Category: ComputerWeekly

Worker-focused AI Bill introduced by backbench MP Mick Whitley
15
May
2024

GCHQ to protect politicians and election candidate’s from cyber-attacks

Political candidates, election officials and others at high risk of being targeted online are being offered protection against phishing and…

Biden considering whether to end prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
15
May
2024

WikiLeaks founder’s extradition case labelled ‘institutional corruption’

The looming decision about whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited has been condemned as “institutional corruption on a…

Cyber Safety Force wants to change conversation around risk
15
May
2024

Cyber Safety Force wants to change conversation around risk

A group of like-minded cyber professionals who want to change how businesses think about threat defence and risk management have…

Executive interview: DNS designer Eric Holtzman discusses net security
15
May
2024

Critical SharePoint, Qakbot-linked flaws focus of May Patch Tuesday

A critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft SharePoint Server, and two zero-day flaws in Windows MSHTML Platform and Windows Desktop Window Manager…

Government focuses on improving AI security
15
May
2024

Government focuses on improving AI security

The government has provided guidance to help artificial intelligence (AI) developers improve cyber security in AI models. The Department for…

AWS CEO Adam Selipsky to step down in June 2024
15
May
2024

AWS CEO Adam Selipsky to step down in June 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down after three years leading the company, and will be replaced…

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Carbon accounting and the changing regulatory landscape
15
May
2024

IT Sustainability Think Tank: How CIOs can navigate the green IT landscape

Data collection How data is collected will depend on what hosting options are employed. Typically, enterprises have applications hosted in…

Fujitsu staff had ‘unrestricted and unauditable’ remote access to Post Office branch systems
15
May
2024

Comms director at centre of cover-up never thought Post Office were the ‘baddies’

A communications director central to the Post Office’s strategy to keep software problems out of public said that he and…

Paula Vennells fails to practice what she preaches in Post Office scandal
14
May
2024

Scotland’s Post Office scandal victims to be exonerated en masse

The Scottish Parliament is introducing legislation to exonerate all subpostmasters convicted based on evidence from the controversial Post Office Horizon…

Alert over Chinese cyber campaign targeting critical networks
14
May
2024

China poses genuine and increasing cyber security risk to UK, says GCHQ director

China poses a genuine and increasing cyber risk to the UK, the director of Britain’s electronic intelligence gathering agency said…

QStar launches tape access from anywhere with Global ArchiveSpace
14
May
2024

QStar launches tape access from anywhere with Global ArchiveSpace

Access to hundreds of tape drives in archives that scale to exabytes from anywhere in the world, with all data…

St Helens Council in Merseyside hit by ransomware attack
14
May
2024

CyberUK 24: UK insurance industry gets tough on ransomware

The Association of British Insurers (ABI), the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) and the International Underwriting Association (IUA) have joined…