Category: ComputerWeekly

Bank of England core system experiences six-hour outage
29
Jan
2024

MP demands answers from government minister over second faulty Post Office IT system

The Post Office has said that it is serious in how it is taking reports of the persecution and prosecution…

UK police plan national roll-out of facial-recognition phone app
29
Jan
2024

Lords question legality of police facial recognition

UK police are expanding their use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology without proper scrutiny or accountability, despite lacking a…

Bulk sender authentication: More vital than ever
27
Jan
2024

Bulk sender authentication: More vital than ever

By rolling out expanded guidelines for high-volume emailers effective 1 February, 2024, Google and Yahoo are targeting a crucial aspect…

Plexal launches Cyber Runway 3.0 accelerator programme
27
Jan
2024

UK government consults on age verification tech in alcohol sales

The UK government is launching a formal consultation on whether retailers can use digital identities and age-verification technologies for alcohol…

What secure coding practices mean to modern cyber security
26
Jan
2024

Quantum, AI and geopolitical conflict: ’24 will be a big year for cyber

Everyone is talking about how artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to evolve, but I think its evolution will meet the…

SAP puts the focus on AI, but cloud is still the key
26
Jan
2024

SAP puts the focus on AI, but cloud is still the key

SAP has put the spotlight on its artificial intelligence (AI) plans in its latest results, but persuading customers to move to…

GenAI tools ‘could not exist’ if firms are made to pay copyright
26
Jan
2024

GenAI tools ‘could not exist’ if firms are made to pay copyright

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) company Anthropic has claimed to a US court that using copyrighted content in large language model’s…

What secure coding practices mean to modern cyber security
26
Jan
2024

Security Think Tank: Expect more from GenAI in 2024

Reflecting on the trends likely to determine the year ahead, the cybers ecurity industry faces a range of issues that…

Victims of 2023 Capita data breaches head to High Court
26
Jan
2024

Lawyers carry on Post Office appeals amid uncertainty over government plan to overturn en masse

Lawyers representing former subpostmasters striving to overturn convictions have said they will continue with the usual appeals process despite the…

Clop cyber gang claims MOVEit attack and starts harassing victims
26
Jan
2024

Akira ransomware gang claims Lush cyber attack

The Akira ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on the systems of UK-headquartered cosmetics manufacturer and retailer…

What secure coding practices mean to modern cyber security
26
Jan
2024

Security Think Tank: What to expect in cyber this year

“In like a lion, out like a lamb” is an accurate description of 2023. It was a challenging start to…

Public inquiry hears how Post Office security withheld evidence from people it suspected of theft
26
Jan
2024

Expert IT witness outsmarted an ‘aggressive’ Post Office to get to truth after inspection ‘madness’

The Post Office tried to pull the wool over IT expert’s eyes when it stopped him from properly inspecting its…