Category: ComputerWeekly

ESET shines light on cyber criminal RedLine empire
08
Nov
2024

ESET shines light on cyber criminal RedLine empire

Cyber security analysts at ESET have released an in-depth look at the inner workings of the RedLine Stealer operation and…

Gartner Symposium: Time to get rid of the dead wood
07
Nov
2024

Gartner Symposium: Time to get rid of the dead wood

The idea of lifting and shifting workloads into the public cloud is never going to deliver a good return on…

Post Office wrongly used public funds to pay for legal battle
07
Nov
2024

Post Office wrongly used public funds to pay for legal battle

The Post Office wrongly spent millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to fund its High Court legal battle with subpostmasters…

Google Cloud MFA enforcement meets with approval
07
Nov
2024

Google Cloud MFA enforcement meets with approval

The cyber security community has reacted positively to Google’s 4 November announcement that it will begin to enforce multifactor authentication…

AI a force multiplier for the bad guys, say cyber pros
07
Nov
2024

AI a force multiplier for the bad guys, say cyber pros

A slender 54% majority of UK cyber security professionals believe threat actors stand to benefit more from artificial intelligence (AI)…

Post Office appointing third-party reviewer of current Horizon system
07
Nov
2024

Post Office appointing third-party reviewer of current Horizon system

The Post Office is in the process of appointing a third party to review its controversial Horizon computer system amid…

Research: UK residents demonstrate ‘low-level’ understanding of what datacentres do
07
Nov
2024

Research: UK residents demonstrate ‘low-level’ understanding of what datacentres do

The UK public is generally accepting of having datacentres built in their communities, despite research showing that large numbers of…

Gartner Symposium: Why the chance of digital success is random
06
Nov
2024

Gartner Symposium: Why the chance of digital success is random

Research from analyst firm Gartner has found that just 48% of digital initiatives meet or exceed business outcome targets, which…

UK government launches AI assurance platform for enterprises
06
Nov
2024

UK government launches AI assurance platform for enterprises

The UK government is launching an artificial intelligence (AI) assurance platform to help businesses across the country identify and mitigate…

Lords shoplifting inquiry calls for facial recognition laws
06
Nov
2024

Lords shoplifting inquiry calls for facial recognition laws

Lords have expressed “serious concerns” over the use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology by retailers, and are calling for…

Post Office was reluctant to cut costs despite 143 central staff earning more than £100k
06
Nov
2024

Post Office was reluctant to cut costs despite 143 central staff earning more than £100k

Former minister tells public inquiry that convincing the Post Office CEO to cut central costs was like “drawing teeth”, despite…

Starmer announces tech-enabled crackdown on people smuggling
06
Nov
2024

Starmer announces tech-enabled crackdown on people smuggling

UK prime minister Keir Starmer has committed an extra £75m to the recently established Border Security Command (BSC) to fund…