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• December 13, 2024 13 Dec'24

  Computer Misuse Act reform gains traction in Parliament

  An amendment to the proposed Data (Access and Use) Bill that will right a 35-year-old wrong and protect security professionals from criminalisation is to be debated at Westminster

• December 13, 2024 13 Dec'24

  Post Office scandal 2024 – part 3: Fujitsu’s 12-month fall from grace

  After years of refusing to comment, Fujitsu was unable to continue hiding from its role in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal as politicians and a public inquiry demanded answers

• December 12, 2024 12 Dec'24

  Emerging Ymir ransomware heralds more coordinated threats in 2025

  A newly observed ransomware strain has the community talking about more collaboration, and blurred lines, between threat groups next year, according to NCC’s monthly cyber barometer

• December 12, 2024 12 Dec'24

  Post Office scandal in 2024 – part 2: Capture, the prequel

  Users of the Post Office’s Capture system had similar experiences to those who struggled with the Horizon system, which came later, but their stories are only just coming out now

• December 11, 2024 11 Dec'24

  Police not ruling any person or crime out of Post Office scandal investigation

  Metropolitan Police provides update on Operation Olympos, its national investigation into potential criminality in the Post Office Horizon scandal

• December 11, 2024 11 Dec'24

  Post Office scandal in 2024 – part 1: A year in the mainstream

  Read this year’s 10 most read Computer Weekly articles about the Post Office Horizon IT scandal

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  Dangerous CLFS and LDAP flaws stand out on Patch Tuesday

  Microsoft has fixed over 70 CVEs in its final Patch Tuesday update of the year, and defenders should prioritise a zero-day in the Common Log File System Driver, and another impactful flaw in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  iOS vuln leaves user data dangerously exposed

  Jamf threat researchers detail an exploit chain for a recently patched iOS vulnerability that enables a threat actor to steal sensitive data, warning that many organisations are still neglecting mobile updates

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  Controversial Horizon system to remain in Post Office branches as part of tech ‘fusion’, says source

  A source says the Post Office is set to buy the Horizon system from Fujitsu and combine it with both in-house developed and commercially available software

• December 09, 2024 09 Dec'24

  Post Office senior leadership warned of IT project data safeguarding risk

  Post Office board members and senior executives have been made aware of the risk to data related to its ill-fated Horizon system replacement project

• December 05, 2024 05 Dec'24

  Post Office Fujitsu contract extended by a year as decision time looms

  The Post Office has let contractors and third parties go as it completes its analysis of the future Horizon replacement options

• December 02, 2024 02 Dec'24

  NCSC boss calls for ‘sustained vigilance’ in an aggressive world

  NCSC CEO Richard Horne is to echo wider warnings about the growing number and severity of cyber threats facing the UK as he launches the security body’s eighth annual report

• November 28, 2024 28 Nov'24

  Fujitsu’s charity boss made redundant while Post Office scandal victims await support

  At a time when it could give something back to Post Office Horizon victims persecuted as a result of its faulty software, Fujitsu makes UK charity boss redundant

• November 27, 2024 27 Nov'24

  Post Office Capture users invited to pivotal meeting with government

  About 80 former Capture users have now come forward for legal support in making claims against the Post Office

• November 26, 2024 26 Nov'24

  Blue Yonder ransomware attack breaks systems at UK retailers

  UK supermarkets continue to deal with the impact of a ransomware attack on the systems of supply chain software supplier Blue Yonder, which is disrupting multiple aspects of their businesses including deliveries and staff management

• November 26, 2024 26 Nov'24

  Post Office scandal redress echoes Windrush compensation problems

  Campaigning former subpostmaster Sir Alan Bates met with Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) over financial redress scheme

• November 26, 2024 26 Nov'24

  Russian threat actors poised to cripple power grid, UK warns

  UK government escalates cyber rhetoric in a speech at a Nato event, saying Russian advanced persistent threats stand ready to conduct cyber attacks that could ‘turn off the lights for millions’

• November 25, 2024 25 Nov'24

  Post Office scandal: How much deeper and wider can it get?

  It took decades to expose the Post Office Horizon scandal but that effort has laid the groundwork for others to seek justice and financial redress

• November 25, 2024 25 Nov'24

  Microsoft calls on Trump to ‘push harder’ on cyber threats

  Microsoft’s Brad Smith urges president-elect Donald Trump to keep the faith when it comes to fighting back against hostile cyber actors from China, Iran and Russia

• November 25, 2024 25 Nov'24

  Geopolitical strife drives increased ransomware activity

  The lines between financially motivated cyber criminals and nation state APTs are rapidly blurring, as geopolitical influences weigh heavily on the threat landscape, according to data from NCC

• November 22, 2024 22 Nov'24

  Swiss encrypted messaging service, ePost, targets one million postal users

  Swiss ePost chief Renato Stalder bets on encrypted communications as demand for letter delivery falls

• November 22, 2024 22 Nov'24

  Convictions of Post Office Capture system users to be reviewed by statutory body

  Statutory body to look at the convictions of subpostmasters who used a pre-Horizon branch accounting system

• November 22, 2024 22 Nov'24

  Government looking into third faulty Post Office IT system

  The Department for Business and Trade will look into claims that a third Post Office branch system caused unexplained shortfalls that branch workers and subpostmasters were blamed for

• November 21, 2024 21 Nov'24

  BianLian cyber gang drops encryption-based ransomware

  The Australian and American cyber authorities have published updated intelligence on the BianLian ransomware gang, which has undergone a rapid evolution in tactics

• November 21, 2024 21 Nov'24

  Microsoft slaps down Egyptian-run rent-a-phish operation

  Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has conducted a successful takedown of almost 250 malicious websites used in the cyber criminal ONNX phishing-as-a-service operation

• November 20, 2024 20 Nov'24

  Apple addresses two iPhone, Mac zero-days

  Two zero-day vulnerabilities uncovered in Apple’s operating systems could have allowed for arbitrary code execution and cross-site scripting attacks

• November 20, 2024 20 Nov'24

  Post Office to harness technology to automate scandal financial redress payments

  Technology that could speed up financial redress for subpostmasters is being worked on in-house by the Post Office

• November 20, 2024 20 Nov'24

  Post Office project taking control of Horizon data from Fujitsu as part of messy split

  The Post Office will no longer rely on Fujitsu for Horizon data past and present once cloud migration project is complete, in a major uncoupling of the 30-year relationship

• November 19, 2024 19 Nov'24

  Post Office is paying lawyers too much, admits minister

  When pushed, a government minister admits the Post Office is paying lawyers too much money in relation to the Post Office scandal

• November 19, 2024 19 Nov'24

  Subpostmasters hit by Post Office scandal plan to meet over 'nuclear option'

  Members of campaign group Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance will discuss taking legal action in their pursuit of full, fair and final financial redress

• November 19, 2024 19 Nov'24

  Post Office scandal: Inquiry’s final phase exposes dysfunction past and present

  Conclusion of the seventh and final phase of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry hearings is another landmark in a scandal that has unfolded over a quarter of a century

• November 18, 2024 18 Nov'24

  AWS widening scope of MFA programme after early success

  AWS reports strong take-up of multi-factor authentication among customers since making it compulsory for root users earlier this year, and plans to expand the scope of its IAM programme in spring 2025

• November 18, 2024 18 Nov'24

  UK consumers losing more than ever to holiday scams

  Last Christmas, UK consumers lost over £11m to cyber criminals. This year, to save them from tears, the NCSC and Action Fraud are teaming up to launch an anti-fraud campaign

• November 18, 2024 18 Nov'24

  Post Office IT boss calls for subpostmasters to judge him on his actions

  Recently installed Post Office chief transformation officer tasked with replacing controversial IT system tells Computer Weekly the organisation’s leadership understands the challenges ahead

• November 15, 2024 15 Nov'24

  Post Office to decide on Horizon before April, Fujitsu board considers final contract extension

  Chief transformation officer tells Computer Weekly about ongoing work on replacing controversial Post Office Horizon system and extending contract with Fujitsu

• November 15, 2024 15 Nov'24

  Schwarz Group partners with Google on EU sovereign cloud

  Partnership with Europe’s biggest retailer will offer client-side encryption and ensure data doesn’t leave Germany

• November 12, 2024 12 Nov'24

  Microsoft fixes 89 CVEs on penultimate Patch Tuesday of 2024

  High-profile vulns in NTLM, Windows Task Scheduler, Active Directory Certificate Services and Microsoft Exchange Server should be prioritised from November’s Patch Tuesday update

• November 12, 2024 12 Nov'24

  Zero-day exploits increasingly sought out by attackers

  Threat actors increasingly favour zero-day exploits to attack their victims before patches become available, according to the NCSC and CISA, which have just published a list of the most widely used vulnerabilities of 2023

• November 11, 2024 11 Nov'24

  Post Office scandal not caused by software errors, says combative Fujitsu boss

  During a sometimes heated appearance at the public inquiry, Fujitsu’s European boss Paul Patterson said the inquiry has shed light on who is to blame for the scandal

• November 08, 2024 08 Nov'24

  Government announces Green Paper on future of scandal-ridden Post Office

  Consultation process will enable a wide range of people to air their views on the future of the scandal-hit Post Office

• November 07, 2024 07 Nov'24

  Post Office wrongly used public funds to pay for legal battle

  Senior civil servant’s appearance at public inquiry reveals Post Office broke spending rules when it diverted money to legal battle

• November 07, 2024 07 Nov'24

  Google Cloud MFA enforcement meets with approval

  Latest Google Cloud policy to enforce multifactor authentication across its user base is welcomed by security professionals

• November 07, 2024 07 Nov'24

  AI a force multiplier for the bad guys, say cyber pros

  CIISec’s annual report on the security profession finds evidence of growing concern that artificial intelligence will ultimately prove more useful to threat actors than defenders

• November 07, 2024 07 Nov'24

  Post Office appointing third-party reviewer of current Horizon system

  According to government representative on the Post Office board, an independent reviewer of Horizon is being appointed

• November 06, 2024 06 Nov'24

  Post Office was reluctant to cut costs despite 143 central staff earning more than £100k

  Former Post Office minister told public inquiry that Post Office boss did not want to cut central costs, despite how many staff were earning more than £100k

• November 05, 2024 05 Nov'24

  Post Office data breach caused by botched website upgrade

  Data breach exposed personal details of the hundreds of former subpostmasters who had defeated the Post Office in the High Court

• November 04, 2024 04 Nov'24

  Government’s £600,000 offer to Horizon scandal victims was 'political'

  The Post Office was blindsided by the previous government’s decision to offer £600,000 to all subpostmasters wrongly convicted of financial crimes as a result of Horizon failures

• November 01, 2024 01 Nov'24

  CISA looks to global collaboration as fraught US election begins

  The US' CISA cyber agency has unveiled a two-year International Strategic Plan to advance collaboration and improve resilience against shared risks and threats

• October 31, 2024 31 Oct'24

  Post Office scandal affected relationships of two-thirds of victims

  The Post Office scandal, regarded as the UK’s widest miscarriage of justice, destroyed the financial wellbeing of former subpostmasters, took away their liberty and inflicted grief on their relationships

• October 31, 2024 31 Oct'24

  Fujitsu boss to face tough reappearance at Post Office inquiry, following inaction and sidestepping

  Fujitsu’s European boss will have to justify why promises made at the public inquiry months ago have not been followed through