Category: ComputerWeekly

HMRC hits back at contractor hiring ban claims after accounts reveal no outside IR35 workers
05
Apr
2024

IR35 reforms: Incoming legislative tweak could reignite contracting market, experts claim

There are hopes a that long-awaited legislative tweak to the IR35 off-payroll working rules, due to come into force from…

Datacentre outages are happening less often and becoming less severe
05
Apr
2024

Datacentre outages are happening less often and becoming less severe

The frequency and severity of datacentre-related outages are going down, according to resiliency think-tank Uptime Institute. The organisation’s sixth annual…

Three years on, EncroChat cryptophone hack nets 6,500 arrests and seizures of €900 million
05
Apr
2024

Europol offers law enforcement agencies data on Europe’s most threatening crime networks

The European policy agency, Europol, is to offer law enforcement agencies access to a “unique dataset” about the operations of…

Controversial Fujitsu contract with Post Office extended again
05
Apr
2024

Environment Agency dumps Fujitsu as Post Office scandal takes its toll

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has ended Fujitsu’s role in providing a flood warning system to…

Cyber experts urge EU to rethink vulnerability disclosure plans
04
Apr
2024

Changes needed for SOCs and CSIRTs, claims Dutch research institute

Extensive automation of cyber security operations could become a game-changer, and the concept of playbook-driven security automation is advancing rapidly.  …

Education sector facing huge VMware cost increases after Broadcom ends discounts
04
Apr
2024

Education sector facing huge VMware cost increases after Broadcom ends discounts

Education bodies and charities are facing massive increases in VMware licensing fees after the virtualisation supplier’s new owner Broadcom withdrew…

Ofcom refers UK cloud market to CMA for deeper anti-competition probe
04
Apr
2024

AWS cuts several hundred jobs to tackle ‘inefficiency’ as customer cloud cost-cutting continues

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made another round of job cuts, with several hundred tech and sales staff understood to…

Renowned hacker and social engineer Kevin Mitnick dead at 59
04
Apr
2024

Obituary: Professor Ross Anderson, pioneer in security engineering and campaigner

Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University and Edinburgh University, and…

UK-based cloud provider Civo offers ‘unconditional’ data egress fees waiver to customers
04
Apr
2024

UK-based cloud provider Civo offers ‘unconditional’ data egress fees waiver to customers

UK-based cloud services provider Civo claims its offer to abolish all data egress fees for its customers goes above and…

Forrester: IT departments are blowing their cloud budgets
04
Apr
2024

Forrester: IT departments are blowing their cloud budgets

The latest research from Boomi, conducted by Forrester, has reported that IT leaders expect their cloud costs will exceed budgets. The…

What secure coding practices mean to modern cyber security
04
Apr
2024

Security Think Tank: Banning ransomware payments is not so straightforward

I can understand why Ciaran Martin has taken the position of advocating for legal controls on ransomware payments, and the…

Cisco, BT and others launch network security coalition
03
Apr
2024

RDP abused in over 90% of cyber attacks, Sophos finds

Threat actors are abusing the widely-used Windows remote desktop protocol (RDP) remote access feature in their attack chains at a…