Category: ComputerWeekly

LockBit ransomware gang allegedly leaks MoD data after hit on supplier
18
Jan
2024

Cyber non-profit enlists ex-NCSC head as technical chair

Ciaran Martin, the founding chief executive of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is to join the recently launched…

How the DSMA balances security and privacy with press freedom
18
Jan
2024

The Security Interviews: Rebecca Taylor, SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit

If she was ever to write a book about her life in cyber security – which as an English and…

Russian cyber criminal pleads guilty to running IPStorm botnet
18
Jan
2024

Cloud-to-cloud backup: What it is and why you (probably) need it

Organisations that use cloud IT or cloud-based applications often do so in the belief they can spend less time managing…

NCSC invites security pros to join the big leagues
17
Jan
2024

NCSC invites security pros to join the big leagues

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched Cyber League, an initiative through which it hopes to bring together…

Finnish IT industry talent fears amid government restrictions
17
Jan
2024

Helsinki: The trailblazing smart city

A collection of startup incubators, sustainable initiatives, supporting testbeds and novel innovations confirm Finland’s capital as a global innovation and…

Biometric revolution in IAM: The future of authentication
17
Jan
2024

Biometric revolution in IAM: The future of authentication

The landscape of identity and access management (IAM) is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the integration of biometric technologies….

Paula Vennells fails to practice what she preaches in Post Office scandal
17
Jan
2024

Paula Vennells fails to practice what she preaches in Post Office scandal

I met Toby Jones at the BBC in the week before Christmas. He was in for Radio 4 to discuss…

Victims of 2023 Capita data breaches head to High Court
17
Jan
2024

Victims of 2023 Capita data breaches head to High Court

Ordinary people who believe their personal data was compromised in two different cyber incidents that affected systems at Capita in…

2024: The year Generative AI is let out of its cage  
17
Jan
2024

2024: The year Generative AI is let out of its cage  

Whilst other forms of AI will still drive the bulk of the business impact, generative AI will remain the hotly…

Google’s data egress offer – no such thing as a free migration?
16
Jan
2024

Google’s data egress offer – no such thing as a free migration?

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has announced it will annul data egress charges for customers that say they want to leave…

Online Safety Bill screening measures amount to ‘prior restraint’
16
Jan
2024

Kaspersky shares Pegasus spyware-hunting tool

Researchers at Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) have developed and released a lightweight method to help Apple iPhone…

Accelerated datacentre computing propels record Nvida revenue
16
Jan
2024

Legal cases question IP in large language model training

A recent warning from OpenAI about the potential ramifications of a stringent copyright crackdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development has…