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Dell snaps up cloud orchestration startup Cloudify

Dell snaps up cloud orchestration startup Cloudify
Deal could be worth up to a reported $100 million for the Israeli cloud business
27 Jan 2023
Bitwarden users raise alarm over 'highly convincing' Google malvertising risks

Bitwarden users raise alarm over 'highly convincing' Google malvertising risks
The volume of fake ads impersonating popular software has increased significantly in recent months
27 Jan 2023
FBI's landmark Hive ransomware takedown 'a drop in the ocean'

FBI's landmark Hive ransomware takedown 'a drop in the ocean'
A huge win for law enforcement, but the 'hacking back' takedown of Hive's domain is just a small drop in the expansive ransomware ocean
27 Jan 2023
UK government set to subsidise chip manufacturing in bid to cut overseas reliance

UK government set to subsidise chip manufacturing in bid to cut overseas reliance
The move looks to bolster domestic production capabilities and support UK manufacturers
26 Jan 2023
CISA: Phishing campaign targeting US federal agencies went undetected for months

CISA: Phishing campaign targeting US federal agencies went undetected for months
Threat actors used legitimate remote access software to maliciously target federal employees
26 Jan 2023
Dutch hacker steals data from virtually entire population of Austria

Dutch hacker steals data from virtually entire population of Austria
The data was stolen from a misconfigured cloud database found by the attacker through a search engine
26 Jan 2023
NCSC warns UK under state-sponsored spear-phishing attacks from Russia and Iran

NCSC warns UK under state-sponsored spear-phishing attacks from Russia and Iran
The acceleration in spear-phishing campaigns last year coincided with the escalating conflict in Ukraine, according to the NCSC
26 Jan 2023
Mitel set to acquire Atos’ unified communications and collaboration business Unify

Mitel set to acquire Atos’ unified communications and collaboration business Unify
The acquisition will take Mitel’s customer base to more than 75 million users and over 5,500 channel partners
26 Jan 2023
Scottish scale-ups buck global investment trends with record-breaking year of funding

Scottish scale-ups buck global investment trends with record-breaking year of funding
KPMG’s latest Venture Pulse survey shows that Scotland is cementing a reputation as an attractive market for VC investment
26 Jan 2023
More than half of tech workers ‘pre-emptively’ applying for roles in anticipation of layoffs

More than half of tech workers ‘pre-emptively’ applying for roles in anticipation of layoffs
As layoffs continue to plague the tech sector, many workers are exploring new options to avoid being caught up in redundancy waves
25 Jan 2023
GoTo admits hackers stole customer backups in LastPass breach

GoTo admits hackers stole customer backups in LastPass breach
In addition to losing encrypted backups such as hashed passwords, the firm has confirmed hackers stole an encryption key relating to the data
25 Jan 2023
Report: Regulatory and monetary incentives needed to adopt safer programming languages

Report: Regulatory and monetary incentives needed to adopt safer programming languages
Companies have been urged to create plans on how they intend to get rid of memory-unsafe code in their products
25 Jan 2023
Microsoft cloud revenue still sky-high as device sales continue to slide

Microsoft cloud revenue still sky-high as device sales continue to slide
The company's latest earnings call revealed that Azure cloud products delivered better-than-expected results while numbers in other divisions fell sub…
25 Jan 2023
Delinea appoints David Castignola as new CRO, sales leader

Delinea appoints David Castignola as new CRO, sales leader
The 25-year veteran joins after previously holding leadership positions at Optiv and RSA
25 Jan 2023
Cloud growth experiencing ‘slowdown’ amid rising economic disruption

Cloud growth experiencing ‘slowdown’ amid rising economic disruption
Decreased revenue growth rates for hyperscalers such as AWS have given rise to concerns of a cloud market ‘slowdown’
24 Jan 2023
DCMS: Eagle Labs 'offers better value for money’ than Tech Nation

DCMS: Eagle Labs 'offers better value for money’ than Tech Nation
The decision to award a £12 million grant to Barclays Eagle Labs has sparked widespread industry concern, with Tech Nation fighting for its future
24 Jan 2023
Suncorp signs three-year Azure deal to complete multi-cloud migration by 2024

Suncorp signs three-year Azure deal to complete multi-cloud migration by 2024
The financial services firm seeks to wind down its on-prem data centres and wants 90% of its workloads in the cloud by the end of the year
24 Jan 2023
Up to 350,000 open source projects vulnerable to 15-year-old Python bug

Up to 350,000 open source projects vulnerable to 15-year-old Python bug
Researchers at Trellix and GitHub have patched nearly 62,000 affected projects so far
24 Jan 2023
Cognizant snaps up Manchester-based IoT specialist Mobica

Cognizant snaps up Manchester-based IoT specialist Mobica
The acquisition will expand Cognizant’s embedded software engineering capabilities and boost its presence in Eastern Europe
24 Jan 2023
Japanese telco NTT to invest $3.5 billion in Indian data centres

Japanese telco NTT to invest $3.5 billion in Indian data centres
The money marks a steep increase in the telco's investment compared to recent years
23 Jan 2023
AWS splashes $35 billion to expand data centres in Virginia

AWS splashes $35 billion to expand data centres in Virginia
The massive figure is close to the total sum AWS has previously invested in the state since 2006
23 Jan 2023
GTA V vulnerability exposes PC users to partial remote code execution attacks

GTA V vulnerability exposes PC users to partial remote code execution attacks
Millions of GTA Online players could fall prey to malware or data corruption
23 Jan 2023
Mailchimp data breach impact unravels as second customer reveals extent of damage

Mailchimp data breach impact unravels as second customer reveals extent of damage
Mailchimp customers affected by a recent data breach have warned users to “remain vigilant” of heightened security threats
23 Jan 2023