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May 01, 2025
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May'25
Harrods becomes latest UK retailer to fall victim to cyber attack
Harrods confirms it has become latest UK retailer to experience a cyber attack, shutting off a number of systems in an attempt to lessen the impact.
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May 01, 2025
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May'25
Co-op instructs staff to be wary of lurking hackers
Co-op tells staff to stop using their VPNs and be wary that their communications channels may be being monitored, as a cyber attack on the organisation continues to develop.
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May 01, 2025
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May'25
Tariffs could cost Meta $8bn in extra datacentre costs
The owner of Facebook and WhatsApp has forecast an increase in CapEx due to higher IT infrastructure costs to power its AI strategy
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May 01, 2025
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May'25
Progress made on government’s Post Office Capture redress, but concerns remain
Latest meeting between campaigners and business department seen as positive, but frustration and concerns remain
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May 01, 2025
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May'25
Thomas Herdman’s legal battle over Sky ECC encrypted phone distribution set to enter fifth year
Computer Weekly speaks to Julie Kawai Herdman, daughter of Thomas Herdman, the only person in custody for distributing Sky ECC encrypted phones
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April 30, 2025
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Apr'25
Current SaaS delivery model a risk management nightmare, says CISO
JPMorgan Chase security chief Patrick Opet laments the state of SaaS security in an open letter to the industry and calls on software providers to do more to enhance resilience
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April 30, 2025
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Apr'25
Co-op shuts off IT systems to contain cyber attack
A developing cyber incident at Co-op has forced the retailer to pull the plug on some of its IT systems as it works to contain the attack
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April 30, 2025
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Apr'25
How AI can attack corporate decision-making
As AI gets embedded in corporate systems, experts warn of emerging security risks caused by influencing retrieval augmentation systems
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April 30, 2025
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Apr'25
AI in national security raises proportionality and privacy concerns
AI could enable investigations to cover far more individuals than was ever previously possible, which is why oversight is needed
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April 30, 2025
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Apr'25
FCA wants ‘safe place’ for finance firms to test artificial intelligence
Financial services regulator proposes artificial intelligence testing environment as part of its AI Lab
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April 30, 2025
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Apr'25
Artificial intelligence roles the ‘only safe jobs in banking’
World’s biggest banks have increased the number of employees working with artificial intelligence by 13% in the past six months
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April 29, 2025
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Apr'25
Scattered Spider on the hook for M&S cyber attack
The infamous Scattered Spider hacking collective may have been behind the ongoing cyber attack on Marks and Spencer that has crippled systems at the retailer and left its ecommerce operation in disarray.
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April 29, 2025
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Apr'25
Gov.uk One Login yet to meet government cyber security standards for critical public services
The government’s flagship digital identity system still does not fully conform to key national security standards three years after launch, while questions remain over whether historic security problems have been resolved
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April 29, 2025
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Apr'25
VeeamON shows Veeam on Linux, RAG from backup, and cloud features
Veeam showed a new Linux appliance, features in Veeam Backup & Replication that will see it run corporate backups as RAG data, and new cloud features that include Entra ID backup
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April 28, 2025
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Apr'25
Fujitsu UK staff will get bonus despite Post Office scandal fallout
Employees will receive bonuses as Fujitsu UK reaches sales target - suggesting that its pause on bidding for public sector business has had limited impact
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April 28, 2025
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Apr'25
Japanese researchers advance combinatorial problem solving
Some tasks cannot be solved easily on classical computers. Quantum mechanics offers one approach, but an Ising machine tackles the problem differently
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April 28, 2025
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Apr'25
HMRC predicts IR35-related £20m annual tax loss due to business size classification changes
HMRC predicts that changes made by the government to the classification criteria used to decide if businesses should be considered small or medium-sized entities will cost the Treasury £20m each year in IR35 non-compliance
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April 28, 2025
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Apr'25
Workers need more support for AI success
Artificial intelligence has the potential to boost the UK economy, but people need training and assurances that their jobs are not going to be disrupted
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April 28, 2025
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Apr'25
Pharma leaders see AI revolutionising medicine
Pharmaceutical industry experts at Gitex Asia 2025 discuss how AI is revolutionising drug discovery, from accelerating clinical trials and diagnosing rare diseases to validating traditional medicines
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April 25, 2025
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Apr'25
UK MoJ crime prediction algorithms raise serious concerns
The Ministry of Justice is using one algorithm to predict people’s risk of reoffending and another to predict who will commit murder, but critics say the profiling in these systems raises ‘serious concerns’ over racism, classism and data inaccuracies
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April 25, 2025
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Apr'25
M&S suspends all online sales as cyber attack worsens
M&S shuts down online sales as it works to contain and mitigate a severe cyber attack on its systems
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April 24, 2025
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Apr'25
Saudi Arabia to be global kingpin of AI grunt work for US leader Groq
Saudi Arabia is positioning itself to take on huge volumes of the grunt work required by the artificial intelligence sector
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April 24, 2025
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Apr'25
M&S systems remain offline days after cyber incident
M&S is still unable to provide contactless payment or click-and-collect services amid a cyber attack that it says has forced it to move a number of processes offline to safeguard its customers, staff and business
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April 24, 2025
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Apr'25
VMware patches put spotlight on support
Recent security updates in VMware products have highlighted the challenge IT decision-makers face as they navigate Broadcom licensing changes
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April 24, 2025
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Apr'25
Data breach class action costs mount up
Organisations exposed to the US market paid out over $150m in class action settlements in just six months. Security leaders must do more to address cyber gaps, respond better to incidents and demonstrate compliance
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April 24, 2025
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Apr'25
South East Water modernises through Google Cloud
Utility’s five-year transformation project sees it adopt Google Cloud technologies to help change how it works
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April 24, 2025
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Apr'25
ASEAN telcos going beyond the 5G hype
Telcos from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia are moving beyond the 5G hype as they focus on driving enterprise 5G and AI adoption to drive value for customers
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April 24, 2025
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Apr'25
Interview: Daniele Tonella, CTO, ING
The bank’s global CTO has been in the role for less than a year and in that time has been working his way through four layers of tech
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April 24, 2025
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Apr'25
March ransomware slowdown probably a red herring
An apparent slowdown in ransomware attack volumes is raising eyebrows, but the statistics never tell the full story
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April 23, 2025
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Apr'25
Financially motivated cyber crime remains biggest threat source
Mandiant’s latest annual threat report reveals data on how financially motivated cyber criminals, such as ransomware gangs, dominate the cyber security landscape
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April 23, 2025
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Apr'25
Amid uncertainty, Armis becomes newest CVE numbering authority
Amid an uncertain future for vulnerability research, exposure management company Armis has been given the authority to assign CVE IDs to newly discovered vulnerabilities
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April 23, 2025
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Apr'25
Qualys goes to bat for US cricket side San Francisco Unicorns
Cloud security specialist Qualys partners with US T20 cricket squad San Francisco Unicorns and its Sparkle Army fanclub as the team prepares for its summer 2025 campaign
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April 23, 2025
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Apr'25
Digital ID sector calls for changes to government data legislation
Suppliers urge technology secretary to work more collaboratively with private sector over concerns government’s digital wallet will gain a monopoly in the market
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April 22, 2025
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Apr'25
Cyber attack downs systems at Marks & Spencer
A cyber attack at Marks & Spencer has caused significant disruption to customers, leaving them unable to make contactless payments or use click-and-collect services
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April 22, 2025
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Apr'25
Virgin Media O2 cuts carbon emissions 56% against its 2020 baseline
Virgin Media O2 reveals that it is on track to achieve net zero across its operations, products and supply chain by the end of 2040, 10 years ahead of UK’s net-zero goal
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April 22, 2025
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Apr'25
Cyber ‘agony aunts’ launch guidebook for women in security
Cyber ‘agony aunts’ Amelia Hewitt and Rebecca Taylor are launching a book aimed at empowering women in their cyber security careers
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April 22, 2025
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Apr'25
Secure Future Initiative reveals Microsoft staff focus
IT security is now a metric in the Microsoft employee appraisal process
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April 22, 2025
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Apr'25
Ofcom bans leasing of Global Titles to crackdown on spoofing
Telco regulator Ofcom is cracking down on a loophole being exploited by cyber criminals to access sensitive mobile data
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April 22, 2025
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Apr'25
Government tests experimental AI for housing
The AI tool will be used to turn handwritten notes and scanned documents into high-quality data, aiming to improve efficiency in planning decisions for housing
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April 22, 2025
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Apr'25
AI-powered APIs proving highly vulnerable to attack
The growth of AI is proving a double-edged sword for API security, presenting opportunities for defenders to enhance their resilience, but also more risks from AI-powered attacks, according to report
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April 21, 2025
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Apr'25
Top APAC firms recognised at innovation awards
Citic Telecom, CapitaLand Investment and DBS Bank were among the region’s top industry innovators recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2025
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April 21, 2025
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Apr'25
CW Innovation Awards: Finding revenue gains from parked cars
Singapore real estate investment firm CapitaLand Investment taps machine learning models to optimise space utilisation across 23 commercial buildings and business parks
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April 21, 2025
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Apr'25
CW Innovation Awards: M1 aims to become digital-native telco
The digital-first telco is running all its back-end systems on the cloud, enabling it to speed up decision-making and enhance customer service
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April 21, 2025
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Apr'25
CW Innovation Awards: Transforming cyber security with AI
Facing rising cyber threats and a shortage of experts, Citic Telecom International CPC developed an AI-powered penetration testing tool to automate security audits and reduce costs
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April 21, 2025
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Apr'25
CW Innovation Awards: DBS AI assistant slashes call times and boosts productivity
The bank’s in-house generative AI tool is streamlining customer service, reducing manual work and speeding up response times, improving both employee and customer experience
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April 17, 2025
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Apr'25
Tariff turmoil is making supply chain security riskier
Many businesses around the world are taking the decision to alter their supplier mix in the face of tariff uncertainty, but in doing so are creating more cyber risks for themselves, according to a report
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April 17, 2025
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Apr'25
UK class action sets stage for Google showdown
Another class action has been filed against search engine giant Google for anti-competitive practices that negatively affect small businesses
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April 17, 2025
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Apr'25
Standard Chartered grounds AI ambitions in data governance
The bank’s group chief data officer, Mohammed Rahim, outlines how the bank is modernising its data infrastructure and governance practices to support its AI initiatives
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April 16, 2025
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Apr'25
Footballers object to processing of performance data
Football players are seeking to gain more control of their performance data through ‘stop processing’ requests, in an attempt to strike a better balance between firms’ commercial interests and the data rights of footballers
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April 16, 2025
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Apr'25
CISA extends Mitre CVE contract at last moment
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has ridden to the rescue of the under-threat Mitre CVE Programme, approving a last-minute, 11-month contract extension to preserve the project’s vital security vulnerability work