Category: ComputerWeekly

Civil society groups call on EU to put human rights at centre of AI Act
03
May
2024

EU calls out Fancy Bear over attacks on Czech, German governments

The European Union (EU), alongside the governments of member states Czechia and Germany and other partners including the UK, have…

Salesforce and Zoom embrace ethical hackers. You should, too
03
May
2024

Adobe expands bug bounty programme to account for GenAI

Adobe has expanded the scope of its bug bounty programme – which is overseen by specialists at HackerOne – to…

Researchers find flaw in Mend.io security platform
03
May
2024

Patch GitLab vuln without delay, users warned

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has this week added a vulnerability that was first disclosed in January…

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Carbon accounting and the changing regulatory landscape
03
May
2024

IT Sustainability Think Tank: How CIOs can measure their carbon emissions and energy use

In today’s rapidly changing world, CIOs increasingly recognise the significance of sustainability and environmental responsibility. As part of these efforts,…

Lords say government must ‘go beyond’ current approach to LLMs
03
May
2024

Lords say government must ‘go beyond’ current approach to LLMs

A Lords committee is calling on the government to make market competition in artificial intelligence (AI) “an explicit policy objective”…

US sanctions Iranians behind CNI cyber attacks
02
May
2024

NCSC updates warning over hacktivist threat to CNI

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and US partner the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a…

St Helens Council in Merseyside hit by ransomware attack
02
May
2024

Ukrainian national sentenced over REvil ransomware spree

A United States court has sentenced a 24-year-old Ukrainian national named as Yaroslav Vasinskyi to 13 years and seven months…

Dropbox Sign user information accessed in data breach
02
May
2024

Dropbox Sign user information accessed in data breach

Users of the Dropbox Sign – until recently known as HelloSign – document-signing service have been alerted to a data…

Tribunal investigates complaint that journalists’ phones were unlawfully monitored
02
May
2024

BBC instructs lawyers over allegations of police surveillance of journalist

Lawyers acting for the BBC have written to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) over allegations that one of its journalists…

MEPs vote in raft of amendments to EU AI Act
02
May
2024

Case study: Why GenAI is taking off in local government

Barnsley has become one of the first councils to roll out generative AI (GenAI) tools across its entire organisation as…

Can SAP Labs’ AI plan accelerate cloud migration?
02
May
2024

Can SAP Labs’ AI plan accelerate cloud migration?

Nestled in the sun-kissed hills of Provence, just north of Cannes and Antibes, is Sophia Antipolis, a renowned technology and…

Downstream breaches of Capita customers spreading
01
May
2024

EMEA CISOs must address human factors behind cyber incidents

Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), organisations must up their game when it comes to addressing the human…