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• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  Inside Alibaba’s NLP labs

  Alibaba is among a growing crop of technology companies that are rising to the challenge of solving the toughest problems in natural language processing

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Zoom user credentials for sale on dark web

  IntSight researchers say they have found a database containing thousands of Zoom usernames and passwords being sold on the dark web

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  UK altnets increase full-fibre coverage by 50%

  Independent network providers notch up notable year in 2019 as fibre access for all becomes political hot potato

• April 13, 2020 13 Apr'20

  How Singapore’s Niometrics is changing network analytics

  By extracting granular data and emphasising privacy protection, Niometrics’ network analytics technology is being put through its paces in a variety of use cases

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  NHSX partners with Facebook and Accenture for video call device trial during Covid-19 crisis

  Social media firm will distribute the equipment in hospitals, care homes and other healthcare settings

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  Omdia: New norm for working set to have ‘dramatic’ implications for collaboration industry

  Analyst recalibrates expectations for collaboration and conferencing tools, forecasting transformational upsurge in use that could change the world of work, with home broadband being a business lifeblood

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  ‘It's going to be a really different NHS’ – how NHS Digital is tackling the coronavirus crisis

  The Covid-19 outbreak has led to huge amounts of work for NHS Digital, shifting its priorities and creating unprecedented demand for products and data, but it has also had a positive impact, says CEO Sarah Wilkinson

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Zoom restricted or banned at multiple organisations

  Use of videoconferencing tool has been banned at Google and in parts of the German and US governments

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  Loan charge contractors face double whammy of life-changing repayment demands as past loans recalled

  IT contractors already under pressure from HMRC to pay life-changing tax bills relating to their past involvement in loan remuneration schemes now face calls to repay the original loans, too. Computer Weekly investigates

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Amazon warehouse workers strike over concerns about workplace safety and protections

  Online retail giant Amazon has been hit by a wave of strikes as workers protest against ‘unsafe working conditions’ and ‘corporate inaction’ during the pandemic

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Games developers join fight against coronavirus

  Sector firms will deliver health messaging to UK citizens though popular games under a partnership with the government

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Despite coronavirus, overall cyber crime volumes hold steady

  The UK’s NCSC and the US’s CISA see little change in overall volumes of cyber crime in spite of the coronavirus crisis – for the time being

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Australian open source project to expand global reach

  Data61’s open source seL4 microkernel project will be supported by a new foundation created under the auspices of the Linux Foundation

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: McAfee unearths dark web blood bank

  Cyber criminals are selling fake goods and running scams on online marketplaces during the Covid-19 pandemic. Don’t be taken in

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  What next for subpostmasters’ miscarriage of justice appeals?

  Computer Weekly looks at the next stages in the process to clear the names of subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted for the crimes of theft and false accounting

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Coronavirus threats ramp up as more hospitals come under attack

  The Covid-19 Cyber Threat Coalition finds the majority of security pros have been targeted by cyber criminals exploiting the coronavirus pandemic, and adds to warnings of increased activity targeting the health sector

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  The growing stature of open source in APAC

  From being users of open source software to contributing their own codes to the community, enterprises in Asia-Pacific are becoming active participants in the open source ecosystem

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Blanket bans on limited company contractors hold firm despite deferral

  While many firms have seized on the government’s decision to delay the roll-out of the IR35 reforms to rethink their approach, others are sticking by their decision to ban limited company IT contractors from their workforce

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  Happy developers write secure code, report claims

  DevOps specialist Sonatype claims to have found a direct correlation between satisfied developers and application security hygiene

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Criminals using Zoom installer to spread cryptominer

  Videoconferencing application targeted to deliver cryptomining malware to unsuspecting victims

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  UCL collaborates with IBM to use virtual reality to tackle loneliness

  Through an industry collaboration with IBM, university is enabling students to tackle real-world problems using virtual reality, artificial intelligence and internet of things technologies

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  House of Commons commits to digital Parliament

  Temporary arrangements will be in place to allow MPs to work remotely, with a project involving the BBC set to implement a more robust solution

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  BCS calls for IT recognition in coronavirus response

  Campaign launched by BCS aims to recognise the importance of IT staff in keeping UK workers connected during the coronavirus crisis

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  Two-factor authentication is broken: What comes next?

  Two-factor authentication is seen by many as a robust authentication method, but is it really as impervious as it seems?

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  BA and Marriott get GDPR fine reprieve

  Both British Airways and Marriott International have had their General Data Protection Regulation fines deferred until later in 2020

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  Zero-day exploits increasingly commodified, say researchers

  The exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities increasingly demonstrates access to cash, rather than skills

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: BPO and IT services delivered from India face big challenges

  UK businesses receiving business process outsourcing and IT services from India will face disruption, but IT services from large IT suppliers less so

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  Government launches £20m tech fund to tackle coronavirus crisis

  The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy announced the funding to back proposals to be reviewed by Innovate UK

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  Malaysia’s telemedicine vision gets fresh boost

  Tech startup DoctorOnCall has built a virtual health advisory platform for people to consult doctors amid the coronavirus outbreak, catalysing Malaysia’s telemedicine blueprint, which was conceived over two decades ago

• April 05, 2020 05 Apr'20

  Interpol warns of more ransomware attacks against healthcare sector

  Purple notice issued to alert police forces around the world of ransomware attacks against hospitals and other healthcare institutions

• April 05, 2020 05 Apr'20

  Google data shows high interest in security and remote working

  An analysis of the most Googled technology terms during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the scale of the cyber security challenge presented by the crisis

• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  Covid-19 apps pose threat to digital privacy on a global scale

  Digital security firm Surfshark has reviewed a number of apps aimed at tackling the spread of coronavirus, and found that many pose a threat to people’s digital privacy

• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Welsh National Health Service preps Watson-powered chatbot

  NHS Wales is working on a Watson-powered virtual assistant to provide information on Covid-19, with several health services worldwide also looking to Watson to provide coronavirus advice for the public and clinicians

• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  Speaker calls for virtual Parliament during coronavirus crisis

  Pressure mounts to build on previous virtual trials in parliamentary committee hearings and enable the House of Commons to operate remotely.

• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  Use of NHS technology surges during Covid-19 outbreak

  Digital platforms provided by the health service are attracting many more users as a result of social distancing and the need to provide services remotely

• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  Singapore researchers get priority access to HPC resources

  Singapore’s National Supercomputing Centre is fast-tracking access to its high-performance computing resources for researchers working on Covid-19-related projects

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Magecart attacks on online retailers jump 20%

  RiskIQ researchers have observed a sharp uptick in Magecart credit card attacks, driven by increased traffic to online retailers during the coronavirus pandemic

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  What the Court of Appeal referrals mean to those who campaigned for justice for subpostmasters

  Former subpostmasters and their supporters describe their feelings after their appeals against convictions – some of which are nearly 20 years old – get sent to the Court of Appeal

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Morrisons appeal success is cold comfort for enterprises

  The success of Morrisons’ appeal against judgments that it should be held vicariously liable for an insider data breach will be welcomed by businesses, but may be of limited comfort to them

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Is Zoom safe and should security teams ban it?

  Zoom’s rapid rise to prominence has highlighted a score of security problems with the service. Should CISOs try to steer their organisations away from it, or ban it outright?

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Three tips to maintain remote productivity

  As the lockdown continues, businesses are having to make use of remote working technologies. We investigate

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  MPs call for digital Parliament

  In a letter with more than 100 co-signatories, Labour MP Chi Onwurah calls for politicians to lead by example during the coronavirus outbreak

• April 01, 2020 01 Apr'20

  What we can learn from Marriott’s new data breach embarrassment

  Marriott International has egg on its face once again following a second data breach in as many years, but there are encouraging signs in its response that suggest it is at least trying to learn from its experiences

• April 01, 2020 01 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: NHSX working on contact tracing app

  A contact tracing app to track the spread of infection is being developed, although specific technical details remain scarce

• April 01, 2020 01 Apr'20

  Air industry eyes £300m savings through blockchain for cargo efficiency

  Air transport alliance tests use of blockchain to transform the multibillion-pound industry that manages air cargo transportation

• April 01, 2020 01 Apr'20

  Morrisons not liable for 2014 data breach, says Supreme Court

  Court allows supermarket chain’s appeal against judgments holding it liable for a 2014 insider data breach, saying previous rulings misunderstood the concept of vicarious liability

• April 01, 2020 01 Apr'20

  Swedbank to rebuild anti-money laundering systems after damning report

  Report finds that €36.7bn in transactions, all carrying a high risk for money laundering, were processed through the bank’s branch network in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

• April 01, 2020 01 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: WHO, Rakuten collaborate on anti-disinformation chatbot

  The World Health Organisation and Rakuten Viber have built an interactive, multi-language chatbot to try to get on top of the growing problem of disinformation during the coronavirus pandemic

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Nigerian email attacks evolving into credible, dangerous threat

  Palo Alto’s Unit 42 reports on Nigeria’s SilverTerrier cyber crime group, which is becoming a highly dangerous threat to businesses worldwide

• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  Marriott International hotel chain in second data breach

  Marriott International notifies customers of a major data breach that unfolded earlier in 2020 – the second it has experienced in the past two years