Babuk Tortilla ransomware decryptor made available
Cyber security experts at Cisco Talos and Avast, working alongside law enforcement in the Netherlands, have collaborated to make available a decryptor for the Tortilla…
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British Library cyber attack explained: What you need to know
At the end of October 2023, the UK’s national library, the British Library, took to social media to inform users that it was experiencing disruption…
Study reveals cyber risks to US elections
With the next US presidential election less than a year away, and concerns growing in Washington DC that the democratic process will again be a…
QuEra Computing sets out plan for error-correcting quantum computing
QuEra Computing (QEC) has unveiled a roadmap for advanced error-corrected quantum computers, in which it plans to achieve 100 logical error-corrected qubits in 2026. The…
Trauma and fear means victims of the Post Office scandal are suffering in silence
The ITV drama, Mr Bates v the Post Office, conveys a good sense of the appalling nature and enormous scale of the Post Office scandal.…
British Library ransomware attack could cost up to £7m
The cost of rebuilding the British Library’s systems following the October Rhysida ransomware attack is likely to hit between £6m and £7m, dwarfing the £650,000…
Post Office scandal furore is moment to change digital evidence rules
With the general public now alert to and furious over the mistreatment of subpostmasters, the government must take the opportunity to change the law that…
Inside the Met Police’s investigation into EncroChat crime gangs
It was in the midst of the Covid pandemic in spring 2020 that DCI Driss Hayoukane, a senior investigating officer at the Metropolitan Police, was…
Mind the gap: AI leaders pulling ahead as LLMs take off
When ChatGPT burst onto the scene, it grew to 100,000,000 users within three months. The fastest growth in a new product ever, chatGPT showed the…
Celona and Palo Alto partner to enhance private 5G network security
Private wireless services specialist Celona is shortly to debut a major integration with cyber security supplier Palo Alto Networks that the two partners hope will…
Risks and opportunities for the UK chip sector
While there is little appetite to develop the environment for a full home-grown semiconductor industry, the government has ambitions to create what it calls world-class…
Artificial intelligence to the front in Sweden’s National Technology Strategy
Sweden has launched a more far-reaching National Technology Strategy (NTS) that is front-loaded by an artificial intelligence (AI)-focused long-term investment plan to bolster the international…