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• March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18

  Heartbleed and Shellshock thriving in Docker community

  DevOps has revolutionised IT, but security best practices are being skimmed over, which means old vulnerabilities are finding a new lease of life in Docker

• March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18

  DocuTrac medical software is a breach risk, warns Rapid7

  Security researchers have issued a security warning about medical billing and documentation software they say puts patients at risk of data breach

• March 09, 2018 09 Mar'18

  Security researchers demonstrate ransomware attack on robots

  Researchers have carried out a ransomware attack on robots to show that such attacks are possible and should be guarded against

• March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18

  Mac malware more than doubled in 2017

  Malware targeting Apple Mac computers more than doubled from 2016 to 2017, according to security firm Malwarebytes

• March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18

  Only half of ransomware payments honoured

  Only half of ransomware victims who pay ransoms to cyber criminals recover their data, a report reveals, pointing to a need for more effective strategies to deal with these attacks

• March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18

  Security remains an afterthought in DevOps

  Enterprises in Asia are lapping up DevOps but less than one-third have baked security processes into their developments

• March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18

  Spring Break flaw shows cross-industry collaboration

  A flaw that was discovered in Pivotal’s Spring Framework in September 2017 has only come to light now that users have had a chance to update

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  Developers urged to submit apps to NHS Apps Library

  NHS Digital and NHS England have further opened up the newly updated NHS Apps Library, and are asking developers to submit their apps for assessment

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  Google calls out Microsoft for failing to fix reported flaw

  Google’s Project Zero has gone public with a Windows 10 flaw that Microsoft claimed to have fixed in its February security update

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Botnets shift focus to credential abuse

  Cyber criminals are increasingly using automated attacks that make use of stolen credentials, a security threat report warns

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  Tech industry signs cyber security charter

  Nine technology organisations have signed a cyber security charter aimed at raising the level of cyber security internationally

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Blockchain to give global LGBT community a louder economic voice

  Blockchain will underpin a global platform that aims to give the LGBT community a more powerful economic voice

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Telegram zero-day exploit is a warning

  The discovery of an exploit of a zero-day vulnerability in the Telegram messaging app demonstrates that not all “secure” apps are automatically safe, security experts have warned

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  Criminals hijack government sites to mine cryptocurrency used to hide wealth

  Europol says criminals are hiding billions in cryptocurrencies, as thousands of government and other websites have reportedly been used to hijack computers to mine more

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Norway’s government backs cyber defence mobilisation

  Norway has accelerated plans to scale up its national security infrastructure against threats emanating from the cyber domain

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  Third party cyber breach risk set to rise

  Third party cyber security risk should always have been a priority, but this has never been more important than it is now in light of new technology risks and data protection regulations

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  GDPR: Don’t panic, but seize the chance to build trust, says ICO

  With the compliance deadline for the EU’s GDPR just 112 days away, the UK’s information commissioner has urged organisations not to panic, but to seize the chance to build trust with customers

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Many businesses still using outdated security, says Troy Hunt

  Too many businesses are using out-of-date approaches to security, a world-renowned cyber security author and trainer warns

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  AI is moving towards acceptance in cyber security, says Check Point

  Artificial intelligence is well on its way to being a useful tool in the cyber security professional’s kit, but according to Check Point, there are still big challenges to overcome

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  NHS organisations to get cyber security alerts service

  As part of a deal between NHS Digital and Microsoft, NHS organisations will be able to get a threat detection service, alerting them to any cyber security issues

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  China’s Yitu eyes ASEAN market with facial recognition know-how

  Facial recognition software specialist Yitu, which recently won a face identification accuracy contest in the US, has already nabbed regional clients such as Singapore’s Certis Cisco

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Mobile app flaws are a risk to industrial IT systems, says report

  Cyber security vulnerabilities in mobile applications could be exploited to compromise industrial network infrastructure, a report warns

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  UAE tech growth prompts firms to review internal IT security

  As IT becomes more prominent in the UAE economy, more and more internal connections between people and systems are created, all of which need to be secured

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Cyber attacks in 2017 drive Nordic security efforts

  The volume of cyber attacks last year has increased boardroom focus on security in the Nordic region

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  Sweden steps up cyber defence measures

  Sweden is tightening up its cyber security defences as part of a wider national security strategy

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2018

  Nordic CIOs tell Computer Weekly about their intentions for the year ahead

• December 21, 2017 21 Dec'17

  Top 10 IT security stories of 2017

  Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 IT security stories of 2017

• December 20, 2017 20 Dec'17

  UK government blames North Korea for WannaCry cyber attack

  The UK and US governments say a North Korean group was responsible for the ransomware attacks that hit the NHS and other organisations globally this year

• December 04, 2017 04 Dec'17

  Barclays Bank stops offering Kaspersky software to new users

  Bank is no longer offering customers Kaspersky anti-virus software after UK security agency issues warning

• November 15, 2017 15 Nov'17

  How the biggest cyber security disasters could have been avoided

  The headline-grabbing breaches that hit Accenture and Equifax in 2017 could have been averted had basic cyber hygiene been in place

• October 17, 2017 17 Oct'17

  RSA’s Middle East cyber security conference gains its own identity

  RSA Abu Dhabi conference focuses on region’s cyber security needs as digital technology deployments expand

• September 05, 2017 05 Sep'17

  People with non-IT backgrounds could help fill cyber security skills gap

  Organisations should look to fill cyber security roles with people who are curious and have work experience rather than focusing solely on graduates

• August 28, 2017 28 Aug'17

  VMware making bigger push into cloud, cyber security

  The virtualisation bigwig is making it easier for VMware customers to adopt public cloud services, starting with a partnership with Amazon Web Services

• August 17, 2017 17 Aug'17

  Developers lack skills needed for secure DevOps, survey shows

  The growing demand for developers with security skills is outpacing supply, but a survey reveals that a lack of formal security education and training by employers is contributing to the growing skills gap

• August 07, 2017 07 Aug'17

  Gaming apps ‘main source’ of mobile phishing attacks, research shows

  Analysis of 100,000 corporate devices shows more than a quarter of traffic going to phishing domains was from gaming apps

• June 30, 2017 30 Jun'17

  Danish shipping giant Maersk recovering from major Petya cyber attack

  Company confirms attack took down its IT system across multiple sites and business units, but has now been contained

• May 23, 2017 23 May'17

  Economic and political uncertainty drives organisations to rethink IT strategies

  CIO job satisfaction reaches a three-year high as organisations hire more IT staff and invest in innovative digital technology

• April 11, 2017 11 Apr'17

  Security as a service on the rise in the UAE

  Organisations in the United Arab Emirates are increasingly turning to security services

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  Interview: F-Secure’s Mikko Hyppönen on the Nordics, Russia and the internet of insecure things

  Computer Weekly sat down with Finnish cyber security expert Mikko Hyppönen to talk about security in the Nordics, Russia and the trouble with connected devices

• March 31, 2017 31 Mar'17

  How IT can be more defensible

  A renowned Google engineer calls for the IT industry to build devices capable of being defended and for enterprises to take a balance sheet approach in managing risks

• March 28, 2017 28 Mar'17

  Threats grow in Saudi Arabia’s cyber sector

  Saudi Arabia's wealth makes it an attractive target for cyber criminals, but what have been the recent trends in cyber crime?

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  Citizen Love: the story of an ordinary family's fight with the US government

  Finnish documentary makers Raimo Uunila and Lauri Danska tell the behind-the-scenes story of activist Lauri Love’s battle with the US government – and the impact of the case on his family

• December 21, 2016 21 Dec'16

  Top 10 IT security stories of 2016

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 IT security stories of 2016:

• December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16

  Top 10 ANZ enterprise IT stories of 2016

  Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly’s most popular ANZ enterprise IT articles for 2016

• November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16

  Russian banks hit by IoT-enabled DDoS attacks

  DDoS attacks on Russian banks have been linked to IoT botnets, further confirming this worrying trend and highlighting the need for IoT suppliers to improve security capabilties

• October 27, 2016 27 Oct'16

  Schneider Electric praised for positive response to ICS security flaw

  Schneider Electric has patched a security flaw that highlights the vulnerability of industrial control systems to cyber attack

• October 19, 2016 19 Oct'16

  Snowden: the IT analyst turned whistleblower who exposed mass surveillance

  Oliver Stone's biopic on Edward Snowden reaches the heart of the ethical crisis posed by mass surveillance for the state and ordinary citizens

• October 14, 2016 14 Oct'16

  Retail websites riddled with security holes, researchers warn

  Retailers urged to improve the security of their online stores amid a series of discoveries of cyber criminal campaigns to exploit vulnerabilities in retail websites

• September 16, 2016 16 Sep'16

  Alleged hacker Lauri Love can be extradited to the US, court rules

  Westminster Magistrates’ Court has ruled that alleged hacker, Lauri Love, can be extradited to the US, where he could face a 99-year prison sentence

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  IBM sets up security centre in Canberra

  IBM leads the charge as large private businesses invest heavily in security resources across Australia in an attempt to close the security gap