Category: ComputerWeekly

Users love their cyber teams, but find them frustrating
29
Feb
2024

Users love their cyber teams, but find them frustrating

While ordinary workers implicitly trust their security teams when it comes to their ability to prevent and minimise cyber attacks,…

New version of ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware hits victims
29
Feb
2024

New version of ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware hits victims

The United States’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an updated advisory warning of a new version of…

75% of third-party breaches target software, IT supply chains
28
Feb
2024

75% of third-party breaches target software, IT supply chains

Approximately 75% of all recorded cyber security breaches that originated through a third-party occurred after other entities in the victim’s…

IR35 compliance review: HMRC applauded over handling of 18-month investigation
28
Feb
2024

IR35 reforms: PAC concerned HMRC’s ‘tough’ enforcement is harming contractors

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has concerns that HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) “tough approach” to enforcing the IR35 tax…

Defra’s legacy IT unsupported and ill-equipped for digital services
28
Feb
2024

Microsoft reinvents ERP into total enterprise integration

It has been nearly a year since Microsoft announced that it was incorporating its AI engine CoPilot into its Dynamics 360…

RISC-Q rises to software ecosystem challenge
28
Feb
2024

Government urged to take a pro-innovation approach to quantum regulation

The Regulatory Horizons Council (RHC) has published a report that sets out a pro-innovation approach to regulating quantum technologies. The…

Post Office scandal inquiry hits mainstream after dramatic start to year
28
Feb
2024

‘Pathetic’ Post Office spat detracts attention and fuels ‘disdain’ for authority

Those who suffered at the hands of the Post Office say the public spat between a former Post Office chairman,…

Women in tech – is retention currently more important than hiring?
28
Feb
2024

Caroline Dinenage signs letter calling for angel law change

MP Caroline Dinenage is one if the most recent high-profile signatories who are backing the investHER campaign, which is calling…

Europe’s fastest supercomputer trains large language models in Finland
28
Feb
2024

Microsoft president commits to Azure open platform for AI

Microsoft president Brad Smith has posted a blog that lays out how the company plans to support software developers building…

CIO interview: Nigel Richardson, European CIO, PepsiCo
28
Feb
2024

CIO interview: Nigel Richardson, European CIO, PepsiCo

Working in IT was always likely to be the career destination for Nigel Richardson, European CIO at PepsiCo – after…

Russian cyber criminal pleads guilty to running IPStorm botnet
28
Feb
2024

Hycu uses AI to develop APIs for SaaS application backup

It’s just a year since backup product maker Hycu announced R-Cloud, and already it can protect 64 software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications….

Manchester University students threatened by ransomware gang
27
Feb
2024

Black Basta, Bl00dy ransomware gangs exploiting ConnectWise vulns

More ransomware gangs, including the notorious Black Basta operation, have now been observed exploiting a pair of significant vulnerabilities in…