Category: ComputerWeekly

NCSC issues fresh alert over wave of Cozy Bear activity
10
Oct
2024

NCSC issues fresh alert over wave of Cozy Bear activity

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and its American partner agencies, the National Security Agency (NSA) and the FBI,…

Government launches cyber standard for local authorities
10
Oct
2024

Government launches cyber standard for local authorities

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has launched a Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) for local government bodies,…

Internet Archive web historians target of hacktivist cyber attack
10
Oct
2024

Internet Archive web historians target of hacktivist cyber attack

The Internet Archive, the non-profit digital library and operator of the popular Wayback Machine that holds a repository of billions…

UK and US pledge closer working on children’s online safety
10
Oct
2024

UK and US pledge closer working on children’s online safety

The UK and US governments are jointly pledging to collaborate more closely on the issue of children’s safety online, after…

Google slams US government’s proposal to split company up on anti-competitive grounds
10
Oct
2024

Google slams US government’s proposal to split company up on anti-competitive grounds

Internet search giant Google has hit back at the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) suggestion that its operations should be…

Afas leads the way with four-day work week in the Netherlands
10
Oct
2024

Afas leads the way with four-day work week in the Netherlands

In the run-up to Prinsjesdag, the traditional opening of the Dutch parliamentary year where the government presents its budget and…

What the datacentre industry would like to see from the government's planning reforms
10
Oct
2024

What the datacentre industry would like to see from the government’s planning reforms

The Starmer government lost little time in announcing a consultation on datacentre planning reforms, with more comprehensive, joined-up thinking favoured…

Under-fire Nick Read was unprepared for Post Office challenge
09
Oct
2024

Under-fire Nick Read was unprepared for Post Office challenge

The Post Office CEO job description advertised in 2019 didn’t mention the landmark High Court judgment against the organisation and…

MoneyGram customer data breached in attack
09
Oct
2024

MoneyGram customer data breached in attack

Financial services firm and money transfer specialist MoneyGram has disclosed a breach of customer data arising from a late-September cyber…

Five zero-days to be fixed on October Patch Tuesday
09
Oct
2024

Five zero-days to be fixed on October Patch Tuesday

Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday drop has arrived, addressing a total of five publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities – two of them…

UK Cyber Team seeks future security professionals
09
Oct
2024

UK Cyber Team seeks future security professionals

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the SANS Institute have kicked off a search for people aged…

Secureworks: Ransomware takedowns didn't put off cyber criminals
08
Oct
2024

Secureworks: Ransomware takedowns didn’t put off cyber criminals

The brutal dismantling of the LockBit ransomware crew and the humiliation of its key players has been one of the…