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• September 14, 2023 14 Sep'23

  More than 60% of firms have lost diverse tech talent

  Focusing on recruiting diverse tech talent can be hard, but firms are finding that keeping the talent they already have can be an even harder task

• September 14, 2023 14 Sep'23

  Data on over 3,000 Airbus suppliers leaked after breach

  An emergent threat actor has leaked details of multiple sensitive Airbus suppliers after claiming to have accessed the firm’s systems having hacked customer Turkish Airlines

• September 14, 2023 14 Sep'23

  BlackCat on the hook for cyber attack that crippled Vegas casinos

  The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware operation claimed responsibility for an attack that forced MGM Resorts to shut down systems at some of Las Vegas’ most popular gambling venues

• September 14, 2023 14 Sep'23

  Google, Microsoft and Mozilla push browser updates to foil zero-day

  A zero-day in Google’s Chrome browser was first reported by surveillance researchers at The Citizen Lab and Apple, but also affects other browsers

• September 14, 2023 14 Sep'23

  Singapore firefighters don smartglasses for equipment inspections

  Firefighters from the Singapore Civil Defence Force will employ smartglasses equipped with computer vision and 5G capabilities to perform visual inspections of their equipment

• September 14, 2023 14 Sep'23

  Bristol Uni to host one of Europe’s most power supercomputer clusters

  A high-performance computer system being built at the University of Bristol will run thousands of GPUs to support research in artificial intelligence and scientific discovery

• September 14, 2023 14 Sep'23

  Government appoints Dave Smith as UK national tech adviser

  The former Rolls-Royce technology director will take over the role of UK national technology adviser, following government recruitment campaign for the role in the wake of former tech adviser Patrick Vallance’s departure

• September 14, 2023 14 Sep'23

  As vehicle safety regulations loom, carmakers fret over cyber risks

  Global, UN-backed car safety and security regulations come into force next year, and automotive bosses say they are not only unprepared, but “swamped” by a tide of compliance and security risks

• September 14, 2023 14 Sep'23

  Liquid opens tap on Kenya and Ethiopia fibre link

  Cassava Technologies subsidiary announces two new cross-border fibre routes designed to allow for greater efficiency and reliable regional connectivity, both key to the economic development of key territories

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  GCHQ breached privacy rights of IT professional and security researcher, human rights court rules

  The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg finds UK intelligence services breached the privacy rights of two overseas nationals – an IT professional and a security researcher

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  SES, Starlink claim cruise industry’s first integrated MEO-LEO service

  Satellite provider cashes in on strong momentum of the maritime connectivity business, particularly in the cruise segment, claiming first end-to-end connectivity service delivering bandwidth capacity of up to 3 Gbps per ship

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  GitHub fixes race condition that could have led to ‘repojacking’

  A subtle flaw in how GitHub handled repository creation and user renaming could have had serious consequences for the open source community, but has now been fixed. Learn more about how it worked

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  Nokia claims to ‘redefine’ IP access, aggregation and edge cloud with next-gen routers

  Leading comms tech provider launches 7730 Service Interconnect router platforms boasting ‘revolutionary’ approach to delivering the power and benefits of service routing into IP access and aggregation networks

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  Altnet trade body slams regulator for spiking UK broadband prices

  Association of UK independent broadband providers criticises national comms regulator’s “failure” to recognise cost to consumers of lack of market competition and contribution of altnets in market

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  BianLian ransomware gang holds Save the Children hostage

  The dangerous and prolific BianLian ransomware gang claims to have stolen almost 7TB of data from NGO Save the Children, but thankfully the charity’s vital work on the ground appears to be unaffected

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  Storm-0324 gathers over Microsoft Teams

  An initial access broker associated with several different ransomware operations is now conducting Microsoft Teams phishing attacks

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  NCSC and ICO sign MoU to forge deeper collaborative links

  The scope of the MoU signed by the NCSC and the ICO includes collaboration on new cyber regulations and guidance, and how to support cyber attack victims appropriately and minimise regulatory penalties

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  Banks less focused on metaverse technology than last year

  Senior banking executives have reduced their focus on investigating metaverse technology in the past 12 months

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes zero-days in Word and Streaming Service

  September 2023 brings a light Patch Tuesday, with two zero-days and five critical vulnerabilities listed in the latest release

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  Cisco tightens link between observability and security

  The company's observability platform now offers a way for IT decision-makers to understand the impact of security issues

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  Wi-Fi 7 to play fundamental role in transforming work

  Study from wireless technology trade association shows latest version of Wi-Fi standard will enable enterprise, Industry 4.0, medical, smart city and other applications that are impractical or impossible with wired and other wireless technologies

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  ExtraHop open sources 16 million rows of threat domain data

  NDR specialist ExtraHop says making its entire machine learning dataset available for anybody to view will help organisations better defend against cyber attacks originating from malicious domains generated by algorithms

• September 13, 2023 13 Sep'23

  How DocuSign is extending its capabilities beyond e-signatures

  DocuSign is harnessing large language models to help individuals make sense of agreements and employing AI-based biometrics to verify the identity of signers, as part of its broader efforts to expand its capabilities beyond electronic signatures

• September 12, 2023 12 Sep'23

  Ancient MoD IT systems could cause supply issues for frontline troops

  Deliveries of inventory to the front line are being put at risk due to legacy IT systems and poor data, according to the National Audit Office

• September 12, 2023 12 Sep'23

  Whitehall only capable of ‘piecemeal’ digital transformation, says PAC

  The Public Accounts Committee is unconvinced government will achieve its digital transformation ambitions as progress is thwarted by staff shortages and a lack of senior leadership engagement

• September 12, 2023 12 Sep'23

  Openreach publishes latest full-fibre build plans

  Voice and broadband divisions of incumbent telco see expansion across the UK, heralding a full-fibre, full-digital communications future

• September 12, 2023 12 Sep'23

  Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise and Nokia on board for Grand Paris rail project

  Technology for Good partnership between leading comms tech provider and networking, communications and cloud solutions firm supports transportation service in the Grand Paris area

• September 12, 2023 12 Sep'23

  US casino giant MGM Resorts battles 36-hour outage after cyber attack

  Multiple systems at US hotel and casino operator MGM went down in the wake of the incident on 10 September, crippling several of Las Vegas’ most prominent casinos

• September 12, 2023 12 Sep'23

  Oxford’s Mini iFactory runs on S/4Hana

  The factory, which is part of BMW Group’s digitised automotive production blueprint, iFactory, uses S/4Hana and SAP supply chain software

• September 12, 2023 12 Sep'23

  Quarter of UK premises still lack gigabit broadband

  Latest regular update on fixed broadband availability in the UK finds growth is sluggish and not yet consistent across all regions, despite recent flurry of activity among suppliers at all ends of the spectrum

• September 12, 2023 12 Sep'23

  European enterprises to spend more on generative IT to close gap on US

  European organisations are upping their spending on generative AI innovation, but face challenges recruiting the right people to support this

• September 12, 2023 12 Sep'23

  European fintech investment plummets, but more sustainable future lies ahead

  Investment in European fintechs has seen a dramatic drop, but a more sustainable sector will result from investment discipline

• September 12, 2023 12 Sep'23

  Samsung, Qualcomm claim 5G breakthrough

  Mobile platform giant and leading comms tech provider reveal they have successfully delivered a technological innovation for 5G network speed, performance and flexibility

• September 12, 2023 12 Sep'23

  IT spending in Australia to grow 7.8% in 2024

  The growth will be led by investments in cyber security, cloud, analytics and application modernisation as Australian CIOs look to improve cost and operational efficiencies

• September 11, 2023 11 Sep'23

  Brits happy to break cyber law if the price is right

  A study conducted ahead of an upcoming security trade fair reveals a slim majority of Brits would come out in favour of offensive government security ops and even engage in cyber criminality themselves in the right circumstances

• September 11, 2023 11 Sep'23

  Professional ransomware gangs clearly a threat, but attacks can be easily stopped

  NCSC and NCA report reveals insight into business models and underpinnings of ransomware gangs and their affiliates, but also urges defenders to take heart, as stopping a ransomware attack is not that hard to do

• September 11, 2023 11 Sep'23

  HMRC signs cloud-focused £4.4m mainframe management and modernisation deal with Kyndryl

  The government tax collection agency is continuing its move to the cloud, but needs some help readying its mainframe estate for migration

• September 11, 2023 11 Sep'23

  Huawei launches OceanStor Pacific 9920 entry-level NAS

  Huawei adds to its OceanStor Pacific NAS family, offering entry-level 9920 with up to 92TB per node which can be combined into clusters and also used as a SAN device

• September 11, 2023 11 Sep'23

  Networking tech firms scrum down for Rugby World Cup

  Leading communications providers look to form off-pitch connectivity spine of team with infrastructures using advanced networking and mixed reality technologies at pinnacle of world rugby

• September 11, 2023 11 Sep'23

  UK boardrooms and CISOs increasingly aligned on cyber risks

  Board members and CISOs in UK organisations seem to be working together much better, but while this is an encouraging sign, there remain some areas of concern over how the two relate to each other

• September 11, 2023 11 Sep'23

  University of Glasgow launches Centre for data science and AI

  Scottish university will apply artificial intelligence and data science to help solve some of the world's biggest challenges

• September 11, 2023 11 Sep'23

  Polish election questioned after Pegasus spyware used to smear opposition, investigation finds

  Senate committee alerts prosecutors over potential crimes by public officials involved in purchasing Pegasus spyware used to monitor and smear political opponents

• September 11, 2023 11 Sep'23

  Salesforce and Zoom embrace ethical hackers. You should, too

  Software companies Salesforce and Zoom discuss their successful bug bounty programmes, what they learned at a recent in-person hackathon in which they participated, and why others shouldn’t be scared of hackers

• September 11, 2023 11 Sep'23

  How Culture Amp is tapping generative AI

  Australia’s Culture Amp is building a generative AI capability that summarises employee survey responses, automating a process that typically takes HR admins up to hundreds of hours to complete

• September 11, 2023 11 Sep'23

  IR35: HMRC reportedly working to April 2024 start date for settlement offsets fix

  HMRC is reportedly planning to roll out its fix for the double-taxation issue affecting IR35 compliance cases by April 2024

• September 08, 2023 08 Sep'23

  Virgin Media O2 to begin switching off 3G network in 2025

  As its network evolves and looking to enhance customer experience and improve services, VMO2 announces plans to pull plug on legacy mobile network to focus on upgrading faster, more reliable and energy-efficient infrastructure

• September 08, 2023 08 Sep'23

  HSBC collaborates on hybrid quantum optimisation

  The bank, which wants to be at the forefront of quantum computing, is looking at how it can manage collateral assets more efficiently

• September 08, 2023 08 Sep'23

  Apple patches Blastpass exploit abused by spyware makers

  Apple has patched two vulnerabilities that formed an exploit chain which has been allegedly abused by spyware company NSO

• September 08, 2023 08 Sep'23

  Executive interview: Richard Moulds, Amazon Braket

  We speak to Richard Moulds, who heads up Amazon’s Braket quantum computing services, about how the technology is progressing

• September 08, 2023 08 Sep'23

  KPMG finds growing demand for emerging tech

  KPMG’s latest global tech report reveals an increase in the number of businesses adopting emerging technologies