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08 May 2024
National Security Agency warns against paying ransoms
By Arielle WaldmanRob Joyce and David Luber discussed how the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare exemplified the cons of paying ransom demands.
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08 May 2024
Experts highlight progress, challenges for election security
By Alexander CulafiInfosec professionals at RSA Conference 2024 discussed digital and physical security challenges for election cycles across the globe in a post-COVID landscape.
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08 May 2024
Databricks adds vector search, new LLM support to AI suite
By Eric AvidonThe data lakehouse pioneer is targeting model accuracy with the GA of vector search capabilities that help customers find the data needed to train advanced analytics applications.
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26 Sep 2023
Kubernetes storage: It’s object or nothing for MinIO
By Pierre BerlemontSAN and NAS are finished in the age of the cloud when it comes to cloud-native Kubernetes storage, according to container-focused object storage maker MinIO
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22 Sep 2023
How ready does the world need to be for the quantum era?
By Cliff SaranGreat use cases may exist for quantum computing, but no one knows for sure how long they will need to wait for a production-ready machine
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21 Sep 2023
New Git repository faces corporate open source doubts
By Beth PariseauCI/CD pipeline vendor Harness faces two challenges as it launches Gitness: a market dominated by GitHub and GitLab as well as concerns about vendor-led open source projects.
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21 Sep 2023
Cisco snaps up Splunk in $28bn application observability deal
By Cliff SaranThe acquisition builds out Cisco’s observability portfolio, with AI-based full-stack observability for hybrid cloud environments
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20 Sep 2023
Linux Foundation ups ante on HashiCorp, hosts Terraform fork
By Beth PariseauAll eyes are on HashiCorp's response now that a community-driven fork of its Terraform infrastructure as code tool has been officially relaunched as a Linux Foundation project.
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19 Sep 2023
38TB Microsoft data leak highlights risks of oversharing
By Alex ScroxtonAn accidentally disclosed SAS token with excessive privileges enabled researchers to access nearly 40TB of Microsoft’s data, highlighting the risks of privilege mismanagement and oversharing
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15 Sep 2023
Dunelm's journey to micro front ends
By Cliff SaranWe find out how Dunelm has modernised its platform and web development with in-house ecommerce and serverless systems
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14 Sep 2023
CloudBees scales its Jenkins CI, previews SaaS platform
By Beth PariseauAbout a year after acquiring ReleaseIQ, CloudBees prepares the fruits of its integration for launch and adds long-awaited scale-out to its commercial version of Jenkins.
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14 Sep 2023
Google, Microsoft and Mozilla push browser updates to foil zero-day
By Alex ScroxtonA zero-day in Google’s Chrome browser was first reported by surveillance researchers at The Citizen Lab and Apple, but also affects other browsers
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14 Sep 2023
As vehicle safety regulations loom, carmakers fret over cyber risks
By Alex ScroxtonGlobal, 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
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13 Sep 2023
Meet MLSecOps: Industry calls for new measures to secure AI
By Beth PariseauOpen source security, already in the software supply chain spotlight, must expand to include AI models, according to the OpenSSF and DevSecOps vendor JFrog.
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13 Sep 2023
GitHub fixes race condition that could have led to ‘repojacking’
By Alex ScroxtonA 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
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13 Sep 2023
Banks less focused on metaverse technology than last year
By Karl FlindersSenior banking executives have reduced their focus on investigating metaverse technology in the past 12 months
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13 Sep 2023
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes zero-days in Word and Streaming Service
By Alex ScroxtonSeptember 2023 brings a light Patch Tuesday, with two zero-days and five critical vulnerabilities listed in the latest release
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13 Sep 2023
Cisco tightens link between observability and security
By Cliff SaranThe company's observability platform now offers a way for IT decision-makers to understand the impact of security issues
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11 Sep 2023
Salesforce and Zoom embrace ethical hackers. You should, too
By Alex ScroxtonSoftware 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
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08 Sep 2023
Executive interview: Richard Moulds, Amazon Braket
By Cliff SaranWe speak to Richard Moulds, who heads up Amazon’s Braket quantum computing services, about how the technology is progressing
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07 Sep 2023
Server-side WebAssembly takes shape, but faces challenges
By Beth PariseauServer-side Wasm's release next quarter will provide a cleaner way to connect apps, followed by further improvements in early 2024. Will it be enough to convince skeptics?
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07 Sep 2023
Duplicate waypoints root cause of Nats subsystem failover
By Cliff SaranProcessing of waypoints that determine when a flight enters and leaves UK airspace caused the air traffic system to report a critical error
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07 Sep 2023
Mainframe remains a positive force among IT leaders
By Cliff SaranBMC’s annual survey of mainframe users finds there is continued demand, but some are concerned over DevOps tooling
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06 Sep 2023
Saudi Arabian fintech gets Mastercard boost
By Karl FlindersSaudi-based fintechs could soon benefit from Mastercard's extensive payments network
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06 Sep 2023
CIO interview: Cynthia Stoddard, Adobe
By Mark SamuelsAdobe's IT chief is looking to build on its cloud migration with widespread adoption of AI, machine learning and robotic process automation – as well as low-code/no-code software development tools
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05 Sep 2023
Researchers find flaw in Mend.io security platform
By Alex ScroxtonWithSecure’s research team uncovered an authentication flaw in an application security platform developed by Mend.io, which has now been fixed
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01 Sep 2023
Threat actors exploiting unpatched Juniper Networks devices
By Alex ScroxtonA series of vulnerabilities in Juniper Networks firewalls and switches appear to be being exploited in the wild to enable remote code execution, with thousands of devices thought to be exposed
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30 Aug 2023
Google AI plans could spur low-code/no-code faceoff with AWS
By Beth PariseauGoogle's generative AI products play catch-up with Copilot and others, but the upcoming addition of Duet AI to AppSheet might fill a market gap as AWS scraps Honeycode.
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30 Aug 2023
NCSC warns over possible AI prompt injection attacks
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s NCSC says it sees alarming potential for so-called prompt injection attacks driven by the large language models that power AI chatbots
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30 Aug 2023
July sees huge jump in open banking payments
By Karl FlindersThe number of open banking payments in the UK have doubled over the past year, according to latest figures
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30 Aug 2023
Zurich Insurance slashes ServiceNow application development time
By Karl FlindersInsurance giant cuts time it takes to complete development of ServiceNow applications by days
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30 Aug 2023
Google Cloud ups ante in generative AI
By Aaron TanGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off Google Cloud Next 2023 by underscoring the company’s efforts to make generative AI tools more accessible to businesses and workers
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29 Aug 2023
Nats resorts to fail-safe manual process after technical hitch
By Cliff SaranJust a few hours of manual processing has resulted in a massive backlog in flights
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24 Aug 2023
NHS SBS to launch £1.5bn digital workplace solutions framework
By Lis EvenstadNHS Shared Business Services is planning on a second iteration of its digital workplace solutions framework before the current one expires in August 2024
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23 Aug 2023
Six subpostmaster appeals to be heard in Scottish court
By Karl FlindersScottish court will hear appeals against the convictions of six former subpostmasters based on evidence from a Post Office computer system
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23 Aug 2023
Innovative UK SMEs spend half of turnover on tech
By Karl FlindersUK SMEs are increasing spending on technology, with dedicated IT teams set up to enable them to keep pace with tech change
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22 Aug 2023
VMware Tanzu portfolio reshuffled ahead of Broadcom close
By Beth PariseauVMware Tanzu incorporates Aria AIOps and FinOps products as a $69 billion acquisition by Broadcom looms, putting the product line's future in question.
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22 Aug 2023
IBM uses generative AI to modernise mainframe Cobol
By Cliff SaranIn combination with code discovery, IBM plans to offer artificial intelligence-based Cobol to Java application modernisation
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22 Aug 2023
Singapore to bolster OT security capabilities
By Aaron TanCyber Security Agency of Singapore teams up with Dragos and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to bolster the country’s OT security capabilities
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21 Aug 2023
Red Hat CEO on AI moves and source code kerfuffle
By Aaron TanMatt Hicks talks up Red Hat’s efforts to support generative AI adoption through OpenShift AI and weighs in on the issues surrounding the company’s decision to limit access to RHEL source code
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17 Aug 2023
Researchers demo fake airplane mode exploit that tricks iPhone users
By Alex ScroxtonExploit chain that tricks a victim into believing their iOS device is offline in airplane mode when it is not could open the door to grave privacy concerns
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17 Aug 2023
MP calls for review of computer evidence rule which led to subpostmasters being wrongly convicted
By Karl FlindersMP writes to minister in charge of courts requesting he looks at the controversial rules on the use of computer evidence in court
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16 Aug 2023
CyberArk eyes growth beyond PAM
By Aaron TanCyberArk is seeing exponential growth in the broader identity security market as the company expands its capabilities beyond privileged access management
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15 Aug 2023
TSB and Fintech Scotland lab open for applications
By Karl FlindersHigh street bank opens applications to its latest fintech programme in partnership with Fintech Scotland
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12 Aug 2023
Datacentre management vulnerabilities leave public clouds at risk
By Alex ScroxtonAt the annual DEF CON hacking convention, researchers from Trellix have disclosed multiple vulnerabilities in key datacentre products underpinning the world’s public cloud infrastructure
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10 Aug 2023
Google speeds up security update frequency for Chrome
By Alex ScroxtonChanges to Google’s security update policy are supposed to help close the gap in which cyber criminals can exploit n-day vulnerabilities
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09 Aug 2023
Microsoft addresses Office vulnerability attacked by Russian spooks in latest update
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft has issued fixes for over 70 vulnerabilities in its August Patch Tuesday drop, including remedies for CVE-2023-36884, which was disclosed without a fix in July and has been the subject of Kremlin-backed cyber attacks
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07 Aug 2023
Microsoft fixes Azure flaw that was subject of researcher criticism
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft has confirmed a potentially-dangerous flaw in the Azure platform has now been fully fixed, and moved to reassure customers that despite criticism it is committed to responsible disclosure and timely fixes
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04 Aug 2023
Log4Shell, ProxyShell still among most widely exploited flaws
By Alex ScroxtonStatistics released by the collective Five Eyes cyber agencies reveals insight into the most exploited vulnerabilities of 2022, and unsurprisingly there are some old ‘friends’ on the list
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04 Aug 2023
Biden’s SBOM mandate a ‘shot heard around the world’, report says
By Alex ScroxtonTwo years and three months after Joe Biden mandated new standards in supply chain security, over 40% of UK respondents to a survey say they have implemented new SBOM policies in direct response
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03 Aug 2023
IT pros mull observability tools, devx and generative AI
By Beth PariseauObservability as a common language for both developers and operations teams still has plenty of room for improvement in the era of platform engineering, according to experts.
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03 Aug 2023
Microsoft attacked over ‘grossly irresponsible’ security practice
By Alex ScroxtonThe CEO of Tenable has launched a scathing attack on Microsoft, asserting that the organisation is deliberately keeping its Azure cloud customers in the dark about dangerous vulnerabilities and accusing it of a culture of ‘toxic obfuscation’
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02 Aug 2023
Ivanti MDM users told to patch against two dangerous flaws
By Alex ScroxtonUsers of Ivanti’s mobile device management platform have been warned to act now to patch two vulnerabilities that were chained by a threat actor in a series of cyber attacks on the Norwegian government
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31 Jul 2023
SUSE takes aim at Red Hat in Linux, Kubernetes play
By Aaron TanSUSE CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen outlines strategy to capture the Kubernetes opportunity and offer enterprises an alternative to RHEL following Red Hat’s decision to limit access to RHEL source code
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28 Jul 2023
How Indian organisations are keeping pace with cyber security
By Pratima HarigunaniIndian organisations are shoring up their defences to improve their cyber resilience amid intensifying cyber threats targeted at key sectors such as healthcare and logistics
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27 Jul 2023
Ant Group teams with NTU to advance privacy-preserving technologies
By Aaron TanThe Chinese fintech giant is partnering with Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University on a cryptographic protocol that ensures the privacy of transacting parties
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24 Jul 2023
Bank of England’s project to replace ‘beating heart’ is foundation for continuous development
By Karl FlindersThe Bank of England has reached a major milestone in its core system replacement programme, with next landmark in sight
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21 Jul 2023
Postman API platform will use Akita to tame rogue endpoints
By Beth PariseauAkita's discovery and observability will feed undocumented APIs into Postman's design and testing framework to bring them into the enterprise governance fold.
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20 Jul 2023
GitHub Copilot Chat aims to replace Googling for devs
By Beth PariseauGitHub's public beta of Copilot Chat rolls out GPT-4 integration that embeds a chat assistant into Visual Studio, but concerns about AI linger for some developers.
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19 Jul 2023
Chainguard automates SBOMs, but has Images-based agenda
By Beth PariseauContainer images, that is. Chainguard Enforce now automates SBOMs, but execs and an early customer say they aren't the ultimate answer to software supply chain security.
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18 Jul 2023
Critical Adobe ColdFusion flaws chained in ongoing cyber attacks
By Alex ScroxtonTwo vulnerabilities in Adobe ColdFusion have been chained by threat actors to target victim systems, apparently after one of them was accidentally disclosed
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13 Jul 2023
Nutanix eyes PaaS services with Project Beacon
By Aaron TanNutanix is extending its reach higher up the software stack with Project Beacon, a multi-year effort to deliver PaaS services across distributed environments
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12 Jul 2023
Hackers: We won’t let artificial intelligence get the better of us
By Alex ScroxtonAI is changing how ethical hackers go about their work, and will continue to do so, but the community is convinced the technology will never be able to replicate the creativity of a flesh-and-blood hacker
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12 Jul 2023
Microsoft users on high alert over dangerous RCE zero-day
By Alex ScroxtonA serious RCE vulnerability in Microsoft Office and Windows is among several zero-days disclosed in Redmond’s July Patch Tuesday update, but this one does not have a patch yet
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11 Jul 2023
Apple pushes Rapid Response patch to fix WebKit zero-day
By Alex ScroxtonApple deployed an emergency patch under its Rapid Security Response update programme, but had to temporarily suspend delivery after it caused problems for users of the Safari browser
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10 Jul 2023
How Confluent is maintaining its edge in event streaming
By Aaron TanConfluent co-founder Jun Rao talks up the company’s business and how it competes with hyperscalers and other suppliers of managed Kafka services
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10 Jul 2023
Post Office inquiry must examine rule on IT evidence if miscarriages of justice are to be avoided
By Karl FlindersPublic inquiry must examine role of court rules around use of computer evidence that enabled Post Office to prosecute innocent people
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07 Jul 2023
TTTech Auto, ZettaScale extend collaboration to launch in-vehicle, V2X service
By Joe O’HalloranCollaboration looks to bring about what software-defined vehicle technology provider and open-source communication middleware firms say is a much-needed unification across the cloud-to-microcontroller communication continuum
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07 Jul 2023
Suspicious email reported every five seconds in UK
By Karl FlindersNational Cyber Security Centre report reveals a suspicious email was reported by UK citizens and organisations every five seconds last year
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07 Jul 2023
JumpCloud issues notice to customers to refresh API keys
By Cliff SaranJumpCloud has asked its customers to update their API cryptographic keys following a security incident
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06 Jul 2023
Public inquiry hears how Post Office security withheld evidence from people it suspected of theft
By Karl FlindersThe Post Office told investigators to include potential evidence in reports to their own lawyers, but not the subpostmasters they suspected of theft
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03 Jul 2023
PAC slams HMCTS justice system transformation programme
By Lis EvenstadHMCTS has consistently underestimated the scale and complexity of the reforms, and criticises the programme, which only has £120m of its £1.3bn budget left with only just over half of projects completed, MPs say
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29 Jun 2023
Brits are using healthcare apps without proper checks
By Karl FlindersAs mobile health app acceptance increases, people are taking risks by using them without any advice from their medical professionals, finds survey
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28 Jun 2023
Banks dump Terraform for Crossplane infrastructure as code
By Beth PariseauTwo EU banks favor Crossplane's reconciliation approach over Terraform's dependency graph, saying the former hastens deployments -- with a few migration caveats.
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27 Jun 2023
HashiCorp Vault to expand in DevSecOps with BluBracket buy
By Beth PariseauHashiCorp expands Vault's focus to include DevSecOps with the acquisition of a secrets scanning startup, setting the stage for a potential showdown with Microsoft and GitHub.
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27 Jun 2023
New AWS service targets data security, genAI feature to come
By Esther AjaoThe cloud provider's new service helps employees within organizations be more productive while securing their work. The vendor will add a generative AI feature in the future.
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27 Jun 2023
WithSecure forges ahead with green coding initiative
By Alex ScroxtonWithSecure’s W/Sustainability programme kickstarts a number of initiatives, including a commitment to green coding the security supplier hopes will set an example for others to follow
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27 Jun 2023
Johnson Controls opts for container-based app delivery with Portworx
By Antony AdsheadBuildings management giant built a suite of customer-facing products using containers and opted for Pure Storage Portworx for hybrid cloud container management and data protection
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23 Jun 2023
Phishing and ransomware dominate Singapore’s cyber threat landscape
By Aaron TanPhishing and ransomware attacks continued apace in Singapore last year amid signs of improving cyber hygiene
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21 Jun 2023
Retail companies gain DORA metrics ROI from specialist tools
By Beth PariseauDORA metrics and other measures of engineering efficiency are popping up in add-ons to existing DevOps tools. But third-party vendors added more value for Puma and Sensormatic.
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21 Jun 2023
Software spending grows fastest as finance firms spend $652bn on tech in 2023
By Karl FlindersBanks and investment firms are increasing their spending on IT despite gloomy economic outlook, but priorities have changed
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20 Jun 2023
EDF deploys Dynatrace to fuel site reliability engineering drive
By Cliff SaranThe energy company has adopted the observability platform to support in-house software development
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19 Jun 2023
United Airlines clears CI/CD pipelines for takeoff
By Beth PariseauIn an industry heavily affected by pandemic disruptions, United Airlines brought in a new orchestration tool to navigate fluctuating software delivery requirements.
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19 Jun 2023
How Fastly thinks differently about CDNs and the edge
By Aaron TanFastly is counting on its developer chops and different approaches towards security and other areas to compete with its rivals
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15 Jun 2023
CISA SBOM standards efforts stymied by confusion, inertia
By Beth PariseauEfforts to establish SBOM standards and guidance have progressed, but unanswered questions persist -- including how the federal government plans to enforce its own requirements.
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15 Jun 2023
Enterprise software price hikes risk derailing digital transformation
By Cliff SaranBuying software and cloud services for strategic initiatives is all very well as long as the price is stable. But costs are escalating, which is impacting value
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14 Jun 2023
No zero-days for June Patch Tuesday, but plenty to chew over
By Alex ScroxtonOn the face of it, Microsoft’s monthly round of updates is a lighter-than-usual load for security teams, with no zero-days in evidence, but there are still plenty of issues needing attention
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14 Jun 2023
Cyber attacks against APAC commerce sector surpass 1.1 billion
By Aaron TanRetailers, hotels and travel-related organisations in the region saw over a billion cyber attacks last year amid the surge in e-commerce activity and online travel bookings
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13 Jun 2023
AWS shuffles DevSecOps deck with CodeGuru Security SAST
By Beth PariseauA new DevSecOps service links AWS security code scanning to third-party pipeline tools, potentially a shot at GitHub Copilot that increases overlap with AWS SAST partners.
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13 Jun 2023
Delivery charges and slow payments have customers abandoning baskets
By Clare McDonaldCustomer expectation has been on the rise, both on and offline, and no-code automation firm Primer finds there are several reasons why consumers are choosing not to checkout
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13 Jun 2023
Enterprise and industrial metaverses exceeding expectations
By Joe O’HalloranAcross use cases, particularly industrial and enterprise, early metaverse adopters report benefits more often than companies still in the planning phase, with capex reduction and sustainability showing largest difference
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12 Jun 2023
Ada Lovelace Institute warns against Covid app reuse
By Cliff SaranThere are a number of lessons policy-makers should take away from the use of apps developed as part of the Covid-19 response
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12 Jun 2023
Ofcom data stolen in MOVEit cyber attack
By Alex ScroxtonCommunications regulator Ofcom says data on employees and regulated communications companies was stolen by the Clop gang
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12 Jun 2023
Progress Software releases patch for second MOVEit Transfer vulnerability
By Alex ScroxtonProgress Software releases a patch for a second MOVEit Transfer issue, which was uncovered by third-party security specialist Huntress Security during post-incident code scanning
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08 Jun 2023
Sysdig CNAPP runtime threat detection wins over BigCommerce
By Beth PariseauSysdig's fast, comprehensive data collection, now part of a larger CNAPP product, sealed the deal with the e-commerce company. Next, it might replace vulnerability management tools.
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08 Jun 2023
Vulnerability exploitation volumes up over 50% in 2022
By Alex ScroxtonData from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 threat intel specialists reveals insight into the scale of vulnerability exploitation in the wild
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08 Jun 2023
Clop may have been sitting on MOVEit vulnerability for two years
By Alex ScroxtonThe Clop cyber extortion gang may have been keeping the MOVEit SQL injection vulnerability they used to penetrate the systems of multiple victims secret for two years
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06 Jun 2023
Free Atlassian Jira DevSecOps tab opens doors to expansion
By Beth PariseauVulnerability management data from Atlassian partners surfaces in a new Security in Jira tab for cloud customers, setting the stage for a potential DevSecOps expansion.
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05 Jun 2023
Atlassian cloud preps threat tool as security boss departs
By Beth PariseauAtlassian Beacon shores up cloud security as it adds transparency around security issues, but the chief trust officer role at the company is also changing hands.
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05 Jun 2023
UK has time limit on ensuring cryptocurrency regulatory leadership, says Parliamentary report
By Karl FlindersParliamentary report makes 53 recommendations to the government's plans to regulate cryptocurrency
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25 May 2023
Build 2023: Microsoft wants developers to build IT with AI
By Cliff SaranSoftware giant Microsoft is pushing the idea of next-generation business applications, powered by AI-based copilots with data feed plugins
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24 May 2023
Australian government IT spending to grow 8.4% in 2023
By Aaron TanThe Australian government will increasingly look to digital investments, particularly automation, to drive efficiency opportunities and improve service delivery, according to Gartner
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24 May 2023
JPMorgan’s UK digital retail bank adds more than a million customers in a year
By Karl FlindersThe app-based bank launched in the UK by US giant JPMorgan has added one million customers in the past 12 months