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August 31
- UK’s NCSC names Ollie Whitehouse as its new CTO
- National Grid exploring cyber honeypots in bid to mitigate rising threats
- NCSC, SBU reveal overt Russian cyber campaign as cyber war continues to evolve
- Microsoft is retiring Visual Studio for Mac
- Telegram’s popularity continues to soar as catalog of available cyber crime services matures
- Microsoft to unbundle Teams in attempt to stave off EU antitrust battle
- Dell highlights partner opportunity at launch of Dell NativeEdge
August 30
- Software engineers must embrace generative AI or risk job progression, Gartner says
- Couchbase embeds generative AI into Capella platform
- Qakbot forced offline, but history suggests it probably won’t be forever
- Google’s Duet AI targets legacy software revolution
- Cisco aims to deliver faster results for partners with new Lifecycle Services
August 29
- Google Cloud Next 2023: All the day-two announcements
- AlmaLinux chair confirms foundation was never approached to be a part of the OpenELA
- Google brings Duet AI to Mandiant Threat Intelligence, wider security suite
- Google’s Duet AI can now attend meetings so you don’t have to
- ChatGPT Enterprise launches with enhanced data security and record performance
August 25
- Gaps still to be bridged for female students despite 10% uptake in GCSE computing
- NIST aims to quantum-proof encryption with new algorithms
- Meta just released its answer to GitHub Copilot, and it’s free
- AI gold rush continues as Hugging Face snags $235 million from IBM
- FBI alerts Barracuda customers after ineffective patch
- Celonis appoints Hybris co-founder Carsten Thoma as president
August 24
- UK aims to be an AI leader with November safety summit
- ‘Worst case scenario’ ransomware attack cripples Danish cloud provider
- Half of jobseekers turned down offers last year amid growing demands on employers
- Fines for data mismanagement could exceed $1 billion
- Salt Security lifts lid on new STEP partner program
- Fine-tuning for GPT-3.5 Turbo opens door for company-specific models, GPT-4 level performance
August 23
- Email still the top vector for attackers
- SMB tech investment surges as firms look to unlock long-term benefits
- VMware cuts ribbon on new Private AI offerings
- Lenovo and VMware expand partnership to offer turnkey Nvidia-powered AI solutions
- AI chips revenue to reach $53 billion in 2023, Gartner predicts
- Shrinking cyber attack “dwell times” highlight growing war of attrition with threat actors
August 22
- Excel now lets you use Python natively for streamlined data analysis
- LLM gateway aims to take the pain out of managing AI security
- VMware Explore 2023: All the day-one announcements
- VMware overhauls Tanzu platform with automation, AI capabilities
- IBM’s CEO just said the quiet part out loud on AI-related job losses
- XLoader malware rises again on macOS disguised as ‘OfficeNote’ app
August 21
- Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware cleared by CMA
- BlueJeans closure highlights stifled state of post-COVID unified comms industry
- Expert: UK cyber security programme for students is “excellent” introduction to the field
- Interpol arrests 14 in cyber crime crackdown across Africa
- Adobe co-founder John Warnock dies aged 82
August 18
- Ex-Google AI experts launch new startup with tech inspired by nature
- SUSE leaves unanswered questions as it confirms return to private ownership
- PC market analysts back Lenovo's optimism for year-end recovery despite sharp dip in revenue
- Insight expands applications portfolio with Amdaris acquisition
August 17
- Ransomware profits reach "staggering" levels as businesses fail to implement MFA properly
- Proxyjacking trend continues as attackers abuse years-old GitLab vulnerability
- Mandiant says generative AI will empower new breed of information operations, social engineering
- NCSC expands incident response scheme to support smaller at-risk organizations
- A-level results 2023: What’s driving the uptake in computing degrees?
- Forescout appoints new vice president of worldwide sales
- Bitdefender snaps up Singapore-based Horangi Cyber Security
August 16
- Intel faces $353 million in fees as Tower Semiconductor merger called off
- Can the Open Enterprise Linux Association overcome Red Hat’s restrictions?
- Business email compromise attack costs far exceeding ransomware losses
- AI-driven net zero projects receive large cash injection from UK gov
August 15
- Unearthed LockBit secrets suggest gang is faltering in bid to corner ransomware market
- Patch-resistant autonomous exploits of Citrix NetScaler hardware hit thousands in Europe
- IBM: Workers have three years to reskill in AI
- PayPal appoints Intuit’s Alex Chriss as new president and CEO
- Jobs in UK tech on the rise after a turbulent two years
- More than 100,000 hackers have details exposed through malware on cyber crime forums
August 14
- Why Zoom’s backtrack on remote work confirms that the ‘new normal’ is no more
- Stealthy Kerberoasting attacks surge and lend support to latest ransomware trend
- Analysis: HashiCorp prioritizes its business with BSL license switch, but community upset cannot be ignored
- SK Telecom to invest $100m in Anthropic amid telco industry generative AI push
- Dell Australia fined by regulators over ‘misleading’ device discount tactics
August 11
- CISA urges organizations to adopt passwordless security in LAPSUS$ report
- Vectra appoints AWS’ Keith Wilkinson as vice president for UK and Ireland
August 10
- Check Point acquires Perimeter 81 in push to meet SASE demand
- Cisco set to acquire Working Group Two in move to “turbocharge” CSP innovation
- Microsoft brings new multi-cloud visibility, Google Cloud features to Defender for Cloud
- ‘AI Cyber Challenge’ shows US gov is already acting on its national security ambitions
- ICO threatens enforcement action against websites with 'harmful' cookie banners
- Veritas targets mutual growth with new MSP partner program
- Vote now to decide the UK’s best tech companies
- NIST announces rare overhaul of security framework, focusing on organizational leadership
August 9
- Nvidia announces next-generation AI chip in preparation for trillion-parameter LLMs
- WeWork warns of bankruptcy risk: How the workspace firm's finances became so fraught
- Rubrik snaps up data security posture management specialist Laminar
- Kubernetes misconfiguration unknowingly exposed data of Fortune 500 firm, hundreds more
- Kyndryl announces AI consultation service for businesses, wider Microsoft collaboration
August 8
- Electoral Commission hit by ‘complex’ 15-month cyber attack
- Cisco names Oliver Tuszik as new president for EMEA
- HPE CFO Tarek Robbiati appointed RingCentral CEO
- ChatGPT gives wrong answers to programming questions more than 50% of the time
- Royal, Hive, Black Basta ransomware gangs ‘collaborating on cyber attacks’
- GDPR fines just 6% of the total cost of data breaches
- Meta faces $100,000 daily fine for harvesting user data to power ads
August 7
- Zoom rejects claims AI training policy is mandatory after users vent confusion
- OpenAI quietly unveils GPTBot dedicated web crawler
- Why Apple’s generative AI plan may see it abandon its closed-shop approach
- Microsoft defends “negligent” security approach that prolonged vulnerability fix for five months
August 4
- Google Cloud: Telcos facing marked increase in cyber attacks
- AWS riding sky high as cloud earnings drive broader organizational profits
- Red Hat appoints IBM executive Andrew Brown as chief revenue officer
- GitHub debuts Copilot tool making it easier to give credit to developers
- Threat of cyber attacks to national security compared to that of chemical weapons
August 3
- Top 12 most-exploited security vulnerabilities revealed by national cyber security agencies
- Software security ‘overhauled for the better’ thanks to US legislation
- Microsoft under fire for “negligent” security practices in scathing critique by industry exec
- Cisco expands ThousandEyes’ capabilities with Code BGP acquisition
- How Russia-linked hackers launched their latest attack using Microsoft Teams
- Qualcomm warns of Q4 job cuts as earnings indicate underperformance
August 2
- Data breach costs: Businesses lose 73% of their income in the year following an incident
- UK government eyes £160 million satellite fund to boost 5G and broadband
- Ubuntu shifts to four-week update cycle
- Cyber attacks in the cloud take less than ten minutes to launch
- Microsoft delivers statement of intent with AWS hire
- BAE Systems grows cyber and intelligence business, raises profit forecasts
- NetApp unveils its new Partner Sphere Program
August 1
- Report: Google Cloud Platform is the most commonly misconfigured big-three cloud platform
- Microsoft and AWS lock horns with UK regulators amid expected competition investigation
- World Wide Web Day: Fond memories, business success, history, and more
- G-Cloud 13: UK government 'inhibiting' cloud SMEs' ability to adapt to harsher business landscape
- Fredrick Lee is named new Reddit CISO