Category: ComputerWeekly

Apple patches Blastpass exploit abused by spyware makers
08
Sep
2023

Apple patches Blastpass exploit abused by spyware makers

Apple has moved to patch two zero-click, zero-day vulnerabilities – tracked as CVE-2023-41064 and CVE-2023-41061 – in its mobile operating…

Prepare for quantum to fundamentally change PKI effectiveness
08
Sep
2023

Executive interview: Richard Moulds, AWS Braket

During the AWS annual Re:Invent conference in 2019, the public cloud provider announced Braket, a service and hardware initiative for…

Sensitive NatWest customer files set to be returned after High Court agreement
08
Sep
2023

Sensitive NatWest customer files set to be returned after High Court agreement

Files containing the personal financial details of hundreds of former and current NatWest customers will be returned to bank after…

Deputy PM urges UK plc not to lose focus on cyber
08
Sep
2023

Deputy PM urges UK plc not to lose focus on cyber

The government has called for renewed collaboration between government, the private sector and the cyber security industry, to do more…

The security interviews: Exploiting AI for good and for bad
08
Sep
2023

North Koreans using new zero-day to target security researchers

A nation-state threat actor backed by the North Korean government has begun a new phase of a nearly two-year-old campaign…

SME disaster recovery: Five key points to consider
08
Sep
2023

SME disaster recovery: Five key points to consider

Disaster recovery planning is vital for smaller businesses. The rise of cyber attacks, especially ransomware, has increased the risk of…

Schneider Electric makes bid to acquire Atos Group's EcoAct sustainability consultancy business
07
Sep
2023

Schneider Electric: Business leaders deprioritise green goals due to economic pressure

Datacentre leaders from across the UK and Ireland are scaling back and delaying their investments in net-zero initiatives to focus…

Hyundai to launch in-car payments in US
07
Sep
2023

Hyundai to launch in-car payments in US

Hyundai’s US business will make in-car payments possible when it launches its latest model, with the first service available through…

Interview: Ashish Gupta, head of EMEA at HCLTech
07
Sep
2023

Interview: Ashish Gupta, head of EMEA at HCLTech

The Covid-19 pandemic put tech in the spotlight as businesses rushed to remotely connect employees to their work when travel…

NCSC expands Cyber Incident Response service more widely
07
Sep
2023

Microsoft finds Storm-0558 exploited crash dump to steal signing key

Microsoft has published details of how a Chinese state-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) actor tracked as Storm-0558 was able to…

Government AI taskforce appoints new advisory board members
07
Sep
2023

Government AI taskforce appoints new advisory board members

The UK government is filling out the ranks of its artificial intelligence (AI) taskforce advisory board with figures from industry,…

Honeywell goes quantum to protect utilities from future threats
07
Sep
2023

Honeywell goes quantum to protect utilities from future threats

Operational technology specialist Honeywell is to incorporate quantum computing-hardened encryption keys into its smart meters for electric, gas and water…