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June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26
Civil society: Police facial recognition must be strictly limited

Digital rights groups map out ‘minimum, necessary’ human rights protections to be included in UK government’s upcoming legal framework for police facial recognition
June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26
Chilling effects of surveillance threaten democracy, UN finds

United Nations study finds the chilling effects of pervasive digital surveillance in modern life undermines an entire web of interconnected and interdependent human rights, representing a systemic threat to democratic norms and political ...
June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26
US suspension of Anthropic models prompts AI sovereignty calls

The US government’s control order to suspend access to Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models raises concerns about the UK’s over-reliance on American tech
June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26
Gulf CIOs shift focus from recovery to cyber resilience as regional threats intensify

Commvault’s Yahya Kassab says organisations across the Gulf are reassessing recovery strategies, AI risks and cloud investments amid growing cyber threats

June 18, 2026 18 Jun'26
OpenAI deepens Japan footprint with Hitachi deal

Hitachi will use OpenAI’s Codex agent to unpick ageing mission-critical systems and gain early access to its frontier AI models in a slew of high-profile Japanese partnerships for the US AI lab
June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26
NPL to run world’s first quantum standards network

National Quantum Standards Network will be overseen by the UK’s National Physical Laboratory, with the aim of establishing the rules of the road for quantum computing and accelerating British innovation
June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26
2026 World Cup billed as ‘largest entertainment attack surface in history’

With the tournament underway across North America, Palo Alto Networks warns that temporary supplier ecosystems, vulnerable municipal infrastructure and geopolitical tensions are creating risks for enterprises and fans
June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
Scottish minister clarifies police facial-recognition approach

The Scottish government has confirmed its intention to ensure police use of facial recognition is lawful before deployments start taking place, unlike in England and Wales where the technology has been rolled out in a ‘legal vacuum’ without any ...
June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
MPs call for UK government to back sovereign IT

Amendment to the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill calls for the government to publish a ‘digital sovereignty strategy’ to promote domestic technology
June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26
UK data regulator slammed over lack of action on complaints

The UK data regulator is being threatened with legal action after it was accused of ‘ignoring’ thousands of data protection complaints, with critics describing its new approach to complaint triage and investigation as akin to a ‘digital bin’ for the...

June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26
Labour MP Jess Asato launches legal action over Grok deepfakes

After xAI’s Grok chatbot was used to create sexualised images and videos of her, Labour MP Jess Asato is taking legal action against the company in a bid to hold the firm accountable for the harms associated with its design choices
June 12, 2026 12 Jun'26
Strict sovereign AI policies could cost APAC economies billions

Oxford Economics report reveals that pursuing total AI self-sufficiency will lead to economic trade-offs, delayed enterprise adoption and higher carbon footprints across the Asia-Pacific region
June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26
Established enterprise patching models dead in the water, says report

Vulnerability discovery and exploitation was surging dramatically even before Anthropic decided to unleash its frontier Mythos model. As such, an Action1 report finds old approaches to patching are no longer fit for purpose
June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26
Cyber resilience and female leadership: The new pillars of Middle East banking security

As banks accelerate digital services, open banking strategies and AI adoption, cyber security leaders across the region are calling for stronger resilience, ecosystem collaboration and greater female representation to secure the future of financial ...
June 11, 2026 11 Jun'26
Google Cloud unpacks governance challenges of AI agents

With AI agents poised to act as digital co-workers, Google Cloud’s Michael Gerstenhaber argues that IT leaders must rethink identity management, security and observability to build trust in the technology
June 10, 2026 10 Jun'26
The politicisation of Silicon Valley

Former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg speaks about his tenure at Meta and how the tech giants have turned to Maga
June 09, 2026 09 Jun'26
Microsoft smashes record for biggest ever Patch Tuesday update

Microsoft has obliterated the record for the largest ever Patch Tuesday drop, with its June 2026 update addressing approximately 200 flaws and three zero-days
June 08, 2026 08 Jun'26
Gulf enterprises face the resilience gap ransomware is exposing

Ransomware pressure and stricter resilience expectations are exposing a gap that Gulf enterprises have not fully confronted
June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26
Subpostmaster federation hit by ransomware attack

National Federation of Subpostmasters suffered a ransomware attack in April after hackers exploited a bug in the web hosting software it uses
June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26
Data dive: Mapping the UK public sector’s hyperscale dependence

UK government and local authorities have built critical infrastructure amid a web of US hyperscaler cloud and other providers, which brings risks of exposure to a narrow set of non-UK suppliers
June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26
Scottish residents granted permission for group action against Capita

People of Scotland given the go-ahead on group proceedings regarding the 2023 Capita cyber breach, in which the personal information of millions of people was stolen from Capita systems after a major cyber attack
May 27, 2026 27 May'26
StarHub to trial SIM-based IDs for governing AI agents

The telco is building a trust layer that will assign unique identities to AI agents, allowing it to monitor and block malicious agentic activity in real time
May 27, 2026 27 May'26
Scottish social enterprise supports national cyber efforts

Cyber and Fraud Centre has supported community cyber resilience in Scotland to the tune of £3m in its first year operating as a social enterprise
May 27, 2026 27 May'26
The Gentlemen emerging as key ransomware player

An emerging ransomware crew known as The Gentlemen is becoming a force to be reckoned with, according to NCC’s latest monthly threat data
May 25, 2026 25 May'26
AI safety cannot wait for a ‘Chernobyl moment’, experts warn

As AI becomes increasingly capable, tech leaders at Singapore’s ATxSummit urge governments and industry to build safety and accountability into AI systems before a major disaster strikes
May 22, 2026 22 May'26
Google AI engineer claims dismissal for opposing tech sales to Israel

‘Our work on AI was sold to facilitate genocide’: Artificial intelligence engineer claims Google unfairly sacked them for internally criticising the company’s decision to continue supplying technology to the Israeli military, despite credible claims...
May 20, 2026 20 May'26
Bulgaria fires up Google Cloud for national cyber security

The Bulgarian national systems integrator, BIS, has deployed Google Cloud’s Cybershield government security service as part of a national federated SOC deployment
May 20, 2026 20 May'26
Avoid expensive AI agents with these five design imperatives

Dell Technologies’ chief operating officer Jeff Clarke offers a blueprint for the AI-native enterprise, warning that failing to integrate data and control tokenomics will result in high cloud bills and fragmented tools
May 19, 2026 19 May'26
As AI costs spiral, Dell pitches return to on-premise datacentres

With agentic AI driving up public cloud consumption, Dell Technologies is pitching local and hybrid infrastructure to shield enterprises from soaring token costs
May 19, 2026 19 May'26
Home Office sitting on data about scale of eVisa errors

The Home Office holds data on the scale of errors and software issues with its electronic visa system, but is yet to release the information
May 18, 2026 18 May'26
How geopolitical instability could reshape Gulf datacentre investments and sovereign AI strategies

Rising tensions are forcing hyperscalers, governments and investors to reassess risk, resilience and infrastructure strategies as the Gulf positions itself as a global AI powerhouse
May 14, 2026 14 May'26
UAE Cyber Security Council and Dell launch cyber security centre to strengthen digital resilience

Abu Dhabi initiative supports the UAE’s sovereign cyber strategy with AI-driven security, advanced skills development and accelerated local innovation
May 14, 2026 14 May'26
BlackBerry doubles down on secure communications

Having sold its Cylance endpoint security portfolio to Arctic Wolf, the former smartphone pioneer is doubling down on military-grade encryption and post-quantum cryptography to shield critical infrastructure from AI-driven threats
May 13, 2026 13 May'26
AI threats push Middle East CISOs towards identity-first security

Deepfakes and shadow AI have rendered the traditional security playbook obsolete, prompting cyber leaders to shift towards resilience-first defences
May 12, 2026 12 May'26
Microsoft releases rare zero-day free Patch Tuesday update

No zero-day flaws were addressed in May’s Patch Tuesday update but as usual there is much for admins to chew over in the coming days
May 12, 2026 12 May'26
UAE launches sovereign AI-driven Cyber Factory security initiative

UAE Cyber Security Council and CPX unveil national cyber manufacturing initiative aimed at strengthening digital sovereignty, AI-powered defence and critical infrastructure resilience
May 11, 2026 11 May'26
UK government renews calls to sign Cyber Resilience Pledge

Westminster renews calls for business leaders to sign up to its yet-to-be-launched Cyber Resilience Pledge, and highlights growth, and challenges, for the UK’s cyber economy
May 11, 2026 11 May'26
ServiceNow Knowledge 2026: FedEx digital chief unpacks agentic AI’s potential

Speaking to Computer Weekly at ServiceNow Knowledge 2026, Vishal Talwar, FedEx’s executive vice-president and CDIO, lays out the company’s mission to scale artificial intelligence responsibly
May 11, 2026 11 May'26
The Netherlands leads in quantum technology but lags on quantum security

The Dutch government has invested €615m to build a world-class quantum technology ecosystem, but many institutions have not started any quantum-specific preparations to protect themselves against the security threat
May 08, 2026 08 May'26
ESET: Don’t fear the ‘AI Terminator’, but prepare for agent risks

While fully autonomous hacking bots remain a distant reality, an ESET expert warns that AI is quietly supercharging phishing schemes and creating new vulnerabilities inside organisations
May 06, 2026 06 May'26
Police wrongly identified solicitor Fahad Ansari as Hamas member during Schedule 7 phone seizure

A police officer wrongly described a solicitor acting for Hamas in an appeal against its proscribed status in the UK as a Hamas member during Schedule 7 phone seizure
May 06, 2026 06 May'26
UK High Court dismisses facial-recognition judicial review case

The Metropolitan Police has won a judicial review case that argued its live facial-recognition policy was unlawful
May 06, 2026 06 May'26
Cloud and data sovereignty caught in a paradox

We asked the hyperscalers how they would respond to US court-ordered eavesdropping on foreign citizen data – and got responses that highlight a paradoxical situation
May 05, 2026 05 May'26
CSA: Take AI cyber threats to the boardroom

Current cyber risk assumptions may no longer be valid given the speed of advanced AI, warns the chief executive of Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency
May 04, 2026 04 May'26
UK’s NCSC warns of ‘wave of patches’

Vulnerability discovery and mitigation continues to exercise the top minds at Britain’s NCSC as cyber experts continue to debate the impact of frontier AI models such as Mythos
May 01, 2026 01 May'26
Cyber experts take an optimistic view of AI-powered hacking

During the annual CETaS showcase in London, experts discussed the potential cyber risk of tools such as Claude Mythos
April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26
Almost half of UK businesses hit by cyber attacks

The government’s annual cyber security report reveals UK businesses are still struggling with the impact of attacks and breaches
April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26
AI is widening the asymmetry between attackers and defenders

As threat actors leverage AI to launch attacks at machine speed, cyber defenders must adopt an assumed breach mindset and prioritise breach containment
April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26
WhatsApp’s encryption protects servers but leaves users exposed to client-side attacks

The use of encryption helps to secure WhatsApp’s infrastructure, but researchers at Black Hat Asia warn platform’s architecture is driving hackers to target user devices directly
April 28, 2026 28 Apr'26
Vect ransomware actually destructive wiper malware

Analysis of a form of ransomware called Vect has uncovered a serious flaw that breaks its core functionality and turns it from a locker to a wiper