Category: ComputerWeekly

Russia’s Star Blizzard pivots to WhatsApp in spear-phishing campaign
17
Jan
2025

Russia’s Star Blizzard pivots to WhatsApp in spear-phishing campaign

In the wake of a significant action against its infrastructure, the Kremlin-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) actor Star Blizzard has…

Almost half of UK banks set to miss DORA deadline
16
Jan
2025

Almost half of UK banks set to miss DORA deadline

Although they have had two years to prepare for the incoming legislation, a study has today revealed that a significant…

NAO calls for ‘cross-government’ revamp of IT procurement to improve ‘big tech’ project outcomes
16
Jan
2025

NAO calls for ‘cross-government’ revamp of IT procurement to improve ‘big tech’ project outcomes

In its 55-page report, the public sector spending watchdog said the government stands to save significant amounts of time and…

Diversity in tech 2024: Collaboration is vital for DEI progress
16
Jan
2025

Diversity in tech 2024: Collaboration is vital for DEI progress

The age of artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the IT landscape, but with an ongoing diversity crisis in the tech…

DDN seeks AI leadership as it bags $300m investment
16
Jan
2025

DDN seeks AI leadership as it bags $300m investment

DDN, which made its name in high-performance computing (HPC), has gained investment of $300m from US fund Blackstone, which it…

L’Oréal: Making AI worth it
16
Jan
2025

L’Oréal: Making AI worth it

Cosmetics and beauty company L’Oréal has expanded its long-term partnership with IBM to uncover new insights in cosmetic formulation data…

Bank of England and New York counterpart exchange puts technology cooperation into 3D
16
Jan
2025

Bank of England and New York counterpart exchange puts technology cooperation into 3D

Financial services regulators in the UK and New York are to share staff through a secondment programme that kicks off…

Davos 2025: Digital supply chains at risk as world faces two years of turbulence
16
Jan
2025

Davos 2025: Digital supply chains at risk as world faces two years of turbulence

The risk of conflict, growing protectionism, tariffs and trade wars, and growing regulation threaten to disrupt the supply chains of…

Biggest Patch Tuesday in years sees Microsoft address 159 vulnerabilities
15
Jan
2025

Biggest Patch Tuesday in years sees Microsoft address 159 vulnerabilities

Microsoft kicked off 2025 with a bang on the second Tuesday of January, dropping a massive Patch Tuesday update containing…

Government, Nesta and ODI issue £600k smart data challenge to technologists
15
Jan
2025

Government, Nesta and ODI issue £600k smart data challenge to technologists

The Department for Business and Trade, Challenge Works and the Open Data Institute have issued a Smart Data Challenge with…

Cyber security dovetails with AI to lead 2025 corporate IT investment
15
Jan
2025

Cyber security dovetails with AI to lead 2025 corporate IT investment

Cyber security, whether singly or in tandem with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), dominates enterprise IT investment plans in 2025, according…

Larger businesses spend, spend, spend on AI
15
Jan
2025

Larger businesses spend, spend, spend on AI

One in three companies across all markets are planning to spend $25m or more on artificial intelligence (AI) in 2025,…