use
24
Jul
2024

ICO reprimands Essex school for illegal facial recognition use

The UK’s data regulator has reprimanded a secondary school in Essex for illegally deploying facial-recognition technology to take cashless canteen…

The data, networking and GenAI driving The Open golf championship
24
Jul
2024

The data, networking and GenAI driving The Open golf championship

Since it was founded in 1754, The Royal and Ancient Golf Club (The R&A) has been a bastion of sporting…

WhatsApp and Signal messages at risk of surveillance following EncroChat ruling, court hears
24
Jul
2024

WhatsApp and Signal messages at risk of surveillance following EncroChat ruling, court hears

Police could lawfully use bulk surveillance techniques to access messages from encrypted communications platforms such as WhatsApp and Signal following…

CrowdStrike chaos: Enterprises urged to take protective action in wake of botched software update
24
Jul
2024

CrowdStrike chaos: Enterprises urged to take protective action in wake of botched software update

Microsoft users across the globe should review the state of their infrastructure security setups in the wake of the botched…

NCA seizes thousands of social media accounts used by people smugglers
24
Jul
2024

NCA seizes thousands of social media accounts used by people smugglers

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), working with social media platforms Meta, TikTok, X and YouTube, has removed almost 12,000 posts,…

IT sustainability: Why we’re still waiting for quantified emissions reductions
23
Jul
2024

IT sustainability: Why we’re still waiting for quantified emissions reductions

That’s even though seemingly straightforward proxy metrics such as energy consumption exist – and it’s not for want of trying….