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August 31
- White House launches tech fellowship program to tackle key issues
- Windows 11 rollout will begin on 5 October
- Most companies struggle with remote work security
- AMD Zen+, Zen 2 vulnerable to Meltdown-style attacks
- Hackers use WebSVN to deploy new Mirai malware
- Pace of government IT spending to slow in 2022
- South Korea passes landmark bill to curb app payment monopolies
- Zoom reports first billion-dollar quarter despite slowing growth
- BT sheds light on the UK's growing e-waste problem
- NHSX guidance aims to improve NHS digital transformation efforts
- Microsoft Exchange Server flaw lets attackers misconfigure mailboxes
- Singapore government expands bug bounty programme
- 5G and iPhone 12 demand fuel growing smartphone shipments
August 30
- Linux 5.14 offers new security protections
- Fin8 returns with Badhatch backdoor targeting US organizations
- Apple launches repair program for iPhone 12 audio issues
August 27
- Critical flaw in IoT camera system could lead to remote takeover
- HP Q3 revenue misses analyst forecasts
- Credential theft most prevalent threat to corporate inboxes
- Phishing attacks increase as hackers take advantage of pandemic
- TSMC plots up to 20% price hike amid global chip crisis
- IT Pro News In Review: Nvidia-Arm deal in doubt, UK's post-Brexit data strategy, and massive data leak hits Microsoft Power Apps
- WiPro partners with DataRobot to deliver accessible AI
- Microsoft Azure flaw exposed 'thousands' of customer databases
- Apple concedes ground to developers with $100 million settlement
August 26
- Tech giants pledge billions for cyber security
- AI Clearing and DMI team to deliver insight into inaccessible construction sites
- 29 vulnerabilities fixed in multiple F5 products
- Finaptic selects Acuant for customer onboarding and anti-money laundering compliance
- Gartner: Use of collaboration tools up 44% since 2019
- Weekly threat roundup: Ethereum, Razer mice, Cisco
- Western Digital in merger talks with former Toshiba chip subsidiary Kioxia
- Microsoft product chief Panos Panay joins executive leadership team
- Microsoft hires AWS veteran Charlie Bell for VP role
- UK reveals post-Brexit data reforms alongside flurry of international agreements
August 25
- Mavenir acquires CPaaS provider Telestax
- IBM launches SASE services
- Nvidia to host Argonne National Laboratory's largest supercomputer
- Fear of Delta variant prompts new COVID phishing scams
- Palantir made £22m profit from NHS data deals
- Zoom charts course for ‘hybrid’ office return
- SMEs rethinking return to office amid Delta surge
- White House turns to big tech CEOs to boost cyber security
- PC market growth continues despite ongoing shortages
- SMBs rethinking return to office amid Delta surge
- Widely-used WhatsApp mod stuffed with malware
August 24
- Bahrain targets activists with NSO's Pegasus spyware
- Nextech AR secures early access to Google’s 3D AR Search Program
- Spire Global and Mantle Labs partner on AI weather forecasting
- Nokia subsidiary reveals data breach following Conti ransomware raid
- Intel and Qualcomm awarded chipmaking deal with US defence agencies
- Samsung invests £150 billion to become global chipmaking leader
- Microsoft Power Apps misconfiguration exposes 38 million records
- NHS Digital delays patient data-sharing plans as millions opt-out
August 23
- NeuPath and Cynergi will bring VR therapy to chronic pain management
- Managed edge services market primed for growth
- Hackers target outdated versions of Linux in the cloud
- VEON's Beeline to bring mobile AI to health care
- State Department reportedly suffers a cyber attack
- Modified PRISM backdoor used in new attacks
- PayPal to let UK users buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies
- Nvidia-ARM deal in danger as CMA raises ‘serious’ competition concerns
- IT Pro Asks: What if the Carrington Event happened today?
- IBM unveils on-chip AI accelerator for fraud detection
August 20
- Derq moves into Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program
- Aurora announces Safety Case Framework for autonomous vehicles
- Westcon-Comstor expands Sandvine distribution agreement in EMEA and APAC
- Criminals caught trying to recruit insiders to plant ransomware
- Wipro launches its cyber security studio in Texas
- Zoom's new hardware promises the 'ultimate home office' experience
- Liquid cryptocurrency exchange loses $97 million after hack
- Intel’s ‘Thread Director’ will boost CPU performance on Windows 11
- IT Pro News In Review: WFH overtime, T-Mobile hacked, and the MoD's major digital transformation project
- Adobe splashes out with £1bn Frame.io buy
- Microsoft to raise prices for Office 365 and Microsoft 365 in March 2022
- Facebook unveils VR remote working experience, Horizon Workrooms
August 19
- Rubrik partners with Microsoft to tackle ransomware threats
- Critical infrastructure vulnerabilities increased by 41% in first half of 2021
- Yext’s AI Search solution now available on Salesforce AppExchange
- False crypto-mining apps plague Google Play
- BlueHalo to acquire Intelligent Automation Inc
- Ohio resident pleads guilty to running Bitcoin “mixer” money laundering scheme
- More than 90 global privacy groups urge Apple to abandon CSAM surveillance
- Most IT executives fear nation-state hacking tools will be used on them
- Weekly threat roundup: Blackberry QNX, Cisco VPNs, Fortinet firewalls
- Zoom is no longer compatible with GDPR, Hamburg data watchdog claims
- UK tech sector urged to commit to carbon neutrality by 2050
- Microsoft accused of making it harder to ditch Edge in Windows 11
- LG hails 6G breakthrough with successful outdoor test
August 18
- Fortinet firewall flaw could allow hackers to take over a device
- SES and Microsoft team up to boost Azure's satellite connectivity
- NTT taps Celona to enable private 5G for enterprises
- Indiana notifies 750,000 after COVID-19 tracing data accessed
- Blackberry 'reluctantly' admits to QNX flaw
- Global spending on big data and analytics to hit $215.7 billion in 2021
- Qualcomm unveils first 5G and AI-compatible drone platform
- CompTIA: IT channel companies “cautiously optimistic”
- Australia and Singapore complete blockchain trial of cross-border trade
- 83 million IoT devices at risk of hacking
- GitHub Discussions is now generally available
- T-Mobile confirms hackers accessed 47.8 million customer records
August 17
- SolarWinds makes its DBA xPress tool free for all users
- BlackSky and Palantir’s pilot program boosts geospatial intelligence
- Pearson fined $1 million for downplaying severity of 2018 breach
- US companies lose $14.8 million annually to phishing attacks
- UK's surveillance guidance shows tech is "impossible to regulate"
- MoD launches callout for tech to plug cyber security holes
- Device as a service market to be worth $303 billion by 2026
- 90% of enterprises yet to hit digital-first goals
- Nexperia completes takeover of UK's largest semiconductor firm
- US government launches formal probe into Tesla Autopilot
- Delivery scams become most common form of smishing
- Intel unveils Arc brand with new GPUs arriving in 2022
August 16
- ESign Genie adds fraud detection to its digital signature software
- NICE's E-Request expedites 911 evidence sharing
- Iboss protects web sessions with remote browser isolation
- FINRA warns of phishing campaign exploiting imposter domain names
- Facebook defies gov pressure with end-to-end encryption expansion
- Google and Facebook boost APAC connectivity with subsea cable
- Cisco acquires Israeli application monitoring startup Epsagon
- LinkedIn launches pilot skills programme in Singapore
- Apple shifts stance on CSAM scanning following widespread criticism
- Working from home has created an "overtime epidemic"
- T-Mobile confirms it was hit by a data breach
August 13
- Senators quiz Amazon on palm scanning tech
- US Air Force taps Novetta for base defense operations
- Hackers are using Morse code to bypass phishing controls
- StackHawk announces native dynamic application and API security testing for GitHub
- “Great resignation” sparks concern over insider data leaks
- Poly Network offers up $500k bug bounty reward to its own hacker
- Gov-backed programme aims to spark innovation in UK cyber industry
- SAP India and Microsoft launch tech skilling programme for 62,000 women
- Facebook may be forced to abandon Giphy acquisition following CMA report
- IT Pro News in Review: Vodafone's EU roaming charges, Google pay cuts, Microsoft server malware
August 12
- GitHub is opening Codespaces to enterprises
- Senseforth.ai raises $14 million for its conversational AI platform
- Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma Access achieves FedRAMP authorization
- New Adload malware bypasses Apple’s XProtect to infect macOS devices
- IBM and Verizon expand Texas lab to test new 5G use cases
- Former Imagination Technologies CEO considers bid for Welsh semiconductor plant
- NCSC simplifies Outlook scam-reporting tool
- Only 15% of Londoners returned to the office in July
- US bipartisan bill targets big tech app store dominance
- Samsung aims for the mainstream with sub £1,000 foldable phones
- Poly Network hacker returns $342 million of stolen assets
August 11
- Future Technologies and Intel announce the opening of Atlanta Innovation Center
- GE Healthcare and VMware partner to promote cloud adoption in healthcare
- NSA awards secretive $10bn ‘WildandStormy’ cloud contract to AWS
- Hackers lift $610m in cryptocurrency from Poly Network
- Google employees face up to 25% pay cuts for not returning to the office
- NortonLifeLock and Avast finalise $8 billion merger
August 10
- Salesforce launches a new streaming TV service, Salesforce+
- DataCamp and Degreed partner to offer free data literacy courses
- Nextech AR to acquire spatial computing firm ARWAY
- Cyber criminals leak one million credit cards on the dark web
- Apple says it will reject government requests to use child sexual abuse image scanning for surveillance
- Crossword Cybersecurity completes £1.8m acquisition of Stega
- AWS senior exec Charlie Bell departs the company after 23 years
- Microsoft releases Fusion ransomware detection tool for Azure
August 9
- Data breach exposes millions of seniors' data
- Salesforce enhances cloud-based health care offering
- Infostretch and INDIASHIELD partner to resolve COVID crisis in India
- Innoviz and Whale Dynamic partner on LiDar-enabled autonomous driving platform
- New malware plants backdoor on Microsoft web server software
- Vodafone becomes second UK operator to bring back EU roaming charges
- Google plans new Silicon Valley campus with hardware division
- Huawei abandons 5G for P50 smartphone amid US trade ban
August 6
- FTC scolds Facebook for citing it in researcher ban
- Average ransomware payouts nearly double in a year
- Resentful hacker exposes Conti ransomware gang’s tools
- DNS loophole could allow hackers to carry out “nation-state level spying”
- Hackers turn to Prometheus to deliver ransomware threats to victims
- Windows 11 will introduce ‘focus sessions’ to help with remote work distractions
- Privacy concerns mount over Apple's plan to scan iPhones for child sexual abuse images
- Microsoft tests experimental “Super Duper Secure Mode” for Edge browser
- Hyland appoints Bob Dunn as VP of global partner ecosystem
- Huawei focused on 'surviving next five years' as revenue sinks 30%
- Senators introduce bipartisan bill targeting foreign nations that support ransomware
- IT Pro News in Review: Nvidia's takeover of Arm, SpaceX in the UK, Rishi Sunak slams remote working
August 5
- Microsoft launches new layered group policy feature
- Change Healthcare unveils its cloud-native medical imaging solution
- Accenture to acquire Blue Horseshoe
- SentiLink raises $70 million for its identity verification platform
- New phishing campaign lures victims with compromised SharePoint website
- Tech Nation backs call for institutional investment in UK startups
- Microsoft shuts down Windows 365 free trials after significant demand
- Apple employee placed on indefinite leave after complaining about sexism
- Schools and colleges on the Isle of Wight hit by ransomware
- Google approves majority of staff requests to work remotely or relocate
August 4
- NICE unveils its self-service customer care solution
- ANYbotics taps Velodyne to enhance autonomous robots’ navigation
- Microsoft suspends Windows 365 trials
- Deloitte Canada acquires Applied AI firm Dataperformers
- CoreLogic and One Concern partner on climate resilience-as-a-service
- NSA and CISA publish guidance on hardening Kubernetes following cloud infrastructure cyber attacks
- Intel expands college AI training programme to 11 US states
- Lenovo unveils scalable storage designed for flexible working
- Data breach reports drop 20% due to Covid-19, ICO says
- Xero unveils new app store for small businesses
- Thales to offload railway signalling division to focus on cyber security
- Apple turns to Chinese suppliers for next iPhone
- UK gov considers blocking Nvidia's takeover of Arm
- Google bundles Android and web authentication APIs under one banner
August 3
- Deloitte Canada acquires SAP consultancy firm Clockwork
- McAfee’s zero trust solution strengthens private applications’ security
- Senate report slams agencies for poor cyber security
- Infostretch and Automation Anywhere join forces to deliver hyperautomation
- Hootsuite acquires conversational AI startup Heyday
- 86% of organizations expect a cyber attack in the next 12 months
- Windows 10 to start blocking potentially unwanted apps by default
- Rishi Sunak: Teams and Zoom are bad for relationship building
- Huawei to invest $100 million in APAC startups
- Google breaks from Qualcomm with in-house Pixel 6 chip
August 2
- Mutualink’s new interoperability platform offers real-time situational awareness
- Google launches Meet Progressive Web App
- MuleSoft buys automation company Servicetrace
- Department of Veterans Affairs signs a $497M deal with Peraton
- Qlarity Imaging teams with Blackford to improve breast MRI accuracy
- PwnedPiper flaws threaten infrastructure of 80% of US hospitals
- Starlink to establish Isle of Man base station to achieve full UK coverage
- Square to acquire Afterpay for $29 billion
- Zoom settles $85 million lawsuit over 'zoombombing', privacy policies
- Amazon faces £637 million fine over GDPR violations