WithSecure researchers have exposed a network of fraudulent YouTube videos, channels and associated web applications that are manipulating users into joining dodgy cryptocurrency investment scams. The fraud operation appears to be promoting a USDT (also known as Tether) cryptocurrency investment scheme. USDT, which is pegged to the US Dollar and known as a stablecoin, […]

Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 14 February 2023 Where next for NHS IT? Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, as NHS Digital is folded into NHS England, we consider what the merger could mean for the future of NHS IT. We find out how data science […]

Per Ploug, open source tech lead at Spotify, has worked in open source for many years and, having watched its evolution, he believes that companies are now far more aware about “open source” actually means. “I think they’re clearer on the cost side and also on what it means to adopt open source in […]

The global recession has many people – and companies – putting on warm sweaters as they turn down their thermostats. On the ground level, that means more people pinching pennies and looking for new streams of income. It also means those people might be a little more gullible when presented with a too-good-to-be-true opportunity. […]

As 2023 gets underway, the economic outlook remains challenging, with inflation and costs running high and the potential for a prolonged, if mild, recession in many major economies. Many listed companies have been downgrading their growth forecasts and some organisations, across various sectors, have announced job cuts or hiring freezes. But what will this […]

Russian state sponsored hackers have become increasing sophisticated at launching phishing attacks against critical targets in the UK, US and Europe over the past 12 months. Threat actors have created fake personas, supported by social media accounts, fake profiles and academic papers, to lure targets into replying to sophisticated phishing emails. “It’s becoming much […]

What is a cache server? A cache server is a dedicated network server or service acting as a server that saves webpages or other internet content locally. By placing previously requested information in temporary storage — or cache — a cache server both speeds up access to data and reduces demand on an enterprise’s bandwidth. […]

Saudi Arabian government commitment to metaverse technology attracts KPMG investment, with the creation of a centre of excellence in the Gulf state. Working with IT suppliers Microsoft, Ericsson and Metakey, KPMG will use the centre to accelerate the development and adoption of metaverse as well as digital twin technologies in Saudi Arabia and the […]

The Home Office’s independent review of the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) will assess whether safeguards on the way the police and intelligence agencies acquire and use bulk databases on UK citizens are too onerous. Home secretary Suella Braverman asked David Anderson KC on 17 January to conduct a quick turnaround review of UK surveillance […]

Backup specialist Hycu has launched R-Cloud, a backup development environment to provide a universal data protection platform for as-a-service applications that run in the cloud. “SaaS [software as a service] represents 70% on average of software used in the enterprise,” said Hycu founder Simon Taylor. “But the problem is that many customers think the data […]