News

Healthcare and NHS IT

• January 29, 2026 29 Jan'26

  Security now one of the UK’s fastest-growing career paths

  The number of people working in the cyber security field has almost trebled in the 2020s, with one cyber professional for every 68 businesses in the UK

• January 29, 2026 29 Jan'26

  Sonia Patel to become interim UK government chief technology officer

  NHS England’s chief technology officer has taken on the same role for government on an interim 12-month fixed-term contract

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  Transfer learning and governance help bridge healthcare AI divide

  Singapore researchers show how adapting pre-trained AI models can solve data scarcity issues in countries with limited resources. Separately, they have proposed forming an international consortium to build consensus on AI governance in medicine

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  Wave of ShinyHunters vishing attacks spreading fast

  The ShinyHunters hacking collective that caused chaos in 2025 is ramping up a new voice phishing campaign, with several potential victims already identified

• January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26

  Broken decryptor leaves Sicarii ransomware victims adrift

  A coding error in an emergent strain of ransomware leaves victims unable to recover their data, even if they cooperate with the hackers’ demands

• January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26

  AI slop pushes data governance towards zero-trust models

  Organisations are implementing zero-trust models for data governance thanks to the proliferation of poor quality AI-generated data, often known as AI slop

• January 20, 2026 20 Jan'26

  UK public sector, CNI in Russian hacktivist crosshairs

  Hacktivists aligned to the Russian state are ramping up their targeting of UK organisations with denial of service attacks

• January 20, 2026 20 Jan'26

  Swedish government software developer counters poor health apps claim

  As national election season approaches, political opponents of Sweden’s lead coalition party make hay of survey that claims unsatisfactory health apps deter doctor visits

• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  Cyber body ISC2 signs on as UK software security ambassador

  Professional cyber association ISC2 pledges support to UK government’s Software Security Ambassador scheme, part of the recently unveiled Cyber Action Plan

• January 14, 2026 14 Jan'26

  Microsoft DCU uses UK courts to hunt down cyber criminals

  Microsoft has taken down the RedDVS cyber crime-as-a-service network after obtaining a UK court order, marking its first civil legal action outside of the US

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  Microsoft patches 112 CVEs on first Patch Tuesday of 2026

  January brings a larger-than-of-late Patch Tuesday update out of Redmond, but an uptick in disclosures is often expected at this time of year

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  ‘Dual-channel’ attacks are the new face of BEC in 2026

  Business email compromise remains a significant threat as cyber fraudsters deploy a more diverse range of tactics against their potential victims, according to a report

• January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26

  Business leaders see AI risks and fraud outpacing ransomware, says WEF

  C-suite executives are more concerned with risks arising from AI vulnerabilities and cyber fraud than ransomware, according to the World Economic Forum

• January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26

  Like it or not, AI will transform cyber strategy in 2026

  Bubble or no bubble, from cyber skills to defensive strategies to governance, risk and compliance, artificial intelligence will remake the cyber world in 2026

• January 06, 2026 06 Jan'26

  Fujitsu UK job cuts as staff pay the price for failures of top executives

  Troubled IT giant’s staff are paying the price for senior management failures over Post Office scandal

• January 05, 2026 05 Jan'26

  UK government to spend £210m on public sector cyber resilience

  The UK government unveils a £120m Cyber Action Plan to help reinforce and promote IT security resilience across the country's public services

• December 29, 2025 29 Dec'25

  Top 10 cyber security stories of 2025

  AI dominated all tech conversations this year, but the concerns of cyber security professionals extend far beyond. From remote work to supply chains, quantum to identity, there were plenty of other topics for the industry to chew over in 2025.

• December 29, 2025 29 Dec'25

  Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2025

  A new digital strategy, funding boosts and struggles to keep the lights on: here are Computer Weekly’s top NHS IT stories in 2025

• December 18, 2025 18 Dec'25

  Fortinet vulnerabilities prompt pre-holiday warnings

  Analysts track exploitation of two vulnerabilities disclosed last week by Fortinet

• December 18, 2025 18 Dec'25

  MHRA seeks views on healthcare AI regulation

  Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) wants to know how to regulate AI technologies in the NHS while keeping patients safe

• December 17, 2025 17 Dec'25

  ClickFix attacks that bypass cyber controls on the rise

  NCC’s monthly threat report details the growing prevalence of ClickFix attacks in the wild

• December 12, 2025 12 Dec'25

  Interview: Erik Mayer, transformation chief clinical information officer, Imperial College

  With both a clinical and a digital background, the healthcare tech leader is using data to improve collaboration across an NHS trust for the benefit of medical staff and patients

• December 10, 2025 10 Dec'25

  Google DeepMind partners with UK government to deliver AI

  The partnership promises to provide scientists with access to advanced AI models, as well as help the government become more streamlined

• December 10, 2025 10 Dec'25

  How digital twins are helping people with motor neurone disease speak

  Tech companies, a charity and academics have collaborated to create AI-powered avatars that are helping people with motor neurone disease hold natural conversations

• December 09, 2025 09 Dec'25

  Microsoft patched over 1,100 CVEs in 2025

  The final Patch Tuesday update of the year brings 56 new CVEs, bringing the year-end total to more than 1,100

• December 08, 2025 08 Dec'25

  Number of UK social care providers using digital records hits 80%

  Use of digital records in social care has doubled, as the UK government explores options to link digital care records with the NHS

• December 05, 2025 05 Dec'25

  Jersey to get remote monitoring for vulnerable adults

  Jersey’s Family Nursing and Home Care (FNHC) hopes remote monitoring service will help keep people out of hospital and support care at home

• December 04, 2025 04 Dec'25

  Constrained budgets left security teams short-handed in 2025

  With 2024 seeing surges in security funding cuts, lay-offs and hiring freezes, 2025 brought some relief for cyber pros, but constrained budgets are leaving security teams short-staffed

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  NCSC and BT block a billion dangerous clicks

  A protective service jointly developed by the NCSC and BT has disrupted over a billion potential cyber incidents by stopping members of the public from clicking through to dangerous websites

• November 28, 2025 28 Nov'25

  Budget 2025: Extra NHS IT cash welcome, but plan lacks clarity

  Industry and healthcare leaders are concerned that NHS tech funding is too focused on already approved platforms, fails to tackle core issues and lacks a clear delivery plan

• November 28, 2025 28 Nov'25

  UK government commits to Loan Charge settlement reforms in wake of independent review into policy

  The UK government has agreed to follow through on recommendations made by an independent review of how to resolve the Loan Charge that could wipe thousands of pounds off tax bills for those affected

• November 26, 2025 26 Nov'25

  Budget 2025: £300m extra for NHS IT and a £1.8bn budget for digital ID cards

  The Autumn Budget contained little by the way of new policies in digital and technology, but handed out some cash to help progress in digitising public services and to support growing tech businesses

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  Cloudflare contrite after worst outage since 2019

  Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince apologises for the firm’s worst outage in years and shares details of how a change to database system permissions caused a cascading effect that brought down some of the web’s biggest names

• November 18, 2025 18 Nov'25

  Ransomware resilience may be improving in the health sector

  A Sophos report on ransomware highlights resilience improvements among healthcare organisations but warns that the wider threat is still live and growing

• November 18, 2025 18 Nov'25

  Cloudflare outage disrupts public web services

  An outage at web traffic management specialist Cloudflare has caused disruption across the internet

• November 18, 2025 18 Nov'25

  CCS under fire over ‘anti-SME’ supplier requirements for G-Cloud 15

  Government procurement chiefs have shared details of how IT suppliers can participate in G-Cloud 15, but concerns are being raised about changes that may render the framework inaccessible to SMEs

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  Cl0p claims ransomware hit on NHS

  Ransomware gangsters claim to have attacked the NHS, but clarity on the nature of the incident is yet to emerge

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  Microsoft users warned over privilege elevation flaw

  An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Kernel tops the list of issues to address in the latest monthly Patch Tuesday update

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  Synnovis to notify NHS of data breach after nearly 18 months

  Synnovis, the pathology lab services provider hit by a Qilin ransomware attack in 2024, is notifying its NHS partners that their patient data was compromised, following a lengthy investigation

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  IT services companies and datacentres face regulation as cyber security bill reaches Parliament

  The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will require large IT services companies, including datacentres, to report security incidents within 24 hours

• November 10, 2025 10 Nov'25

  Oxford launches Equinox to build innovation hub in region

  Oxford University and its host city have launched Equinox as a regional organisation uniting academia, business and government to establish Oxfordshire as a global innovation hub

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  Government to broaden ‘narrow’ computing curriculum

  Planned changes to the computer science curriculum announced following independent review recommendations

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  The Security Interviews: Colin Mahony, CEO, Recorded Future

  Recorded Future’s CEO talks threat intelligence, AI in cyber security and the ever-changing cyber threat landscape

• October 31, 2025 31 Oct'25

  Cyber agencies co-sign Exchange Server security guide

  US and allied cyber agencies team up to try to nudge users to pay more attention to securing Microsoft Exchange Server

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Scope of US state-level privacy laws expands rapidly in 2025

  Nine state-level data protection laws have come into force in the US this year, and three more are slated for January 2026. Navigating this complex landscape is becoming a challenge

• October 27, 2025 27 Oct'25

  LockBit 5.0 expands targeting amid ransomware escalation

  The LockBit RaaS operation is back in action, with technical features and expanded targeting, and is contributing to a steadily growing number of ransomware attacks

• October 24, 2025 24 Oct'25

  UK ramps up ransomware fightback with supply chain security guide

  Multinational guidance, developed by the UK and Singapore, is designed to help organisations reinforce their supply chain against ransomware attacks

• October 23, 2025 23 Oct'25

  NHS could save millions of hours a year using AI, pilot shows

  A Microsoft Copilot AI trial in 90 NHS organisations found that a national roll-out could save up to 400,000 hours per month

• October 21, 2025 21 Oct'25

  Government to launch AI sandbox scheme

  The proposed AI Growth Lab aims to cut red tape and allow companies to test artificial intelligence products in a safe environment

• October 20, 2025 20 Oct'25

  The Netherlands faces €12bn R&D investment gap as productivity stagnates

  Dutch government unveils nine-point plan to meet European 3% GDP target after its competitiveness ranking plummeted