Cisco joins growing Manchester cyber security hub
Networking technology giant Cisco has become the latest supporter of Manchester’s growing Digital Security Hub (DiSH) cyber security accelerator, launching a series of initiatives to…
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Bumbling IT security analyst convicted of blackmail offences
A former IT security analyst who exploited an opportunistic ransomware attack to impersonate the attackers and conduct his own, secondary cyber attack on his employer…
Security Think Tank: Why “secure coding” is neither
There’s a little bit of a trap sometimes that can arise in the way that humans understand and process language. Specifically, sometimes we take the…
Five key steps where there is a risk of fraud investigation
It’s no secret that the UK is facing a huge fraud problem. Economic crime is thought to cost the UK as a whole up to…
Diageo mixes with SAP and IBM on a five-year global IT modernisation
SAP and Diageo – the drinks company that makes Guinness, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker – have announced a five-year deal that includes IBM in a bid to…
Innovate UK hit with £36m unpaid tax bill over IR35 contractor employment status errors
Non-departmental funding body UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) must pay HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) £36m in back-dated tax after a review of its IR35…
Alert over Chinese cyber campaign targeting critical networks
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), alongside intelligence agencies from the Anglophone Five Eyes alliance, has issued guidance highlighting a campaign of Chinese state-sponsored…
Fintech pioneer Anne Boden steps aside from challenger bank CEO role
Fintech pioneer Anne Boden is leaving her role as CEO at app-based challenger bank Starling, as it announces a more than doubling of its revenue…
Build 2023: Microsoft wants developers to build IT with AI
Microsoft has kicked off its annual Build 2023 software developer’s conference with a plan to encourage developers to support a common platform for search and…
Digital channels thriving for M&S but profits down
Some of Marks and Spencer’s (M&S) digital propositions have been growing over the past year, the retailer has claimed in its full-year report covering April…
Almost all ransomware attacks target backups, says Veeam
Data stored in backups is the most common target for ransomware attackers. Almost all intrusions (93%) target backups and in 75% of cases succeed in taking out…
JPMorgan’s UK digital retail bank adds more than a million customers in a year
JPMorgan Chase’s UK app-based retail bank has already amassed 1.6 million customers and a total of £15bn in deposits following its 2021 launch. The latest…