Category: ComputerWeekly

Tech firms cite risk to end-to-end encryption as Online Safety Bill gets royal assent
27
Oct
2023

Tech firms cite risk to end-to-end encryption as Online Safety Bill gets royal assent

The government’s controversial Online Safety Bill has become law amid continued concerns from tech companies that it could damage the…

Microsoft warns over growing threat from Octo Tempest gang
27
Oct
2023

Microsoft warns over growing threat from Octo Tempest gang

A gang of native English-speaking cyber criminals who began their careers as social engineers in support of so-called SIM swapping…

‘Egregious’ to link passport data with facial recognition systems
27
Oct
2023

‘Egregious’ to link passport data with facial recognition systems

The policing minister’s “egregious proposal” to link the UK’s passport database with facial recognition systems is “unethical and potentially unlawful”,…

Salesforce and Zoom embrace ethical hackers. You should, too
27
Oct
2023

Google launches bug bounties for generative AI attack scenarios

Google is taking steps to address cyber risks associated with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) by expanding its bug bounty scheme,…

AWS profit and revenue rises as enterprise demand for new cloud workloads bounces back
27
Oct
2023

AWS profit and revenue rises as enterprise demand for new cloud workloads bounces back

Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported a 12% year-on-year uptick in its revenue growth during the third quarter of 2023, with…

UK regulators confident they are ready for AI safety governance
27
Oct
2023

UK regulators confident they are ready for AI safety governance

The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee recently took evidence from Ofcom and other regulators looking at the governance of artificial…

Meet the professional BEC op that targeted Microsoft 365 users for years
27
Oct
2023

ChatGPT, Bard, lack effective defences against fraudsters, Which? warns

Despite refusing to write phishing emails, popular generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard lack…

Sunak sets scene for upcoming AI Safety Summit
26
Oct
2023

Sunak sets scene for upcoming AI Safety Summit

Artificial intelligence (AI) risks are serious but nothing to lose sleep over, prime minister Rishi Sunak said in a speech…

Tech jobs are on the rise, but soft skills are most coveted, says WEF
26
Oct
2023

Boardrooms losing control in generative AI takeover, says Kaspersky

Over 90% of senior business leaders interviewed for a study on the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in the…

Enterprises advised to reconsider datacentre hosting locations on sustainability grounds
26
Oct
2023

AWS to open European sovereign cloud region

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has set its sights on building an independent, sovereign cloud platform to meet the data residency…

Facebook pins future on Quest 3 and AI development
26
Oct
2023

Facebook pins future on Quest 3 and AI development

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has used its latest quartly earnings call to discuss how it…

Microsoft addresses Office vulnerability attacked by Russian spooks in latest update
26
Oct
2023

Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler vulns reaching dangerous levels

Time may be running short for users of Citrix’s NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway products who have…