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SINGAPORE - Singapores cyber security watchdog has issued an alert following the discovery of vulnerabilities in more than 100 million Internet-connected devices globally, ranging from medical equipment and wearable fitness products to critical industrial control systems in the energy and power sectors. Sounding the alarm on Thursday (April 15), the Cyber Security Agency of Singapores Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team (SingCert) said: "Administrators of the affected stacks are advised...

Computer Weekly - 20 April 2021: Shop and go – will Amazons cashless just walk out store work? Computer Weekly - 20 April 2021: Shop and go – will Amazons cashless just walk out store work? Computer Weekly - 20 April 2021: Shop and go – will Amazons cashless just walk out store work? In this week’s Computer Weekly, Amazon has opened its first ‘just walk out’ grocery store in the UK, but is it the right time to hit the high street? We examine the human and ...

Only government standing in the way of fair compensation for subpostmasters The UK government is the only block to fair compensation for subpostmasters who were wrongly punished for accounting shortfalls Share this item with your network: By Published: 15 Apr 2021 13:31 The government is the only obstacle to victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal receiving the financial damages they deserve, after the Post Office CEO urged it to pay up. Hundreds of subpostmasters had their lives destro...

Five ways to boost systems utilisation in the datacentre Datacentre operators are always looking for ways to cut costs and improve the efficiency of their facilities. Here we ask the experts for their top five tips for reducing the operating costs of running a server farm Share this item with your network: By Published: 12 Apr 2021 Top concerns for datacentre operators are ensuring their facilities are operating as efficiently as possible from a cost, energy consumption and IT utilisation...

Remote workers largely supportive of a UK right to disconnect The introduction of a “right to disconnect” in the UK is popular among workers and has backing from trade unions Share this item with your network: By Published: 14 Apr 2021 12:45 Two-thirds of remote workers in the UK want the government to include a “right to disconnect” policy in the upcoming Employment Bill, which would require companies to negotiate with their staff and agree rules on when people cannot be contacted...

In this weeks Computer Weekly, our latest buyers guide looks at the future of robotic process automation (RPA). Googles legal victory against Oracle over the use of Java APIs has huge significance for software developers. And we find out how expectations of IT have grown as firms prepare for the post-Covid workplace. Read the issue now.

Why some jobseekers have turned to cyber crime during the pandemic Research shows that many people have been seeking cyber crime-related work on the dark web, but why? Share this item with your network: By Published: 12 Apr 2021 People made unemployed and looking for work as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have been increasingly turning to cyber crime to make money easily and quickly, according to recent findings from cyber security researchers at Check Point.  After studying a rang...

CIO interview: Nitin Chaturvedi, chief digital and technology officer, KFC Global The Covid-19 pandemic led to the digital element of KFC’s business becoming increasingly important, says the fast food retailer’s chief digital and technology officer Share this item with your network: By Published: 09 Apr 2021 12:00 It’s been a busy year or so for Nitin Chaturvedi, chief digital and technology officer at KFC Global. He joined the fast-food giant in September 2019 and was just getting ...

Loan Charge Group MPs demand IR35 shake-up to stop contractors becoming ‘zero-rights employees’ Inquiry by Loan Charge All-Party Parliamentary Group calls on government to tweak IR35 legislation during passage of next Finance Bill Share this item with your network: By Published: 09 Apr 2021 13:20 The government is facing calls from a 200-strong group of MPs to amend its 20-year-old IR35 tax-avoidance legislation over fears that its misuse is leaving growing numbers of contractors effec...

FatFace was warned by police about vulnerabilities within its IT systems which put it more at risk from cyber-criminals nine months before it was hit by a £1.45million ransomware attack in January, This is Money can reveal. A detective from Hampshire Constabulary contacted the clothing chain, which is headquartered in the county, in April 2020 about it having a vulnerable IP address. The detective, who is also handling the investigation into the sophisticated criminal attack on 17 January afte...