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October 13, 2025
13
Oct'25
UK police to upgrade illicit asset recovery system
A new system is being developed by the Police Digital Service and NEC Software Solutions to help manage the recovery of criminal assets, replacing 20-year-old legacy infrastructure
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October 09, 2025
09
Oct'25
Warlock ransomware may be linked to Chinese state
The operators of Warlock ransomware who exploited a set of SharePoint Server vulnerabilities earlier this year likely have some kind of link to the Chinese government, researchers claim
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October 08, 2025
08
Oct'25
Teens arrested over Kido nursery hack
London’s Met Police arrested two teenage boys in Hertfordshire on suspicion of involvement in the recent Kido nursery hack that saw the personal data of infants stolen and leaked
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October 08, 2025
08
Oct'25
Qilin gang claims cyber attack on Japanese brewing giant
The Qilin ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that has halted brewing at Asahi Group Holdings, causing Japanese retailers to run low on beer
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October 08, 2025
08
Oct'25
Fujitsu boss said Post Office inquiry report wasn’t ‘that bad’, despite link to suicides
Computer Weekly reveals callous comments made by a senior Fujitsu executive about Post Office scandal inquiry report
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October 07, 2025
07
Oct'25
Alert over Medusa ransomware attacks targeting Fortra MFT
Microsoft warns it is seeing potential mass exploitation of a Fortra GoAnywhere vulnerability by a threat actor linked to the Medusa ransomware-as-a-service operation.
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October 07, 2025
07
Oct'25
The Security Interviews: David Bradbury, CSO, Okta
Okta’s chief security officer talks security by default and explains why he thinks time is running out for the shared responsibility model
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October 06, 2025
06
Oct'25
Oracle patches E-Business suite targeted by Cl0p ransomware
Oracle pushes a patch for a dangerous zero-day under active exploitation by one of the most notorious ransomware gangs around
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October 06, 2025
06
Oct'25
Police facial recognition trials show little evidence of benefits
In-the-wild testing of police facial recognition systems has failed to generate clear evidence of the technology’s benefits, or to assess the full range of socio-technical impacts
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October 06, 2025
06
Oct'25
Data sovereignty demand pushes Herabit to get S3 storage
Italian service provider gets Cubbit DS3 distributed S3 storage to provide up to 2PB of cloud services to customers demanding data sovereignty, while cutting costs by up to 50%
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October 06, 2025
06
Oct'25
SAP: AI is commoditising business applications
Business applications are at risk of being commoditised with artificial intelligence increasingly becoming the new interface that lets businesses execute tasks across different systems, according to a senior SAP leader
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October 06, 2025
06
Oct'25
UK government to consult on police live facial recognition use
The UK’s policing minister has confirmed the government will consult on the use of live facial recognition by law enforcement before expanding its use throughout England, but so far, the technology has been deployed with minimal public debate or ...
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October 02, 2025
02
Oct'25
Aston University partners Capgemini for AI centre of excellence
University works with IT services giant to open artificial intelligence centre of excellence in London campus
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October 02, 2025
02
Oct'25
Singtel debuts low-code platform to ease AI deployment
Singtel’s AI Studio, part of its CUBΣ network-as-a-service offering, aims to simplify AI development and deployment while addressing enterprise concerns around security and data sovereignty
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October 01, 2025
01
Oct'25
US government shutdown stalls cyber intel sharing
A key US law covering cyber security intelligence sharing has expired without an extension or replacement amid a total shutdown of the federal government, putting global security collaboration at risk.
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October 01, 2025
01
Oct'25
Interview: Wayne Barlow, head of terminal products, Bloomberg
Techie turned business leader Wayne Barlow heads up the development of Bloomberg’s customer-touching terminal software
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October 01, 2025
01
Oct'25
Over half of UK adults use mobile wallets
Cash accounted for less than 10% of payments in the UK in 2024, according to UK Finance figures
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September 30, 2025
30
Sep'25
MPs press outsourcer TCS over Jaguar cyber attack
The government’s cross-bench Business and Trade Committee has written to Tata Consultancy Services seeking answers over possible links to cyber attacks on Jaguar Land Rover, Marks and Spencer, and Co-op
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September 30, 2025
30
Sep'25
Apple’s first iOS 26 security update fixes memory corruption flaw
Apple issues an update for its brand new iOS 26 mobile operating system, fixing a potentially dangerous vulnerability affecting iPhones, iPads and other Mac devices
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September 30, 2025
30
Sep'25
Cloud provider publishes ‘tech sovereignty’ plan for UK
In the face of mounting data sovereignty concerns across Europe, UK cloud provider Civo lays out high-level plan for how the government can retain control and access of its data should the geopolitical situation sour
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September 30, 2025
30
Sep'25
Bank of America builds GenAI assistant for instant answers for customers
Queries that would take an employee an hour to answer are completed almost instantaneously with the Bank of America’s generative AI assistant
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September 30, 2025
30
Sep'25
Harrods hackers start contacting customers
Retailer Harrods has revealed that a number of customers whose data was stolen in a cyber attack have been contacted by the perpetrators
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September 29, 2025
29
Sep'25
UK and US urge Cisco users to ditch end-of-life security appliances
An ongoing campaign of cyber attacks is targeting users of end-of-life Cisco security appliance kit
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September 29, 2025
29
Sep'25
Harrods hit by second cyber attack in six months
Data on approximately 430,000 Harrods shoppers was stolen in a third-party breach, but the cyber attack is not related to an earlier Scattered Spider incident, says the retailer
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September 29, 2025
29
Sep'25
Global payments network Swift builds blockchain capability
Not-for-profit global payments network to initially use blockchain-based shared ledger for cross-border payments, with further use cases to follow
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September 26, 2025
26
Sep'25
Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sight
Microsoft’s own documentation confirms that data hosted in its hyperscale cloud architecture routinely traverses the globe, but the tech giant is actively obfuscating this vital information from its UK law enforcement customers
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September 26, 2025
26
Sep'25
Okta CEO: AI security and identity security are one and the same
At Oktane 2025 in Las Vegas, Okta CEO Todd McKinnon describes AI security and identity security as inseparable as he tees up a series of agentic security innovations
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September 25, 2025
25
Sep'25
Get HDD temperature right, or risk more drive failures
We talk to Rainer Kaese of Toshiba about the right temperature to run hard disk drives at. Not getting it right risks higher failure rates than what would normally be expected
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September 25, 2025
25
Sep'25
Lenovo targets AI and hybrid cloud to drive APAC growth
The tech supplier’s infrastructure arm is tapping its partner ecosystem and as-a-service model to help the region’s enterprises move from AI experimentation to delivering tangible business outcomes
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September 24, 2025
24
Sep'25
Internet shutdowns in Africa on upward trajectory
A comparative analysis of internet shutdowns in African countries highlights how the tactic is increasingly used to repress dissent and political opposition, depriving millions of people and businesses access to vital digital tools that sustain ...
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September 24, 2025
24
Sep'25
Oktane 2025: Okta takes aim at agentic AI governance gap
Identity specialist Okta is laying the groundwork for a number of incoming announcements designed to help its customers get to grips with the challenge of securing non-human, agentic identities.
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September 23, 2025
23
Sep'25
SolarWinds warns over dangerous RCE flaw
A newly uncovered RCE flaw in SolarWinds’ helpdesk product bypasses two previously issued fixes, and users should prioritise updates as exploitation is likely to occur
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September 23, 2025
23
Sep'25
Post Office Capture appeals slowed by poor records
Poor data on the use of the Post Office Capture software is slowing the review of criminal convictions, says lawyer
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September 23, 2025
23
Sep'25
‘Our worst day’: The untold story of the Electoral Commission cyber attack
As head of digital at The Electoral Commission, Andrew Simpson’s mettle was tested when threat actors gained access to the regulator’s email systems and accessed sensitive voter data. Three years on, he tells his story to Computer Weekly
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September 22, 2025
22
Sep'25
Teen charged with Las Vegas casino cyber heist
Another arrest of a teenage hacker associated with the Scattered Spider gang has been made, this time in relation to two 2023 cyber attacks on Las Vegas casinos and resorts
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September 22, 2025
22
Sep'25
Cyber attack that downed airport systems confirmed as ransomware
Authorities in Europe say the cyber attack that caused disruption to passenger-facing services at multiple airports, including Heathrow, was the result of ransomware, as investigations continue
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September 19, 2025
19
Sep'25
Government meets with car parts suppliers amid JLR cyber crisis
Government officials have met with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to discuss the challenges they are facing amid disrupted production at Jaguar Land Rover
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September 19, 2025
19
Sep'25
UK cyber action plan lays out path to resilience
A report produced for the government by academics at Imperial College London and the University of Bristol sets out nine recommendations to strengthen the UK’s cyber sector
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September 18, 2025
18
Sep'25
UK banks still run software code written more than 60 years ago
More than half of UK banks still rely on computer code written in or before the 1970s, and which is understood by only a few of their staff
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September 18, 2025
18
Sep'25
Teen hackers charged over Scattered Spider attack on TfL
Two men have appeared in court in London in connection with the September 2024 cyber attack that disrupted online services at Transport for London
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September 17, 2025
17
Sep'25
Techcombank wields data and AI to drive customer engagement
By unifying data on the Databricks platform, the Vietnam bank has built AI capabilities to deliver hyper-personalised offers to 15 million customers and expand its footprint beyond its traditional affluent base
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September 17, 2025
17
Sep'25
Microsoft scores win against Office 365 credential thieves
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit disrupts a major phishing-as-a-service operation that targeted and stole Office 365 usernames and credentials
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September 17, 2025
17
Sep'25
NCC: How RaaS team-ups help Scattered Spider enhance its attacks
Scattered Spider’s alliances with ransomware-as-a-service gangs act as a force multiplier for the scope, and number, of its cyber attacks, according to NCC Group analysts
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September 16, 2025
16
Sep'25
Jaguar Land Rover extends production shutdown for another week
Jaguar Land Rover says that vehicle production will remain suspended in the wake of a cyber attack, while the hackers allegedly responsible claim they are retiring from a life of crime
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September 16, 2025
16
Sep'25
Telcos urged to ‘delayer’ for survival and growth
Faced with commoditised services and low returns, telcos must radically restructure into separate infrastructure, network and service units to unlock value and innovate, says Kearney
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September 15, 2025
15
Sep'25
ShinyHunters linked to breach of French luxury goods house
Kering, the parent group of fashion houses including Balenciaga and Gucci, becomes the latest organisation to allegedly fall victim to ShinyHunters
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September 15, 2025
15
Sep'25
Amnesty: AI surveillance risks ‘supercharging’ US deportations
Amnesty International says AI-driven platforms from Palantir and Babel Street are being used by US authorities to track migrants and revoke visas, raising fears of unlawful detentions and mass deportations
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September 15, 2025
15
Sep'25
Arqit to support NCSC’s post-quantum cryptography pilot
Quantum specialist Arqit will provide specialised post-quantum migration planning services to organisations preparing to address the imminent risks to traditional cryptography
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September 15, 2025
15
Sep'25
‘Utter madness’ as Post Office paid law firm double the cost of scandal public inquiry
The Post Office legal representation at public inquiry into Horizon scandal cost twice as much as the actual inquiry
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September 11, 2025
11
Sep'25
M&S parts ways with CTO after cyber attack
M&S chief digital and technology officer Rachel Higham steps back from her role in the wake of the April 2025 cyber attack on the retailer’s systems