UK business leaders are far less concerned about the risk of a material cyber attack on their organisation than they were this time last year, according to data compiled by Proofpoint, which suggests a growing sense of alignment between security leaders and boardrooms. In a study published last week, Cybersecurity: The 2023 board perspective report,…
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Huawei has launched a network-attached storage (NAS) array in Europe, the OceanStor Pacific 9920, which will offer up to 92TB raw capacity in 2U of rack space. This move by Huawei aims at datacentres and dodges the equipment operator market restrictions it is subject to, notably from the European Union. The 9920 is an entry-level…
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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has signed a £4.4m, 15-month mainframe management contract with IBM spin-off Kyndryl that will support the government tax agency with migrating more of its IT infrastructure to the cloud. HMRC is in the midst of a multi-year migration of its applications and workloads to the public cloud, with the department…
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The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and National Crime Agency (NCA) have published a whitepaper examining the ongoing evolution of the business models and underpinnings of the cyber criminal ransomware ecosystem, and highlighting that responding appropriately and effectively need neither be complex, nor expensive. The joint NCSC NCA report, Ransomware, extortion, and the cyber…
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In our series of Best CPU guides, here’s the latest update to our recommended Gaming CPUs list. All numbers in the text are updated to reflect pricing at the time of writing. Numbers in graphs reflect MSRP. CPU Market Overview, September 2023 As we move into the cooler fall season, the CPU market is constantly…
A slim majority of British adults would be perfectly happy for the government and its allies to break international cyber security laws and norms, and almost as many feel they would be happy to support or engage in online cyber criminal activity themselves, given the right circumstances, according to a report. The survey, conducted by…
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Qualcomm just shot over a brief note this morning, announcing that the company has signed an extended agreement with Apple to supply 5G modem-RF chips for their smartphones and other products that will be released in 2024, 2025, and 2026. The unusual Apple-related announcement, notably coming from a vendor rather than the tech juggernaut itself,…
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Kent County Council has begun working with Circular Computing to provide thousands of remanufactured laptops to vulnerable people in Kent. The digital inclusion scheme run by Kent Digital has already helped almost 5,000 residents in Kent stay connected with free access to technology. Using the carbon-neutral remanufactured laptops supplied by Circular Computing, those currently digitally…
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Epic Games chief creative officer Donald Mustard is retiring this month after seven years with the company. He announced this today on Twitter, stating that after working in the games industry for nearly 25 years, he is retiring to spend time with his wife and family. Most notably, Mustard served as the head of Fortnite,…
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The government yesterday attempted to quash industry concerns that the “spy clause” in the Online Safety Bill, which aims to crack down on child abuse and other harmful online content, would fundamentally weaken end-to-end encrypted services. Junior arts and heritage minister Stephen Parkinson told the House of Lords yesterday that regulators would not use controversial…
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