Category: ComputerWeekly

Cyber criminals pivot away from ransomware encryption
27
Jul
2023

Cyber criminals pivot away from ransomware encryption

Cases of straight-up data theft and extortion now appear to be more widespread a threat than ransomware, becoming the single…

HMRC hits back at contractor hiring ban claims after accounts reveal no outside IR35 workers
27
Jul
2023

HMRC hits back at contractor hiring ban claims after accounts reveal no outside IR35 workers

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has hit back at claims it is wasting taxpayers’ money by not hiring contractors on…

What secure coding practices mean to modern cyber security
27
Jul
2023

AI-enhanced cyber has potential, but watch out for marketing hype

AI is currently at the centre of countless discussions, with these as likely to be positive as negative. We’ve covered…

Scotland in renewed push to attract more hyperscale and colocation datacentre development
27
Jul
2023

IBM debuts Cloud Carbon Calculator to help enterprises manage their GHG emissions

IBM is using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help enterprises monitor and manage the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by…

US cyber breach reporting rules to have global impact
27
Jul
2023

US cyber breach reporting rules to have global impact

Organisations operating in the US will have to get to grips with strict new cyber breach reporting regulations, handed down…

Campaigning former subpostmaster fears compensation for scandal victims will be delayed to 2025
27
Jul
2023

Post Office tried to convince independent IT witness that he was wrong about Horizon

The Post Office unsuccessfully tried to convince an independent expert IT witness that he was wrong when his report put…

TSB calls on Meta to intervene and protect users from fraud losses of £250m this year
27
Jul
2023

Meta results show impact of data fines and datacentre upgrade strategy

Meta, the owner of Facebook, has posted earnings of $32bn for the second quarter of 2023, an 11% increase compared…

Cyber attack on IT supplier hits two major ambulance trusts
26
Jul
2023

Cyber attack on IT supplier hits two major ambulance trusts

Staff at two UK ambulance services have been forced to fall back on traditional analogue systems to carry on working…

UK organisations lack confidence to carry out basic cyber tasks
26
Jul
2023

UK organisations lack confidence to carry out basic cyber tasks

Businesses across the UK continue to suffer from a basic cyber security skills gap, with supposed security leaders at approximately…

MEPs vote in raft of amendments to EU AI Act
26
Jul
2023

Artificial intelligence puts Microsoft Azure in top gear

Earnings from the Azure public cloud accounted for half of Microsoft’s $56.2bn revenue in its fourth quarter filing, with the…

Cisco, BT and others launch network security coalition
26
Jul
2023

Cisco, BT and others launch network security coalition

Some of the world’s largest suppliers of networking technology have joined together with the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law,…

CCRC refers two more subpostmaster convictions for appeal
25
Jul
2023

CCRC refers two more subpostmaster convictions for appeal

Two more Post Office Horizon scandal convictions referred for appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which warned against…