Retail cyber crime spree a “wake-up call”, says NCSC CEO
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has spoken out following a wave of cyber attacks against British retailers that has stricken household names such as…
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Security Think Tank: What CISOs can learn from Signalgate
As cyber security professionals, we watched in collective horror last month as classified details of American military operations were leaked via Signal after a journalist…
Government and Ofcom disagree about scope of Online Safety Act
The UK government and online harms regulator Ofcom disagree about whether misinformation is covered by the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA). On 29 April 2025,…
India’s Hexaware targets public sector business as it expands UK operation
India’s Hexaware has expanded its UK presence through a new office in London’s Canary Wharf, as part of an expansion plan that will see it…
Explaining what’s happening in a cyber attack is hard but crucial
Sergey Nivens – stock.adobe.com By Mikey Hoare, crisis expert, Kekst CNC Published: 01 May 2025 The cyber attacks on M&S the Co-op and Harrods are…
Co-op instructs staff to be wary of lurking hackers
Staffers at Co-op have been told to be on their guard against lurking hackers on their systems as the cooperative – which specialises in retail,…
Harrods becomes latest UK retailer to fall victim to cyber attack
Landmark London department store Harrods has become the latest UK retailer to fall victim to a cyber attack in the past 10 days, joining a…
Signalgate: Learnings for CISOs securing enterprise data
It seems like an eon ago, but it has only been a few weeks since top US defence officials used the Signal messaging platform to…
How has US pushback affected UK DEI?
US organisations are rolling back their diversity, equity and inclusion programmes, which is likely to have an impact on tech companies in the UK with…
Microsoft commits to European datacentre footprint growth despite ‘geopolitical volatility’
Microsoft is preparing to increase its European datacentre capacity by 40% over the next two years and will appoint a board of directors to oversee…
Progress made on government’s Post Office Capture redress, but concerns remain
Former subpostmasters who suffered after being blamed for errors in the Post Office’s pre-Horizon software have said progress is being made in redressing their grievances,…
Tariffs could cost Meta $8bn in extra datacentre costs
As the company boosts its investment in infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI), Meta’s latest earnings call has painted a bleak picture for software developers. The…