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 attack on its systems, but…
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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 exploited in the wild, and…
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 between 18 and 25 to…
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 most talked about cyber security…
Post Office IT transformation project was ‘set up to fail’, chairman tells inquiry
The Post Office’s once-in-a-generation project to replace the controversial Horizon system was “set up to fail” and needs to be reset, its chairman has told…
UK’s cyber incident reporting law to move forward in 2025
The UK’s new government has teased further details of its proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, confirming that it will contain a clause that mandates…
Datacentre power purchase agreements: Are they the right way to lower emissions?
Renewables-based electricity generation in the UK shot to 39TWh (terawatt-hours) in the first quarter of 2024, or 50.9% of the mix. This is the second…
DWP CIO Rich Corbridge leaving to join property developer
Rich Corbridge, the chief digital and information officer at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), is leaving his role in November to take up…
How AI is permeating enterprise IT
Numerous IT service providers and consulting businesses have ramped up their artificial intelligence (AI) practices in recent weeks in a bid to drive demand for…
Google to appeal Play Store ruling
Google is appealing a judgement given on Monday by US District Judge James Donato in California, which would diminish the company’s control over the distribution…
Government accepts most quantum regulation recommendations
The Labour government has fully accepted 11 out of 14 recommendations made in the Regulatory Horizon Council’s (RHC’s) Regulating quantum technology applications report. There are…
Can the Post Office project to replace Horizon be rescued?
There can be few – if any – initiatives more important to the future of the Post Office than the replacement of the controversial Horizon…