UK cyber action plan lays out path to resilience
A report produced for the government has today set out nine core recommendations for how the UK can strengthen its burgeoning cyber security sector to…
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Government meets with car parts suppliers amid JLR cyber crisis
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is conducting high-level engagement with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and the wider British automotive industry as car production…
UK needs better defences to protect undersea internet cables from Russian sabotage
The government has been urged to step up defences to sabotage threats from Russia against undersea cables that provide critical internet connections for financial services,…
Can LLMs understand scientists? | Computer Weekly
The use of large language models (LLMs) as an alternative to search engines and recommendation algorithms is increasing, but early research suggests there is still…
UK banks still run software code written more than 60 years ago
UK banks are still using software code that was written in the 1960s and 1970s, with only a handful of employees who understand them. According…
French court ruling may lead to legal challenges over state Sky ECC and EncroChat phone hack
The French supreme court has turned to the European Court of Justice to decide whether EU citizens have the right to challenge the legality of…
The challenges posed by AI tools in education
Education can be an incredibly rewarding but demanding profession, as the workload of teachers is ever increasing. The progress of students needs to be assessed,…
Are AI agents a blessing or a curse for cyber security?
Artificial intelligence (AI) and AI agents are seemingly everywhere. Be it with conference show floors or television adverts featuring celebrities, suppliers are keen to showcase…
Cloud file storage: Key benefits and use cases
File servers are at the core of almost all IT infrastructures. File sharing is essential to collaboration and is a vital component of growing volumes…
Plotting a path forward with VMware version 7
October 2, 2025, marks the end of general support for VMware’s version 7. After that, Broadcom won’t release any new security patches or fixes, and…
Teen hackers charged over Scattered Spider attack on TfL
Two men, named as Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, have today appeared before Westminster Magistrate’s Court in connection with a 2024 cyber attack on Transport…
Should you run VMware 7 unsupported?
After 2 October 2025, VMware version 7 will no longer be supported, and organisations will need to consider how they take their server virtualisation strategy…