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Customers of identity specialist Okta have again been attacked via a compromise of its systems, and are claiming Okta’s response leaves something to be desired

It is often the small things that have the greatest impact on a successful digital transformation project.

Advent IM founder Mike Gillespie was among those honoured at the eighth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards.

Europol and the FBI have taken down the RagnarLocker ransomware crew, a long-standing gang that helped pioneer some now common tactics, taking its dark web negotiation and data leak sites offline.

Identity access management tools are proving pivotal in the race to outwit cyber criminals. In this handbook, focused on IAM in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly takes a closer look at their capabilities, CyberArks growth, the uses of automation and how ForgeRock enhances user experience.

Researchers have identified spiking numbers of victims of a recently disclosed Cisco zero-day, as users of the networking supplier’s IOS XE software are urged to take defensive measures.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation says EDF has come up short on needed measures to improve cyber security standards at several critical UK nuclear facilities

WannaCry ransomware attacks caused havoc at a number of UK public service providers in 2017. The following year, Copeland bosses told the BBC that no sensitive data had been taken as part of the cyber attack, which was then thought to have cost the local authority around £2m. However, a council source says senior managers have told staff in the years following those press statements, during IT induction sessions, that they “still don’t know who did it and what [information] was...

S3-compliant object storage specialist Scality will use new OSIS integration with VMware’s cloud management tool to target service providers that want to deliver regional cloud offers.

Facial-recognition analytics that China uses to oppress the marginalized peoples of Xinjiang could soon spread through Central Asia.