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August 20, 2025
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Aug'25
Metropolitan Police contract with Fujitsu is ‘potential conflict of interest’ amid Post Office probe
Freedom of information request reveals sub-contract between Fujitsu and the police force leading nationwide investigation of the IT firm’s part in the Post Office scandal
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August 19, 2025
19
Aug'25
Google spins up agentic SOC to speed up incident management
Google Cloud elaborates on its vision for securing artificial intelligence unveiling new protections and capabilities across its product suite
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August 18, 2025
18
Aug'25
Workday hit in wave of social engineering attacks
A campaign of voice-based social engineering attacks targeting users of Salesforce’s services appears to have struck HR platform Workday
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August 15, 2025
15
Aug'25
UK cyber leaders feel impact of Trump cutbacks
The ripple effects of US cyber security cutbacks have reached this side of the Atlantic, according to a report
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August 13, 2025
13
Aug'25
Fujitsu orders staff to retain Post Office-related documentation as it braces for legal action
Japanese supplier tells all UK staff to preserve documents related to its work with the Post Office
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August 12, 2025
12
Aug'25
Eight critical RCE flaws make Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday list
Microsoft rolls out fixes for over 100 CVEs in its August Patch Tuesday update
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August 12, 2025
12
Aug'25
Researchers firm up ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider link
ReliaQuest researchers present new evidence that firms up a potential link, or outright partnership, between the ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider cyber gangs
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August 12, 2025
12
Aug'25
UK work visa sponsors are target of phishing campaign
Mimecast identifies a phishing campaign targeting UK organisations that sponsor migrant workers and students, opening the door to account compromise and visa fraud
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August 06, 2025
06
Aug'25
Black Hat USA: Startup breaks secrets management tools
Researchers at Cyata, an agentic identity specialist that has just emerged from stealth, found 14 CVEs in the widely used CyberArk Conjur and HashiCorp Vault enterprise secrets management platforms
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August 06, 2025
06
Aug'25
Cyber criminals would prefer businesses don’t use Okta
Okta details a phishing campaign in which the threat actor demonstrated some unusually strong opinions on what authentication methods they would like their targets to use
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August 05, 2025
05
Aug'25
Attacker could defeat Dell firmware flaws with a vegetable
Cisco Talos discloses five vulnerabilities in cyber security firmware used on Dell Latitude and Precision devices, including one that could enable an attacker to log on with a spring onion
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August 04, 2025
04
Aug'25
Black Hat USA: Halcyon and Sophos tag-team ransomware fightback
Ransomware experts Halcyon and Sophos are to pool their expertise in ransomware, working together to enhance data- and intelligence-sharing and bringing more comprehensive protection to customers
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August 04, 2025
04
Aug'25
Proliferation of on-premise GenAI platforms is widening security risks
Research finds increased adoption of unsanctioned generative artificial intelligence platforms is magnifying risk and causing a headache for security teams
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August 04, 2025
04
Aug'25
Integrated platforms offer lifeline to Singapore’s F&B sector
A partnership between payments firm Adyen and restaurant operating system provider Atlas is helping merchants to streamline operations, slashing errors by up to 80% and boosting sales as the sector faces record closures
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July 30, 2025
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Jul'25
Scattered Spider tactics continue to evolve, warn cyber cops
CISA, the FBI, NCSC and others have clubbed together to update previous guidance on Scattered Spider's playbook, warning of new social engineering tactics and exploitation of legitimate tools, among other things
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July 30, 2025
30
Jul'25
MS Authenticator users face passkey crunch time
The deadline for moving to passkeys in Microsoft Authenticator is rapidly approaching, and users are advised to take action now
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July 30, 2025
30
Jul'25
AI-enabled security pushes down breach costs for UK organisations
Organisations that are incorporating AI and automation into their cyber security practice are seeing improved outcomes when incidents occur, according to an IBM study
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July 29, 2025
29
Jul'25
Global cyber spend will top $200bn this year, says Gartner
Worldwide spending on cyber security will hit another record high in 2025, and will go higher still next year
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July 28, 2025
28
Jul'25
Tesco IT problems lead to undelivered groceries and angry customers
Tesco customers have been left without groceries after IT problems disrupted deliveries from stores and fulfilment centres
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July 28, 2025
28
Jul'25
European digital market figurehead pleads to Westminster
Big EU industry joins with Europhile MP to persuade obstinate government officials to join the dataspaces intended to become the bedrock of Europe’s digital single market
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July 25, 2025
25
Jul'25
Post Office will not compensate subpostmasters for IT outage
Subpostmasters were unable to trade for nearly two hours last week when a problem at a Fujitsu datacentre put the Horizon system offline, but they will receive no payment for lost business
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July 25, 2025
25
Jul'25
Fujitsu to cut at least 100 more UK staff
Some Fujitsu employees feel they are suffering for the actions of the company’s management in the Post Office scandal
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July 24, 2025
24
Jul'25
SharePoint users hit by Warlock ransomware, says Microsoft
Microsoft’s security analysts confirm a number of cyber attacks on on-premise SharePoint Server users involve ransomware
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July 24, 2025
24
Jul'25
Dutch researchers use heartbeat detection to unmask deepfakes
Dutch method to counter deepfakes analyses blood flow patterns in faces that current deepfake generation tools cannot yet replicate
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July 23, 2025
23
Jul'25
Subpostmasters shoulder costs of Fujitsu’s Post Office IT outage
Fujitsu datacentre outage hit subpostmaster sales for two hours, leaving subpostmasters to seek compensation
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July 22, 2025
22
Jul'25
Microsoft confirms China link to SharePoint hacks
Microsoft confirms two known China-nexus threat actors, and one other suspected state-backed hacking group, are exploiting vulnerabilities in SharePoint Server
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July 22, 2025
22
Jul'25
Chinese cyber spies among those linked to SharePoint attacks
Exploitation of the ToolShell RCE zero-day in Microsoft SharePoint continues to gather pace, with evidence emerging of exploitation by nation state-backed threat actors
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July 21, 2025
21
Jul'25
Patch ToolShell SharePoint zero-day immediately, says Microsoft
The active exploitation of a dangerous zero-day vulnerability chain in Microsoft SharePoint – which was disclosed over the weekend – is underway. Immediate action is advised
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July 21, 2025
21
Jul'25
The Security Interviews: Jason Nurse, University of Kent
Jason Nurse, reader in cyber security at the University of Kent, discusses the psychological side of cyber and online safety, why placing blame on users as ‘the weakest link’ is wrong – and why security pros should think about user needs more
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July 18, 2025
18
Jul'25
Peer warns IT suppliers against partnering with Fujitsu in government contracts
According to publicly available figures, Fujitsu has won over half a billion pounds in government business as prime contractor since January 2024, but there is more than what has been reported
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July 18, 2025
18
Jul'25
First Post Office Capture conviction referred to Court of Appeal
A former Capture software user’s 1998 theft conviction is the first to be referred to the Court of Appeal
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July 16, 2025
16
Jul'25
Co-op chief ‘incredibly sorry’ for theft of 6.5m members’ data
Co-op chief executive Shirine Khoury-Haq has revealed that all the personal data of all 6.5 million of its members was compromised in the April 2025 cyber attack on its systems
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July 16, 2025
16
Jul'25
Scattered Spider playbook evolving fast, says Microsoft
Microsoft warns users over notable evolutions in Scattered Spider’s attack playbook, and beefs up some of the defensive capabilities it offers to customers in response
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July 15, 2025
15
Jul'25
UKtech50 2025: The most influential people in UK technology
Computer Weekly has announced the 15th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector
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July 15, 2025
15
Jul'25
Current approaches to patching unsustainable, report says
Organisations are struggling to prioritise vulnerability patching appropriately, leading to situations where everything is a crisis, which helps nobody, according to a report
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July 14, 2025
14
Jul'25
Brits clinging to Windows 10 face heightened risk, says NCSC
Businesses and consumers alike may not feel the need to upgrade to Windows 11 as its predecessor approaches end-of-life, but they are putting their own security at risk, says the NCSC
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July 14, 2025
14
Jul'25
Luxury retailer LVMH says UK customer data was stolen in cyber attack
French luxury goods retailer LVMH has disclosed multiple cyber attacks in 2025 so far, and their impact is now spreading to the UK as a new incident affecting Louis Vuitton comes to light
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July 11, 2025
11
Jul'25
Former Post Office staff in Horizon replacement bid team
Escher, which supplied middleware in the Post Office Horizon system, is eyeing up the contract to replace the controversial software
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July 10, 2025
10
Jul'25
Four arrested in M&S cyber attack investigation
Police have made four arrests in connection with a trio of cyber attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods
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July 08, 2025
08
Jul'25
July Patch Tuesday brings over 130 new flaws to address
Microsoft patched well over 100 new common vulnerabilities and exposures on the second Tuesday of the month, but its latest update is mercifully light on zero-days
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July 08, 2025
08
Jul'25
M&S calls for mandatory ransomware reporting
The government should extend ransomware reporting mandates to businesses to help gather more intelligence and better support victims, says M&S chairman Archie Norman
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July 08, 2025
08
Jul'25
Interview: Vivek Bharadwaj, CIO, Happy Socks
The clothing manufacturer’s IT chief has a foot in every aspect of the tech stack – and is placing data and AI at the centre of future digital strategy
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July 08, 2025
08
Jul'25
Post Office inquiry chair 'cannot rule out' scandal caused 13 suicides
Post Office scandal public inquiry publishes its first report after three years of gathering and analysing evidence, examining the human impact on victims and the compensation process
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July 02, 2025
02
Jul'25
Google fixes type confusion flaw in Chrome browser
An actively exploited type confusion vulnerability in the Google Chrome web browser needs immediate attention from users
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July 02, 2025
02
Jul'25
Dutch study uncovers cognitive biases undermining cyber security board decisions
Dutch research reveals how cognitive biases can lead to catastrophic security decisions
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June 27, 2025
27
Jun'25
Over 2 million affected by US supermarket breach
Belgian-Dutch supermarket operator Ahold Delhaize reveals that more than two million people, including employees, had their data compromised following a November 2024 ransomware attack
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June 27, 2025
27
Jun'25
Fujitsu’s grip on HMRC loosening but bags of taxpayer cash still to be made
The complicated and risky nature of replacing IT suppliers in major government contracts means Fujitsu will be cashing in for years to come
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June 26, 2025
26
Jun'25
Seven main suspects under police investigation in national Post Office probe
The national police investigation into crimes related to the Post Office scandal expects the number of suspects to continue to rise
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June 24, 2025
24
Jun'25
Wrongly convicted subpostmasters may have to wait another year for redress
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee say the government has not done enough to contact all those who qualify for Post Office scandal compensation schemes
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June 24, 2025
24
Jun'25
UK ransomware costs significantly outpace other countries
UK organisations hit by ransomware attacks paid much higher ransoms than in other countries over the past 12 months, according to study