Category: ComputerWeekly

Cyber attack downs systems at Marks & Spencer
22
Apr
2025

Cyber attack downs systems at Marks & Spencer

Veteran UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has apologised to customers after a cyber incident of a currently undisclosed nature…

Cyber ‘agony aunts’ launch guidebook for women in security
22
Apr
2025

Cyber ‘agony aunts’ launch guidebook for women in security

Two of the UK’s leading female cyber practitioners – Secureworks threat intelligence knowledge manager Rebecca Taylor and CybAid founder and…

Beyond baselines - getting real about security and resilience
22
Apr
2025

Beyond baselines – getting real about security and resilience

In 2024, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) celebrated a decade of its baseline cyber security certification, Cyber Essentials (CE)….

Ofcom bans leasing of Global Titles to crackdown on spoofing
22
Apr
2025

Ofcom bans leasing of Global Titles to crackdown on spoofing

Telco regulator Ofcom has said it is closing a technical loophole that poses a risk to mobile users’ privacy and…

AI-powered APIs proving highly vulnerable to attack
22
Apr
2025

AI-powered APIs proving highly vulnerable to attack

More than 150 billion application programming interface (API) attacks were observed in the wild during 2023 and 2024, according to…

Investigatory Powers Tribunal has no power to award costs against PSNI over evidence failures
22
Apr
2025

Investigatory Powers Tribunal has no power to award costs against PSNI over evidence failures

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal, the court that rules on the lawfulness of surveillance by police and intelligence agencies, has no…

AI's power play: the high-stakes race for energy capacity
17
Apr
2025

AI’s power play: the high-stakes race for energy capacity

The use of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, relies on a lot of energy. As its adoption grows and…

Tariff turmoil is making supply chain security riskier
17
Apr
2025

Tariff turmoil is making supply chain security riskier

Cyber security remained the most pressing challenge facing those in supply chain management roles during the first three months of…

Collaboration is the best defence against nation-state threats
17
Apr
2025

Collaboration is the best defence against nation-state threats

Businesses are under attack from all corners of the globe and while many organisations may think that nation-state threat actors…

UK class action sets stage for Google showdown
17
Apr
2025

UK class action sets stage for Google showdown

UK based legal professor Or Brook has filed a class action against Google worth approximately £5bn in the UK Competition…

CVE Foundation pledges continuity after Mitre funding cut
16
Apr
2025

CVE Foundation pledges continuity after Mitre funding cut

In the wake of the abrupt termination of the Mitre contract to run CVE Programme, a group of vulnerability experts…

Footballers object to processing of performance data
16
Apr
2025

Footballers object to processing of performance data

Football players are issuing “stop processing” requests to gaming, betting and data-processing firms over the use of their performance, health…