Category: ComputerWeekly

Vallance review advocates light-touch regulation for emerging technologies
16
Mar
2023

Vallance review advocates light-touch regulation for emerging technologies

The government has accepted in full the recommendations of a report by its outgoing chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, into…

BEC attacks doubled in 2022, outstripping ransomware
16
Mar
2023

BEC attacks doubled in 2022, outstripping ransomware

The volume of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks doubled during the course of 2022 thanks to several high-profile and successful…

Budget 2023: startups extra funding via R&D relief and pensions
16
Mar
2023

Budget 2023: startups extra funding via R&D relief and pensions

UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced new funding avenues for research and development (R&D) intensive businesses as part of the Spring…

TikTok banned on UK government devices
16
Mar
2023

TikTok banned on UK government devices

The UK government has banned the use of the Gen Z-beloved, China-owned social media application TikTok on government-owned devices with…

Mandiant: Dangerous MS Outlook zero-day widely used against Ukraine
16
Mar
2023

Mandiant: Dangerous MS Outlook zero-day widely used against Ukraine

A serious elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook, which was disclosed and patched earlier this week in Microsoft’s…

Rubrik customer, partner data exposed in possible Clop attack
16
Mar
2023

Rubrik customer, partner data exposed in possible Clop attack

Rubrik, a supplier of cloud data management and security services, has disclosed a data breach, possibly attributable to the Clop…

IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT leaders can address the sustainability gap
16
Mar
2023

IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT leaders can address the sustainability gap

There is no doubt that every business is a digital business today. Technology is the new normal and the next…

Royal Mail ransomware attack result of putting profit before security
16
Mar
2023

Royal Mail ransomware attack result of putting profit before security

The January 2023 ransomware attack on Royal Mail has further exposed the parlous state of the company’s infrastructure, all while…

Chinese Silkloader cyber attack tool falls into Russian hands
15
Mar
2023

Chinese Silkloader cyber attack tool falls into Russian hands

Threat researchers at WithSecure have revealed intelligence on how cyber criminal gangs are sharing tools along the historic Silk Roads…

IT gives Ukrainian economy resilience in the face of adversity
15
Mar
2023

IT gives Ukrainian economy resilience in the face of adversity

During the first 10 months of Ukraine’s war with Russia and the massive disruption it brought, the country’s IT industry…

Budget 2023: Chancellor affirms tax relief for IT investment
15
Mar
2023

Budget 2023: Chancellor affirms tax relief for IT investment

Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in his 2023 Spring Budget that money spent on IT equipment, plant or…

UK government commits £2.5bn to boost quantum
15
Mar
2023

UK government commits £2.5bn to boost quantum

To tie in with the Spring 2023 statement, the prime minister and technology secretary unveiled £2.5bn in funding as part…