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• December 08, 2025 08 Dec'25

  How police live facial recognition subtly reconfigures suspicion

  A growing body of research suggests that the use of live facial recognition is reshaping police perceptions of suspicion in ways that undermine supposed human-in-the-loop protections

• December 05, 2025 05 Dec'25

  Cloudflare fixes second outage in a month

  A change to web application firewall policies at Cloudflare caused problems across the internet less than three weeks after another major outage at the service, but no cyber attack is suspected

• December 04, 2025 04 Dec'25

  Constrained budgets left security teams short-handed in 2025

  With 2024 seeing surges in security funding cuts, lay-offs and hiring freezes, 2025 brought some relief for cyber pros, but constrained budgets are leaving security teams short-staffed

• December 04, 2025 04 Dec'25

  Home Office launches police facial recognition consultation

  The Home Office has formally opened a 10-week consultation on a legal framework for police use of facial recognition technologies, and will consider extending any new rules to police deployments of other biometric and inferential technologies

• December 04, 2025 04 Dec'25

  UK Space Agency pumps £17m into tech projects

  The agency is funding 17 different projects through its National Space Innovation Programme, including the design of an AI-powered satellite radar

• December 04, 2025 04 Dec'25

  Fujitsu police contract ‘complicates’ Post Office investigation

  National Police investigation into Post Office scandal uses IT infrastructure provided by Fujitsu

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  NCSC and BT block a billion dangerous clicks

  A protective service jointly developed by the NCSC and BT has disrupted over a billion potential cyber incidents by stopping members of the public from clicking through to dangerous websites

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  Post Office avoids £1m fine over botched website upgrade data breach

  The Information Commissioner’s Office considered fining the Post Office £1m for a 2024 data breach that let subpostmasters down again

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  Post Office finally investigates Horizon defect, but investigator slams comms strategy

  Subpostmaster and investigator met the Post Office over Horizon defect raised six years earlier

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  Black Hat MEA: Saudi Vision 2030 fuels surge in cyber security innovation

  Global cyber firms are racing to support the Kingdom’s mega-projects, but building trusted partnerships remains key, says Exabeam CEO Pete Harteveld

• December 02, 2025 02 Dec'25

  Post Office scandal could widen to thousands more branches after third system appeal

  Post Office scandal campaigner reveals she had her suspicions over a third Post Office system, as review of convictions based on APS/APT looks likely to bring thousands more subpostmasters into scope

• December 02, 2025 02 Dec'25

  Former Post Office legal boss won’t escape police reach

  Police say they will question those who evaded the public inquiry, naming former Post Office legal boss Jane MacLeod as an example

• December 01, 2025 01 Dec'25

  Google Cloud withdraws complaint with European Commission over Microsoft’s cloud licensing tactics

  More than a year has passed since Google filed a complaint with the European Commission, outlining its concerns over Microsoft’s licensing tactics, and now the internet search giant has withdrawn it

• November 28, 2025 28 Nov'25

  CCRC refers case based on third faulty Post Office system

  The latest Post Office prosecution to be sent to the Court of Appeal involves a third IT system in a 2001 case, after previous referrals for people convicted due to flaws in Horizon and Capture software

• November 28, 2025 28 Nov'25

  Budget 2025: Extra NHS IT cash welcome, but plan lacks clarity

  Industry and healthcare leaders are concerned that NHS tech funding is too focused on already approved platforms, fails to tackle core issues and lacks a clear delivery plan

• November 28, 2025 28 Nov'25

  UK government commits to Loan Charge settlement reforms in wake of independent review into policy

  The UK government has agreed to follow through on recommendations made by an independent review of how to resolve the Loan Charge that could wipe thousands of pounds off tax bills for those affected

• November 27, 2025 27 Nov'25

  SAP selects Tata Consultancy Services to transform its IT operations

  Software firm agrees five-year IT transformation project with Indian outsourcing giant, taking relationship up to 20 years

• November 26, 2025 26 Nov'25

  US breach reinforces need to plug third-party security weaknesses

  Cyber breach at US financial sector tech provider highlights the risk of third-party vulnerabilities in finance ecosystems

• November 25, 2025 25 Nov'25

  Big tech backers put Nordic AI bid into perspective

  Nordic countries declare plan to become world leaders in artificial intelligence by joining forces

• November 21, 2025 21 Nov'25

  UK digital ID scheme cash will come from existing funds

  UK Parliamentary committee hearing reveals there will be no permanent government chief digital officer going forward, and digital ID scheme will be funded by existing budgets

• November 21, 2025 21 Nov'25

  Subpostmaster was told no jury would believe Post Office had ‘dodgy computer’

  Academic research says the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters casts doubt on ‘golden thread’ of British justice, that people are innocent until proven guilty

• November 20, 2025 20 Nov'25

  Fujitsu milks £110m from HMRC in six months with hardly a public stir

  IT giant Fujitsu pockets £110m from deals with HMRC in six months since the end of March this year

• November 20, 2025 20 Nov'25

  Finland uses tax reform to attract foreign tech investment

  Finland is attempting to attract more foreign technology investment through lower corporate tax

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  Cloudflare contrite after worst outage since 2019

  Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince apologises for the firm’s worst outage in years and shares details of how a change to database system permissions caused a cascading effect that brought down some of the web’s biggest names

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  Artificial intelligence helps Klarna double revenues with half the staff

  Swedish fintech has gradually replaced half of its staff with artificial intelligence and doubled its revenues

• November 18, 2025 18 Nov'25

  Cloudflare outage disrupts public web services

  An outage at web traffic management specialist Cloudflare has caused disruption across the internet

• November 17, 2025 17 Nov'25

  UK investment bank IT outages cost £600k an hour

  Survey respondents say there are barriers to resilience for UK investment banks, including a skills shortage and internal resistance

• November 13, 2025 13 Nov'25

  Two-thirds of finance firms use suppliers for AI agent development

  Survey finds more banks and insurers are working with suppliers rather than going it alone when developing artificial intelligence agents

• November 13, 2025 13 Nov'25

  Post Office contract with Fujitsu has option to extend into 2028

  Extension agreement for controversial Horizon contract with Fujitsu has option that could take the relationship well into 2028

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme

  The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for people across the bloc

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  US cyber intel sharing law set for temporary extension

  The CISA 2015 cyber intelligence sharing law, which lapsed just over a month ago amid a wider shutdown, will receive a temporary lease of life should attempts to reopen the federal government succeed

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  Microsoft users warned over privilege elevation flaw

  An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Kernel tops the list of issues to address in the latest monthly Patch Tuesday update

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  IT services companies and datacentres face regulation as cyber security bill reaches Parliament

  The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will require large IT services companies, including datacentres, to report security incidents within 24 hours

• November 11, 2025 11 Nov'25

  National Highways to get more out of its data through single platform

  Government-owned organisation National Highways will get more out of its data through extended working with IT service provider

• November 10, 2025 10 Nov'25

  Post Office extends controversial Fujitsu contract in £41m deal

  The Post Office’s controversial Horizon contract with Fujitsu will run until at least March 2027

• November 10, 2025 10 Nov'25

  UK’s ‘deregulatory’ AI approach won’t protect human rights

  Expert witnesses called before Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights have told MPs and Lords that the UK’s current approach to artificial intelligence regulation will fail to effectively protect people’s rights

• November 07, 2025 07 Nov'25

  Industry calls for clarity on government digital ID plans

  The digital identity industry asks UK government for transparency on its digital identity scheme and proposes a formal collaboration agreement

• November 06, 2025 06 Nov'25

  Government considers physical ID cards

  Physical ID cards may become available to those who don’t have access to technology when the government introduces its mandatory digital ID scheme

• November 06, 2025 06 Nov'25

  Microsoft strengthens UAE’s AI ambitions with launch of Elevate programme

  With the launch of Microsoft Elevate UAE, the tech giant deepens its commitment to artificial intelligence skilling, infrastructure and innovation across education, government and startups

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  US indicts three cyber pros who moonlit for ransomware gang

  US prosecutors indict three men who allegedly attacked multiple victims with ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware while working as professional cyber incident responders

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  Government to broaden ‘narrow’ computing curriculum

  Planned changes to the computer science curriculum announced following independent review recommendations

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  From ambition to action: How the Gulf is turning responsible AI into a global reality

  The Middle East is rapidly advancing in artificial intelligence and digital transformation, driven by strong government strategies. Success in the region requires trust, cultural awareness and alignment with local regulations

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  SAP TechEd 2025: Make AI real, grind in data

  SAP TechEd in Berlin put an accent on building agentic and generative AI systems to create real business outcomes, beyond what its executives say is excessive hype

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  Bugcrowd brings Mayhem AI to bear on ethical hacking community

  Bugcrowd acquires scaleup Mayhem Security to enhance the ingenuity of its human hackers with AI-backed software testing capabilities

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  The Security Interviews: Colin Mahony, CEO, Recorded Future

  Recorded Future’s CEO talks threat intelligence, AI in cyber security and the ever-changing cyber threat landscape

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  Nordic investors drive investment in region’s defence sector

  Slush Startup in Helsinki will feature dual-use, defence and security events that bring suppliers together

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  UAE Sovereign Launchpad begins nationwide roll-out with support from e& and AWS

  The cloud infrastructure platform aims to strengthen digital resilience and regulatory compliance across government and regulated sectors in the United Arab Emirates

• October 31, 2025 31 Oct'25

  Cyber agencies co-sign Exchange Server security guide

  US and allied cyber agencies team up to try to nudge users to pay more attention to securing Microsoft Exchange Server

• October 30, 2025 30 Oct'25

  Post Office scandal investigator warns public inquiry about Horizon defect at large for years

  Forensic investigator who helped expose Horizon scandal described defect ‘sufficiently serious’ to inform public inquiry

• October 30, 2025 30 Oct'25

  US senators seek to prohibit minors from using AI chatbots

  Two US senators have proposed legislation that would require AI chatbot companies to verify the ages of people using their chatbots, in attempt to limit their harmful effects on children