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January 30, 2026 30 Jan'26
Home Office announces sweeping police technology plans

The Home Office plans to ramp up its deployment of artificial intelligence and facial-recognition technologies under wide-ranging reforms to UK policing
January 30, 2026 30 Jan'26
Ex-directors of firm linked to Satoshi Nakamoto imposter sue over whistleblowing retaliation claims

Two former directors of London tech company nChain, associated with a computer scientist who falsely claimed to be bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, have told an employment tribunal they were dismissed in retaliation for whistleblowing
January 29, 2026 29 Jan'26
RAMP ransomware forum goes dark in probable FBI sting

RAMP, an infamous Russian-speaking cyber crime forum, has gone off the air after an apparent US operation
January 29, 2026 29 Jan'26
Metropolitan Police needs effective constraints on live facial recognition use, court hears

The Metropolitan Police has defended its use of live facial recognition against a legal challenge that claims there are no effective constraints on where it can deploy the technology

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 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
Saudi Arabia ordered to pay £3m to UK dissident targeted with Pegasus spyware

A court has found that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia subjected a London-based human rights activist to abuse and physical violence after infecting his phone with Pegasus spyware
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 27, 2026 27 Jan'26
Three-quarters of UK IT teams beset by outages due to missing alerts

Splunk finds 75% of UK IT teams had outages from missed alerts in 2025, driven by alert fatigue and tool sprawl. Collaboration between cyber and observability teams can help

January 27, 2026 27 Jan'26
Landmark legal challenge against police facial recognition begins

The High Court will examine whether the Metropolitan Police is acting lawfully with its deployments of live facial recognition, in the UK’s first judicial review of how the technology is being used
January 23, 2026 23 Jan'26
US punts renewal of threat data sharing law to September

US lawmakers have extended the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 for another nine months, buying time to enact a replacement for the legislation.
January 23, 2026 23 Jan'26
Ransomware, reputation, risk: Black Hat Europe in review, 2026 in view

Black Hat Europe made clear that cyber security can no longer be separated from politics, economics and behaviour, as ransomware, AI and long-standing security failures combine
January 23, 2026 23 Jan'26
Singapore debuts world’s first governance framework for agentic AI

The Infocomm Media Development Authority has released a guide to help enterprises deploy artificial intelligence agents safely and address specific risks such as unauthorised actions and automation bias
January 22, 2026 22 Jan'26
JPMorgan CEO urges slowdown of AI roll-out to ‘save society’

The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence will prompt ‘civil unrest’ if governments and companies fail to protect workers from its displacing effects, says JPMorgan boss
January 22, 2026 22 Jan'26
Sportswear firm Under Armour falls victim to data breach

Details of over 70 million customers of US sportswear giant Under Armour were leaked following a supposed ransomware attack by the Everest gang
January 22, 2026 22 Jan'26
UK government begins trials of digital driving licence

The digital version of the physical driving licence will be made available through an app-based digital wallet, with testing underway before wider roll-out later this year
January 21, 2026 21 Jan'26
UK and China reach out across cyber no-man's land

London and Beijing have supposedly conducted high-level talks seeking to establish a joint security forum to help de-escalate potential cyber flashpoints, according to reports
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
Met claims success for permanent facial recognition in Croydon

Met Police boasts that its permanent deployment of live facial recognition cameras in Croydon has led to more than 100 arrests and prompted a double-digit reduction in local crime, ahead of an upcoming judicial review assessing the technology’s ...
January 19, 2026 19 Jan'26
UK copyright law unfit for protecting creative workers from AI

As the UK government considers its approach to artificial intelligence and copyright, Computer Weekly explores the dynamics at play in copyright markets, and what measures can be taken to ensure that creatives are protected
January 16, 2026 16 Jan'26
NSA urges continuous checks to achieve zero trust

The agency leading the US government’s cryptology and cyber security strategies has published its latest zero-trust guidance
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 15, 2026 15 Jan'26
Zoho opens its first UAE datacentres to boost cloud adoption

New Dubai and Abu Dhabi facilities support data sovereignty, providing CIOs with local access to more than 100 Zoho and ManageEngine cloud services
January 14, 2026 14 Jan'26
Texas judge throws out second lawsuit over CrowdStrike outage

A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by CrowdStrike shareholders over the July 2024 outage that caused widespread disruption around the world
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 14, 2026 14 Jan'26
Nozomi Networks opens APAC headquarters in Singapore

Industrial cyber security firm Nozomi Networks has opened its Singapore headquarters, doubling its regional headcount, and pledging to remain vendor agnostic while targeting the manufacturing and utility sectors
January 14, 2026 14 Jan'26
UK government backtracks on plans for mandatory digital ID

The proposed national digital identity app will no longer be compulsory for conducting right-to-work checks, removing the most contentious and widely criticised element of the scheme
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 13, 2026 13 Jan'26
How one IT chief shifted the needle on a reactive IT strategy

In spite of headlines that suggest every business should be ploughing vast sums of money into tech innovation, the reality remains that IT plays a supporting role for most firms
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 12, 2026 12 Jan'26
Ofcom begins investigation of explicit image generation on Grok

Elon Musk’s Grok image generator, from parent company X, is being investigated by the UK regulator under the Online Safety Act
January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26
Intersec Dubai highlights why AI has become critical in the race against cyber attackers

Cigna Healthcare’s Jean Wiles warns that healthcare security teams must act faster without sacrificing accuracy or compliance as threats driven by artificial intelligence scale
January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26
Singapore and Japan team up on quantum computing

The two countries will work together to bridge the gap between quantum research and real-world commercialisation, marking Singapore’s first government-to-government pact dedicated to the technology
January 11, 2026 11 Jan'26
UAE’s VentureOne to deploy secure autonomy technologies in Europe through Unikie and Solita partners

Partnerships with Finland’s Unikie and Solita will bring UAE-developed secure autonomy technologies to critical infrastructure, public safety and AI-enabled operations across Northern Europe
January 09, 2026 09 Jan'26
Agentic AI requires rethink of cloud security strategy

Security leaders discuss the rise of agentic AI, warning that autonomous agents operating at machine speed will require organisations to move away from static protection towards behavioural monitoring and automated reasoning
January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26
Personal data of thousands stolen in attack on London councils

The West London council at the centre of a major cyber incident has now started the process of informing residents that their personal data was compromised in the attack
January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26
Campaigners urge UK to develop digital sovereignty strategy

UK digital rights campaigners have urged UK parliamentarians to implement a digital sovereignty strategy as part of the forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to reduce reliance on technology subject to foreign interference
January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26
What will happen with Starmer’s digital ID scheme in 2026?

Last year, the UK government announced ambitious plans for a national digital identity scheme, but will 2026 lead to more disenchantment or new excitement?
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 08, 2026 08 Jan'26
Labour MP Josh Simons to lead digital ID scheme

Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary Josh Simons to become digital ID minister as government prepares to launch public consultation on the scheme
January 07, 2026 07 Jan'26
Home Office digital-only eVisa system could be ruled unlawful

The Home Office is facing a judicial review over refusing to allow alternative proof of immigration status outside of the electronic visa system, despite data quality and integrity issues plaguing the system
January 06, 2026 06 Jan'26
Privacy will be under unprecedented attack in 2026

The UK and Europe are ramping up opposition to encryption and stepping up surveillance of private communications. Here is what to expect this year
January 06, 2026 06 Jan'26
Fujitsu Post Office IT support team were ‘legalised hackers’

Backdoors meant it was possible for Fujitsu staff to steal money from Post Office branches, says former Fujitsu tech worker
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 31, 2025 31 Dec'25
Top 10 police technology stories of 2025

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2025
December 31, 2025 31 Dec'25
Top 10 surveillance, journalism and encryption stories of 2025

A transatlantic row between the UK and the Trump administration erupted after the UK attempted to force Apple to break its advanced encryption. That was just one of a series of stories reporting on the tension between state surveillance and privacy ...
December 30, 2025 30 Dec'25
Top 10 technology ethics stories of 2025

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 tech ethics stories of 2025