Will McCurdy

Will McCurdy has been writing about technology for over five years. He has a wide range of specialities including cybersecurity, fintech, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, cloud computing, payments, artificial intelligence, retail technology, and venture capital investment. He has previously written for AltFi, FStech, Retail Systems, and National Technology News and is an experienced podcast and webinar host, as well as an avid long-form feature writer. Based in London and originally hailing from Northern Ireland, outside of work his hobbies include literature, travel, health, and mindfulness.

Articles by: Will McCurdy

Inside Facebook data center

Data center outages are now less disruptive - but are costing more

By Will McCurdy published

Data outages may be becoming less common, but factors such as inflation, increased reliance on the cloud and equipment prices are pushing costs up.

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UK cloud market set to face major investigation

By Will McCurdy published

Ofcom and CMA set to probe into the state of the UK cloud market and the power of its largest participants.

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American Airlines reports breach of employee email accounts

By Will McCurdy published

Email breach may mean American Airlines employee data was compromised.

Phishing

This Microsoft 365 phishing campaign is using some crafty US government lures

By Will McCurdy published

Microsoft 365 phishing campaign looks to target contractors bidding for US government work.

security

Kiwi Farms says it has been hacked and user details leaked

By Will McCurdy published

Controversial online forum was the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack.

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IHG data hack was done "for fun"

By Will McCurdy published

Vietnamese couple reportedly carried out the attack on the hotel company "for fun".

Data center

SAP price hike has customers asking difficult questions

By Will McCurdy published

An SAP user group has questioned whether the software giant's price rises are justified.

Commissione Europea

The EU has had enough of "smart" devices with half-baked security

By Will McCurdy published

New EU legislation could levy big fines on firms selling smart devices with unsatisfactory security.

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Amazon wants to make your company's shipping a whole lot cheaper

By Will McCurdy published

Amazon releases free software tool that could make your ecommerce management smoother.

password manager security

Kingston's new USB drive features a frankly unreal amount of military-grade security

By Will McCurdy published

The Kingston IronKey Keypad 200 promises users the highest levels of modern data protection.

Oracle

Oracle is pushing some of its most popular database tools to AWS

By Will McCurdy published

MySQL HeatWave will now be available to run on Amazon Web Services.

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HP will pay you compensation if you bought the wrong printer ink

By Will McCurdy published

HP set to compensate customers impacted by issues surrounding “Dynamic Security”.

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Google, Amazon workers protest military cloud contracts

By Will McCurdy published

Cloud computing contract with the Israeli government is causing widespread opposition from employees at tech giants.

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Poor security might send WFH workers back to the office

By Will McCurdy published

Consumers are adopting smart devices en-masse, but security isn't always being priotized, Blackberry says.

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Gartner: Forget the metaverse, it's all about the intraverse

By Will McCurdy published

Gartner predicts the rise of new tech that will combine the metaverse and intranet.

security

Lazarus hackers are using Log4j to hack US energy companies

By Will McCurdy published

State-sponsored North Korean group is apparently looking to gain intel on foreign powers using the well-worn vulnerability.

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Cisco says it won't patch these dangerous VPN security flaws in its SMB routers

By Will McCurdy published

Users of three aging Cisco SMB routers could be leaving VPN network open for attack, company warns.

Bitcoin

Fake websites are posing as crypto exchanges to drain victim wallets

By Will McCurdy published

Cybercriminals are using fake versions of exchanges such as Coinbase, Gemini, Kraken, and MetaMask.

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Google Chrome not working? Microsoft Defender may be to blame

By Will McCurdy published

A routine Microsoft Defender update impacted users of apps like Chrome, Discord, and Twitch.

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Emergency Google Chrome update patches exploit abused in attacks

By Will McCurdy published

Google Chrome patch fixes high-severity vulnerability which it says was exploited in the wild.

Data Breach

Thousands of US taxpayers may have had their details leaked by the IRS

By Will McCurdy published

Data relating to over 120,000 individuals using a specific type of tax return may have been lost by the IRS.

Cloud Security

Mobile banking apps reportedly leaked thousands of digital fingerprints

By Will McCurdy last updated

Shared SDKs within mobile apps may be enabling user data to slip out.

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Apple just gave its security software a major boost without you knowing

By Will McCurdy published

Apple has covertly introduced more proactive anti-malware tools for newer versions of ioS.

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Cloud servers are proving to be an unfortunately common entry route for cyberattacks

By Will McCurdy published

Cloud servers have now overtaken corporate servers as the most common entry point for cybercriminals.

Ubuntu

Dodgy Microsoft Azure update knocks Ubuntu VMs offline

By Will McCurdy published

An update to Ubuntu 18.04 caused Microsoft Azure VMs to malfunction.

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