Embrace alternative education pathways for cyber success
While a university degree was once the gold standard for cyber security professionals, it’s no longer the sole path to success. Nearly a third, 32%,…
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Microsoft beefs up cyber initiative after hard-hitting US report
Microsoft is doubling down on its recently-launched Secure Future Initiative (SFI), expanding the programme – which sets out to address the software and vulnerability issues…
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 condemned a campaign of cyber…
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 account for the development of…
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 in the GitLab open source…
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, measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…
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” while criticising its “inadequate and…
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 warning about the evolving threat…
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 in prison, and ordered him…
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 breach affecting their information after…
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 was subject to police surveillance.…
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 part of a six-month trial…