Category: ComputerWeekly

Post Office lawyer bragged how team ‘destroyed attack on the Horizon system’ and put woman in prison
10
Jan
2024

How Fujitsu became a central part of the Post Office scandal

In the short few weeks since the Post Office public inquiry adjourned for Christmas, the national mood around the scandal…

Driving secure-by-design principles | Computer Weekly
10
Jan
2024

Poor tech kills hybrid work productivity

While most knowledge workers say they are well-equipped to work from home, many feel hybrid working makes their job more…

Windows Kerberos, Hyper-V vulns among January Patch Tuesday bugs
10
Jan
2024

Windows Kerberos, Hyper-V vulns among January Patch Tuesday bugs

Microsoft has released a total of 49 new patches marking the first Patch Tuesday event of 2024, addressing a variety…

SEC social media hack highlights value of MFA
10
Jan
2024

SEC social media hack highlights value of MFA

Cryptocurrency markets fluctuated wildly on the evening of Monday 9 January after the US financial regulator, the Securities and Exchange…

Scotland ‘sleepwalking’ to mass surveillance with DPDI Bill
10
Jan
2024

Scotland ‘sleepwalking’ to mass surveillance with DPDI Bill

Scotland risks “sleepwalking” into a surveillance state that places every citizen in a permanent digital line-up if it does not…

Netherlands makes case for harmonisation of cloud security standards
09
Jan
2024

Inadequate cloud logs are proving a headache for CISOs

The mass adoption of cloud environments has helped businesses transform their operations through scalability and cost efficiency, but it has…

St Helens Council in Merseyside hit by ransomware attack
09
Jan
2024

Babuk Tortilla ransomware decryptor made available

Cyber security experts at Cisco Talos and Avast, working alongside law enforcement in the Netherlands, have collaborated to make available…

Rhysida gang stole hundreds of gigabytes of British Library data
09
Jan
2024

British Library cyber attack explained: What you need to know

At the end of October 2023, the UK’s national library, the British Library, took to social media to inform users…

Cyber experts set out plan to secure crucial 2024 US election
09
Jan
2024

Study reveals cyber risks to US elections

With the next US presidential election less than a year away, and concerns growing in Washington DC that the democratic…

QuEra Computing sets out plan for error-correcting quantum computing
09
Jan
2024

QuEra Computing sets out plan for error-correcting quantum computing

QuEra Computing (QEC) has unveiled a roadmap for advanced error-corrected quantum computers, in which it plans to achieve 100 logical…

Trauma and fear means victims of the Post Office scandal are suffering in silence
09
Jan
2024

Trauma and fear means victims of the Post Office scandal are suffering in silence

The ITV drama, Mr Bates v the Post Office, conveys a good sense of the appalling nature and enormous scale…

British Library ransomware attack could cost up to £7m
08
Jan
2024

British Library ransomware attack could cost up to £7m

The cost of rebuilding the British Library’s systems following the October Rhysida ransomware attack is likely to hit between £6m…