TechTarget News - Week of Aug 07, 2016
Mon Aug 8, 2016
900 million Android devices vulnerable to attackers
Enterprises and individuals need to install security updates for all devices with vulnerable Qualcomm chip drivers if they want to ensure attackers can‘t take control of them, warns Check Point
Mon Aug 8, 2016
Tech for good’s Cast awarded £1m to give charities digital aid
The Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology (Cast) has been awarded £1.12m by the Big Lottery Fund to help charities build digital solutions
Mon Aug 8, 2016
CityFibre nears end of Edinburgh fibre broadband roll-out
Urban fibre broadband supplier CityFibre is nearing the end of a 12-month, 150km network dig in Edinburgh, its largest project to date
Mon Aug 8, 2016
Brexit data flow confusion prompts datacentre project slowdown
TechUK has said it is working with government to ensure the datacentre community will continue to benefit from the free flow of data between the UK and EU after Brexit
Mon Aug 8, 2016
Strider cyber attack group deploying malware for espionage
Symantec security researchers have uncovered a spying campaign by a previously unknown group using modular malware as stealthware
Mon Aug 8, 2016
Home Office dishes out £23m to digital policing projects
A range of digital policing projects across England and Wales have been awarded funding from the police transformation fund
Mon Aug 8, 2016
IT failure grounds Delta flights worldwide
US airline Delta has temporarily grounded flights worldwide after a power failure took key IT systems offline in its home base of Atlanta, Georgia
Mon Aug 8, 2016
Australians vent census privacy concerns
The Australian census has triggered a privacy debate after it emerged that the citizen data it collects will be held for years
Mon Aug 8, 2016
Affluent Singapore middle class turn to banking apps
Banks in Singapore risk losing customers if they fail to keep pace with the digital preferences of the affluent middle class in the country
Tue Aug 9, 2016
Half of vehicle cyber vulnerabilities could give hackers control, study shows
Half of vehicle vulnerabilities could allow cyber attackers to take control of a vehicle and 71% are easy to exploit, according to a three-year study by IOActive
Tue Aug 9, 2016
Gen-Z visit stores to ‘validate’ product purchases
The younger generation are using physical stores to test out items before making a purchase, according to research by Vodat
Tue Aug 9, 2016
Oracle Micros breach highlights PoS and supply chain security risks
Oracle Micros breach shows supply chain and point of sale systems continue to be popular avenues of attack for cyber criminals
Tue Aug 9, 2016
Met Office moves weather observation site to Azure
The Met Office's Weather Observation Website (WOW) used to run on Google's cloud, but has switched to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform
Tue Aug 9, 2016
Vodafone to end broadband landline rental charges
Vodafone becomes the first UK internet service provider to remove line rental charges for new and upgrading fibre-based broadband customers
Tue Aug 9, 2016
Global infosec spending to reach £63bn in 2016, says Gartner
Although security spending is moving to detection and response, Gartner expects preventive security to continue strong growth
Tue Aug 9, 2016
E8 launches D24 NVMe PCIe SSD-based all-flash arrays
Startup E8 aims at high-end use cases with arrays built from commodity NVMe PCIe flash drives and performance figures that rival EMC’s high-end DSSD D5 rackscale flash
Tue Aug 9, 2016
Retail banks ordered to open up APIs
The Competitions and Markets Authority opens up the banking apps market following an investigation into how to create greater competition in banking
Tue Aug 9, 2016
Finland brings e-patient records and 5G into health tech testing
Oulu University Hospital in Finland is using replica electronic patient records to support technology testing
Wed Aug 10, 2016
Operator Alfa launches Lebanon’s first LTE-A network
LTE-Advanced network launched by operator Alfa, using technology from Nokia
Wed Aug 10, 2016
MI5 staff repeatedly overrode data surveillance rules
Security service MI5 is responsible for 210 “clear contraventions” over five years for the way it accessed private internet and telephone data
Wed Aug 10, 2016
IPT fines Police Scotland for communications breach of privacy
The case comes as the UK government prepares to introduce the Investigatory Powers Bill, which will give sweeping powers for suspicion-less surveillance of telephone, web and email communications
Wed Aug 10, 2016
Microsoft hails cloud security breakthrough with encrypted data
Microsoft researchers talk up cloud security breakthrough that allows encrypted data to be processed without prior decryption
Wed Aug 10, 2016
Intel to acquire AI firm Nervana Systems
Chip maker Intel is to acquire artificial intelligence firm Nervana Systems in a bid to take AI to the next level based on its Xeon and Phi processors
Wed Aug 10, 2016
South East Coast Ambulance Service deploys EPR on iPads
The South East Coast Ambulance Service has implemented the Evolve electronic patient record (EPR) system from Kainos to let staff look up and enter patient data while attending emergencies
Wed Aug 10, 2016
Facebook suppresses ad blockers to maintain revenues
The social media site now provides a new dashboard to enable users to specify what adverts they don't want to see
Wed Aug 10, 2016
UK well equipped to protect data after Brexit, says new ICO head
The public sector, industry, civil society and the public at large all have a role to play in effective data protection regulation, says new UK information commissioner Elizabeth Denham
Wed Aug 10, 2016
Rackspace divests Cloud Sites as managed cloud services take off
Rackspace offloads ‘non-core’ Cloud Sites business as speculation about its future as a public company continues
Wed Aug 10, 2016
Wi-Fi Alliance blasted for 'bias' in test for carrier LTE-U on Wi-Fi
A wireless carrier group has accused the Wi-Fi Alliance of kowtowing to cable operators as it nears completion of a test for LTE-U on Wi-Fi.
Wed Aug 10, 2016
Prisons to get power to remotely pull plug on illicit mobile phones
The Home Office is to give prisons in the UK new powers to cut off illicit use of mobile phones by inmates
Thu Aug 11, 2016
IDC: Global public cloud spend set to double by 2020
Market watcher predicts use of public cloud will soar over the next five years, with IaaS and PaaS leading the way
Thu Aug 11, 2016
Google Fiber to expand tests of gigabit-speed wireless broadband
Google Fiber plans to expand tests of wireless broadband to accelerate the roll-out of low-cost superfast internet across the US
Thu Aug 11, 2016
IT departments fear they lack skills to implement IoT
Adoption of IoT systems in enterprises is being held back by worries over skills, says a joint report by Capita and Cisco
Thu Aug 11, 2016
Mobile devices becoming first port of call for shopper info
Shoppers are using their mobile devices to search for product and services information they normally would have sought in store, according to research by Hitwise
Thu Aug 11, 2016
IT business confidence in UK drops by a fifth
Brexit is set to shake-up the IT industry, given many tech firms run European head offices in the UK
Thu Aug 11, 2016
Security pros split on government access to cloud data, survey shows
Despite rapid cloud services adoption, security and compliance concerns revolving around inappropriate use or access of sensitive cloud data continue to loom large, a survey has revealed
Thu Aug 11, 2016
Nimble adds to all-flash arrays with entry-level AF1000
Nimble made its debut in all-flash in February 2016, but now adds an entry-level array, the AF1000, plus upgrades to its hybrid flash array products that up performance and capacity
Fri Aug 12, 2016
Newcastle and Gateshead take public Wi-Fi network to the streets
Newcastle and Gateshead councils have extended their public Wi-Fi network for a further 10 years with assistance from BT and the government
Fri Aug 12, 2016
Russia competition watchdog fines Google $6.8m over Android
As Google faces a fine of around $3bn for anti-competitive practices in Europe, Russian authorities have ordered the internet giant to pay $6.8m for abusing its dominant position with Android device makers
Fri Aug 12, 2016
Financial cyber attacks increase as malware writers join forces
Financial malware attacks increased 16% in the second quarter of the year, driven by collaboration between the developers of two banking Trojans in the top the financial malware threats, says Kaspersky Lab
Fri Aug 12, 2016
Government announces digital apprenticeship service as part of apprenticeship levy guidelines
The government has released guidelines for the upcoming apprenticeship levy, including how businesses can access funds to train apprentices
Fri Aug 12, 2016
Agencies urged to speed up Next-Generation 911 transition
Municipalities are being urged toward Next-Generation 911 as phone companies complete fiber optic cable transition, and Google Fiber's Webpass acquisition will make wireless broadband connections possible.
Fri Aug 12, 2016
New Huawei Enterprise chief handicapped by politics, not products
David He, newly appointed president at Huawei Enterprise U.S., is ready to turn over 100% of sales to partners. He is optimistic despite cloud of Chinese cyber spying.