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By Tom Jowitt The German government continues to tighten its tech-related security with the introduction of “spy-proof” tablets that combine security technologies from both Samsung and BlackBerry. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablets will be utilized by German government agencies that deal with classified information. Secure Tablets The Canadian firm said that the SecuTABLET is […]

By Tom Jowitt The United Kingdom remains a major target for criminals as security specialist Imperva reveals South Korea continues its run as the main source of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The latest DDoS Threat Landscape Report from Imperva also found that the United Kingdom continues to be the second most targeted nation […]

By Tom Jowitt The arrest comes just days after the British accounting software giant admitted that it was investigating a case of “unauthorized access” to customer data. Police Arrest Sage, of course, is one of the last remaining independent British software giants. It specializes in business software, having made its name in accounting and payroll […]

By Matthew Broersma The European Union is looking to extend some of the privacy rules that currently apply to telecommunications companies to cover internet-based services such as Skype and WhatsApp in a way that could restrict their use of encryption, according to reports. The EU’s plans could also oblige digital services to allow users to […]

By Nicholas Fearn A report published this week by law firm Nockolds claims Wales has the fastest growing digital economy outside London. The analysis shows that the total number of digital and technology businesses operating in Wales jumped by 9.2 percent last year, in comparison to 11.6 percent in the British capital. Last year, there […]

By Tom Jowitt Malwarebytes has published in-depth research into the enterprise ransomware problem, and the findings make for shocking reading. The survey examined how 500 CIOs, CISOs and other senior IT staff at firms with 5,400 staff in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany are coping with the ransomware problem. And the […]

By Steve McCaskill The Olympic Games might only take place every four years, but it can be a headache for IT departments. Just like Euro 2016 earlier this summer, many employees will want to watch events while at work and on the corporate network. Although much of the action will take place after office hours […]

By Steve McCaskill A variant of the Zeus banking Trojan has arrived in Brazil just in time for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Experts at IBM X-Force Research say Zeus Panda is based on existing code and exhibits much of the same behavior as other Zeus types but has some modifications, mostly […]

By Ben Sullivan Welcome to Cross Channel, a weekly roundup of the most pertinent stories from TechWeekEurope’s sister site ChannelBiz, where you can find out all the latest developments, views and strategies from the world of the channel. Brexit is positive says acquired cloud data center owner France’s InfraVia Capital Partners has taken a majority […]

By Ben Sullivan Despite Amazon claiming Brexit won’t harm its cloud operations in the United Kingdom, thousands of British software companies could lose business with Amazon Web Services (AWS) if and when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union (EU). This is because they could lose the right to sell their software to customers via […]

By Tom Jowitt The United States and the European Union have agreed to changes to Safe Harbor 2.0 (or Privacy Shield), after an initial agreement was rejected by European Watchdogs for not being robust enough. The two have agreed to stricter rules for companies holding information on Europeans and clearer limits on U.S. surveillance. But […]

By Matthew Broersma The government needs to do more to address a digital skills gap that is costing the British economy £63 billion a year in lost productivity and risks damaging the U.K.’s competitive position internationally, MPs have warned. British educational institutions are failing to deliver the skills employers need and the government has yet […]