Ransomware attack volumes up nearly three times on 2024
The number of ransomware attacks that were observed and tracked during the first six months of 2025 was up by...
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Apple iOS update fixes new iPhone zero-day flaw
Apple has pushed another update to its mobile operating systems, iOS and iPadOS, to address a newly-discovered zero-day that is...
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Moscow exploiting seven-year-old Cisco flaw, says FBI
Threat actors linked to the Russian government are falling back on a seven-year-old vulnerability in Cisco equipment that was first...
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Scale of MoD Afghan data breaches widens dramatically
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted there have been more than 12 times as many data breaches linked to...
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ICO investigates lawfulness of algorithms used in immigration enforcement
The Home Office could be banned from unlawfully using computer algorithms to recommend whether migrants should be deported. Privacy International...
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European digital sovereignty: Storage, surveillance concerns to overcome
In mid-June 2025, Microsoft made an announcement about a suite of “Sovereign Cloud solutions” designed to ensure that data belonging...
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Police investigation into Post Office scandal to cost more than £50m
The national police investigation into the Post Office Horizon scandal is expected to cost taxpayers more than £50m. Scandal victims...
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Subpostmaster federation accepted money from Fujitsu in run-up to High Court Post Office trial
Fujitsu sponsored an annual event held by the National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP) just months before a High Court trial...
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UK equality watchdog: Met Police facial recognition unlawful
The Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial-recognition (LFR) technology is unlawful, according to UK equality watchdog, citing the need for...
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Judge throws out NHS whistleblower’s challenge to ruling on deletion of 90,000 emails
An NHS doctor has lost his appeal to challenge a court decision that cleared a hospital trust over allegations of...
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Number of girls taking GCSE computer science drops amid fall in overall candidates
The number of girls choosing to take a GCSE in computer science fell this year, breaking a consistent growth streak....
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Interview: Simon Goodyear, chief information and technology officer, Redwood Bank
As a youngster, Simon Goodyear believed there was nothing that couldn’t be solved with technology, and he is now applying...
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