A gold medal performance for networking at Commonwealth Games

Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 20 September 2022 A gold medal performance for networking Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how the IT team behind the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham delivered a winning performance. We also look at how the centuries-old London […]

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What is Cryptojacking? Detection and Preventions Techniques

What is cryptojacking? Cryptojacking is a cybercrime in which another party’s computing resources are hijacked to mine cryptocurrency. Cryptojacking, which is also referred to as malicious cryptomining, lets hackers mine cryptocurrency without paying for electricity, hardware and other mining resources. Cryptojacking malware often infects devices through standard phishing techniques. It also can embed itself in […]

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Barnet Council awards Capita contract extension

Capita has been awarded a contract extension to provide services including IT to Barnet Council, as the local authority moves services back in-house. The deal to deliver back office services such as HR and finance, as well as deliver IT, could be worth up to £57m. In July, the London Borough Council announced it […]

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Six new vulnerabilities added to CISA catalogue

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added six new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalogue, including CVEs in Code Aurora ACDB Audio Driver, Linux Kernel, Microsoft Windows and Trend Micro Apex One. CISA’s catalogue serves as a focal point designed for US government agencies to keep their IT systems patched […]

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Uber suffers major cyber attack

Controversial ride-sharing service Uber is investigating a major cyber security breach that has forced it to take a number of critical systems offline following an alleged social engineering attack on an employee by an apparent teenage hacktivist. The incident came to light late on Thursday 15 September when according to the New York Times, […]

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What you need to know

In a letter to customers, SAP has announced it will be raising maintenance fees by up to 3.3% due to changes in the macroeconomic environment of high inflation rates reflected across regional price indices. Due to higher energy and labour costs, as well as increasing expenses for third-party services, SAP said it had decided […]

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Nominations closing soon for annual cyber awards

Just a day remains for the security community to submit their nominations for the annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards, which close on Friday 16 September at 5pm. This is the seventh annual running of the Unsung Heroes Awards, which are organised by Eskenzi PR, a specialist supplier of public relations services to cyber […]

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New player pioneers ‘active cyber insurance’ for UK market

Coalition, a US-headquartered pioneer of so-called active insurance is pledging to shake-up the UK market for cyber insurance as it opens a London office. Backed by a multi-year capacity agreement with Allianz Global Corporate and Speciality, Coalition’s risk appetite encompasses firms with up to £1bn turnover, although it primarily bills itself as a specialist […]

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