Royal Mail stands firm as LockBit leaks data and renews ransom demand
The LockBit ransomware gang has leaked a tranche of data exfiltrated from Royal Mail’s IT systems during its January 2022 cyber attack, and set a…
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Santander SME platform harnesses Salesforce
Santander UK is using technology from Salesforce to offer its UK small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers advice on growing their export businesses, through a…
Video messaging: A Computer Weekly Downtime upload podcast
Throughout his career, Ashraf Alkarmi, chief product officer at video platform Vimeo, has had a passion for video. “I’ve made a lot of career choices,…
WithSecure proposes ‘undo’ button for ransomware
Cyber security supplier WithSecure is piloting a newly developed technology that supposedly makes a sandbox test environment more accessible, and claims it has effectively found…
Oracle goes on hunt for Java non-compliance
Analyst Gartner has warned that new changes to Java licensing has meant Oracle will actively target organisations, even those who do not run any Oracle…
Tony Blair and William Hague call for a remade strategic state to stoke UK innovation
Former prime minister Tony Blair and erstwhile Conservative Party leader William Hague have joined forces to argue for a remaking of the British state to…
UK HSE to launch regulatory sandbox for industrial safety tech
The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is inviting technology companies to participate in an Industrial Safetytech Regulatory Sandbox as part of its Discovering Safety…
UK forces lead live-fire cyber war exercise
More than 750 cyber security specialists from around the world have participated in one of the largest-ever live-fire cyber war exercises, which saw them respond…
Half of cyber leaders to switch jobs by 2025, citing stress
Nearly half of cyber security leaders plan to change jobs in the next two years, and half of those plan to leave the security sector…
Researchers find new bug ‘class’ in Apple devices
Researchers at Trellix have uncovered what they claim to be an entirely new class of privilege escalation vulnerability in Apple devices stemming from the infamous…
Institute for Government cautions government to draw right lessons from pandemic
The Institute for Government has published a report that indicates the government is in danger of drawing false lessons from the sharing of data during…
Executive interview: Will video kill the streaming star?
The idea of pre-recording something so it can be watched later is the foundation on which broadcasting and streaming services are built. But for the…