Oldest victim of Post Office scandal awarded OBE in New Year Honours 2026
Betty Brown, the oldest living victim of the Post Office scandal, was awarded an OBE in the 2026 New Year Honours List. She has been…
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All Hong Kong retail banks to offer anti-scam service, locking cash in accounts
All of Hong Kong’s 28 retail banks, including virtual ones, will offer an anti-scam service from Wednesday that requires extra verification before money can be…
Lithuanian suspect arrested over KMSAuto malware that infected 2.8M systems
Lithuanian suspect arrested over KMSAuto malware that infected 2.8M systems Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2025 A Lithuanian national was arrested for allegedly spreading KMSAuto malware…
Critical Vulnerability in SmarterMail Let Attackers Execute Remote Code
SmarterTools has issued an urgent security advisory addressing a critical vulnerability in SmarterMail that could allow attackers to execute remote code on mail servers. The…
EmEditor Homepage Download Button Served Malware for 4 Days – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
If you have downloaded the popular writing and coding tool EmEditor recently, you might want to double-check your computer. Between December 19 and December 22,…
CISA Warns of MongoDB Server Vulnerability(CVE-2025-14847) Exploited in Attacks
CISA has added a critical MongoDB Server vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning that the flaw is being actively exploited in cyberattacks.…
Silver Fox Targets Indian Users With Tax-Themed Emails Delivering ValleyRAT Malware
The threat actor known as Silver Fox has turned its focus to India, using income tax-themed lures in phishing campaigns to distribute a modular remote…
Top 10 technology ethics stories of 2025
Throughout 2025, Computer Weekly’s technology and ethics coverage highlighted the human and socio-technical impacts of data-driven systems, particularly artificial intelligence (AI). This included a number…
Critical 0-Day RCE Vulnerability in Networking Devices Exposes 70,000+ Hosts
A critical zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in XSpeeder’s SXZOS firmware, affecting tens of thousands of SD-WAN appliances, edge routers, and smart TV controllers deployed…
2025 exposed the risks we ignored while rushing AI
This blog is part of a series where we highlight new or fast-evolving threats in the consumer security landscape. This one looks at how the…
How to Integrate AI into Modern SOC Workflows
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way into security operations quickly, but many practitioners are still struggling to turn early experimentation into consistent operational value.…
Top 10 European IT stories of 2025
In this year’s review of Computer Weekly’s coverage of IT stories in continental Europe, we feature developments in the Netherlands, France, Norway, Sweden and Spain.…