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EncroChat: Appeal court finds ‘digital phone tapping’ admissible in criminal trials Appeal Court decides EncroChat-encrypted phone records can be used in criminal trials. Critics say the decision means phone tapping no longer has a ‘clear meaning in the digital age’ Share this item with your network: By Published: 06 Feb 2021 2:27 Judges have decided that communications collected by French and Dutch police from the encrypted phone network EncroChat using software “implants” are...

Security firm Stormshield loses source code in cyber attack Source code from two products developed by French cyber security firm was compromised in a December 2020 incident Share this item with your network: By Published: 05 Feb 2021 11:32 France-based cyber security firm Stormshield has revealed a leak of source code from its Stormshield Network Security and Network Security Industrial Firewall products following a cyber attack that saw malicious actors gain unauthorised access to a tech...

The Washington PostGetty Images There is no greater recent example of the destructive power of the conservative media ecosystem than the inhumane use of the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich as a political cudgel through the development of a transparently ludicrous conspiracy theory. While the exploitation of the Rich familys tragedy took place right out in the open, with more than a few conservative TV stars flogging it until the story bled water, the Rich familys largely successful pursuit of ...

CIO interview: David Walmsley, chief digital and omni-channel officer, Pandora The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic could have been a disaster for the jeweller, but due to its digital transformation programme, it was ready to carry on serving its customers online Share this item with your network: By Published: 04 Feb 2021 8:00 Jewellery specialist Pandora relies on the strong personal relationships it builds with its customers. Being able to interact face-to-face with an experienced salesper...

Covid-19 saw 32% of UK&I firms furlough IT staff in 2020 The coronavirus outbreak led to pay freezes, reduced hours and furlough for many IT workers, according to Computer Weekly’s annual salary survey Share this item with your network: By Published: 04 Feb 2021 11:00 Almost a third of companies in the UK and Ireland furloughed IT staff in 2020 during the coronavirus outbreak, according to research by Computer Weekly. The latest annual Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT salary survey asked ...

WOMEN working as freelancers across the North West are accessing new opportunities thanks to a programme launched by IN4.0. East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce members IN4.0 specialise in providing digital skills consultancy and hope that the FreelanceHER 100 programme will help to address gender imbalances in the media, digital and technology sectors while also helping women who may have lost their jobs during the pandemic. A great example to women who join the programme is Naomi Timperl...

SolarWinds patches two critical CVEs in Orion platform New vulnerabilities disclosed as SolarWinds reels from December 2020 Solorigate/Sunburst attack – but do not appear to have been exploited yet Share this item with your network: By Published: 03 Feb 2021 11:00 Users of SolarWinds’ Orion networking platform – the service at the centre of the high-profile Solorigate/Sunburst attack – are once again being advised to patch their systems urgently following the disclosure of two unre...

Healthcare and life sciences dominate 2021 DataIQ 100 list NHS England’s managing director of data and analytics, Ming Tang, joins data leaders from pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and GSK in the top 10 of this year’s DataIQ 100 list Share this item with your network: By Published: 03 Feb 2021 14:28 The NHS and pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and GSK Consumer Healthcare figure prominently in the 2021 DataIQ 100 list of data management influencers. Ming Tang, managing director...

Venture capital trusts lobby for relaxed state aid rules Venture Capital Trust Association chair speaks to Computer Weekly about how the UK’s exit from the EU means state aid rules can be rewritten to allow for the expansion of funding mechanisms used by tech startups Share this item with your network: By Published: 03 Feb 2021 12:00 With the business failure rate for early-stage technology startups reaching new highs during 2020 as a result of the pandemic, the investor community is see...

In this weeks Computer Weekly, we find out how one ambulance service is using business intelligence tools to join up datasets to improve its response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Our latest buyers guide examines video conferencing and collaboration. And we look at the benefits of real-time streaming data analytics. Read the issue now.