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• April 08, 2025 08 Apr'25

  NCSC issues warning over Chinese Moonshine and BadBazaar spyware

  Two spyware variants are being used to target the mobile devices of persons of interest to Chinese intelligence, including individuals in the Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uyghur communities

• April 08, 2025 08 Apr'25

  Spoofing vuln threatens security of WhatsApp Windows users

  Meta has disclosed and patched a potentially dangerous spoofing flaw in WhatsApp for Windows that could have caused big problems for unwitting users

• April 08, 2025 08 Apr'25

  UK authority’s search for answers over deleted Julian Assange emails comes too late to retrieve data

  The Crown Prosecution Service has finally searched for information about the destruction of emails from the WikiLeaks founder’s lawyer – but too late to retrieve data about the deleted documents

• April 07, 2025 07 Apr'25

  UK SMEs losing over £3bn a year to cyber incidents

  A lack of access to technology, little to no staff training, and competing priorities are losing UK SMEs up to £3.4bn to cyber incidents every year

• April 07, 2025 07 Apr'25

  NIST calls time on older vulnerabilities amid surging disclosures

  The National Institute of Standards and Technology is deferring future updates to thousands of cyber vulnerabilities discovered prior to 2018 amid surging volumes of new submissions

• April 07, 2025 07 Apr'25

  Court rejects Home Office bid for blanket secrecy in hearings over Apple encryption case

  Investigatory Powers Tribunal rejects Home Office arguments that identifying the ‘bare details’ of legal action by Apple would damage national security, leaving open possibility of future open court hearings

• April 07, 2025 07 Apr'25

  Fintech body calls on government for national anti-fraud centre

  Industry body says a national anti-fraud centre could be the vehicle required to effectively fight fraud through data sharing

• April 04, 2025 04 Apr'25

  Banks to share fraud data with tech firms in cross-sector collaboration

  UK banks join tech firms in fraud data-sharing initiative to enable collaboration on action to stop online scams

• April 02, 2025 02 Apr'25

  Tech sector still failing to rid supply chains of forced labour

  KnowTheChain’s latest benchmark analysis of the IT sector’s efforts to address forced labour in supply chains shows there has been very little improvement in their due diligence practices over the last half decade

• April 01, 2025 01 Apr'25

  Gmail ‘bubble’ encryption may be an S/MIME killer, says Google

  Marking the 21st anniversary of Gmail, Google is preparing to roll out an end-to-end encryption standard for its email service in hopes of democratising encryption and leaving old standards in the dust

• March 31, 2025 31 Mar'25

  Top 1,000 IT service providers in scope of UK cyber bill

  The government’s proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is set to include regulatory provisions covering both datacentre operators and larger IT service providers

• March 31, 2025 31 Mar'25

  Understanding of ‘black box’ IT systems will reduce Post Office scandal-like risk

  A Parliamentary committee has reported that leadership teams need to understand the ‘black box’ IT systems that underpin their organisations

• March 31, 2025 31 Mar'25

  Reassessing UK law enforcement data adequacy

  Computer Weekly takes stock of proposed changes to the UK’s law enforcement data protection rules and how it could affect data adequacy with the European Union

• March 31, 2025 31 Mar'25

  UK law enforcement data adequacy at risk

  The UK government says reforms to police data protection rules will help to simplify law enforcement data processing, but critics argue the changes will lower protection to the point where the UK risks losing its European data adequacy

• March 27, 2025 27 Mar'25

  UK public expresses strong support for AI regulation

  Most of the UK public have experienced an AI-related harm and say they want laws introduced to regulate the technology, according to national survey by the Ada Lovelace and Alan Turing Institutes

• March 27, 2025 27 Mar'25

  Experts question court’s rejection of former Post Office manager’s Horizon appeal

  Experts on the use of computer evidence question why Court of Appeal rejected former Post Office branch manager’s appeal against conviction

• March 26, 2025 26 Mar'25

  Advanced Software fined £3m over LockBit attack

  The ICO has issued a £3m fine to software provider Advanced in the wake of security failings that led to significant disruption to NHS customers in a ransomware attack

• March 26, 2025 26 Mar'25

  More than 200 Lloyds Bank bosses to receive artificial intelligence training

  Lloyds Banking Group is running a six-month training programme with the aim of building AI skills among its senior leadership

• March 26, 2025 26 Mar'25

  4 Day Week Foundation launches tech sector pilot

  UK tech firms are being invited to join a pilot programme run by the 4 Day Week Foundation, which aims to help prepare them for implementing shorter working weeks

• March 25, 2025 25 Mar'25

  Public Accounts Committee calls out legacy IT

  Unsupported and out-of-date software and hardware are hindering the government’s artificial intelligence plans for the public sector

• March 25, 2025 25 Mar'25

  ETSI launches first post-quantum encryption standard

  European telco standards body launches its first post-quantum cryptography cyber standard, covering the security of critical data and communications

• March 25, 2025 25 Mar'25

  Kroll reviewing Post Office Horizon’s current integrity and discrepancy identification

  The Post Office appoints third party to review Horizon following concerns about current version of the system

• March 25, 2025 25 Mar'25

  Scottish police hold almost no data on facial recognition use

  It is currently impossible to assess Police Scotland’s use of retrospective facial recognition for efficacy and fairness because the force does not collect meaningful information that would enable a proper evaluation

• March 24, 2025 24 Mar'25

  The Netherlands bets on brain-inspired computing for a greener future

  The Netherlands is building a neuromorphic computing ecosystem, harnessing brain-inspired tech for unprecedented energy efficiency

• March 24, 2025 24 Mar'25

  ‘Bankenstein’ and a cold calculation means banking crashes will continue

  Following a three-day crash at Barclays, UK banks were forced to explain to MPs when, how and why digital services became unavailable over past two years

• March 20, 2025 20 Mar'25

  NCSC proposes three-step plan to move to quantum-safe encryption

  The NCSC urges service providers, large organisations and critical sectors to start thinking today about how they will migrate to post-quantum cryptography over the next decade

• March 20, 2025 20 Mar'25

  Government considering redress scheme for families of Post Office scandal victims

  Campaign group brings together the children of subpostmasters to meet Post Office minister to discuss redress for their suffering

• March 19, 2025 19 Mar'25

  Air New Zealand takes off with digital transformation deal

  The airline aims to become a digital leader with TCS’s help to improve fleet management, crew scheduling and ground services through the use of artificial intelligence

• March 19, 2025 19 Mar'25

  Clop resurgence drives ransomware attacks in February

  The exploitation of two new vulnerabilities in a popular file transfer service saw the Clop ransomware gang soar in February, according to NCC

• March 19, 2025 19 Mar'25

  Former subpostmaster to sue Post Office and Fujitsu for judgment ‘obtained by fraud’

  Lee Castleton, one of a group of seven former subpostmasters who began the fight against the Post Office in 2009, triggers ‘seismic’ shift in Post Office scandal

• March 18, 2025 18 Mar'25

  Digital Realty enters Indonesia through joint venture

  New joint venture, Digital Realty Bersama, will develop and operate datacentres across Indonesia to meet the increasing demand for digital infrastructure in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy

• March 18, 2025 18 Mar'25

  Novel encryption technology tests add value to Finland’s quantum computer project

  Tests carried out at Telia will support the building of a secure quantum network

• March 17, 2025 17 Mar'25

  Online Safety Act measures come into effect

  Regulator Ofcom is now able to take enforcement action against platforms under the Online Safety Act if they fail to proactively safeguard against content such as terrorist or child sexual abuse material

• March 17, 2025 17 Mar'25

  Satellite technology to provide broadband to remote areas of Buckinghamshire

  Buckinghamshire Council harnesses low Earth orbit technology to serve the most remote areas of the county with ultrafast broadband

• March 14, 2025 14 Mar'25

  AI Action Summit review: Differing views cast doubt on AI’s ability to benefit whole of society

  Governments, companies and civil society groups gathered at the third global AI summit to discuss how the technology can work for the benefit of everyone in society, but experts say competing imperatives mean there is no guarantee these visions will...

• March 14, 2025 14 Mar'25

  Minister asks for evidence of Post Office ECCO+ system problems

  Subpostmaster federation is calling on former Post Office crown branch staff to come forward if they experienced problems with ECCO+

• March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

  SuperBlack ransomware may have ties to LockBit

  Forescout researchers report on a new ransomware gang that appears to be keeping the legacy of the notorious LockBit crew alive

• March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

  HMRC looks to upgrade SOC with advanced SIEM tech

  HMRC issues a request for information notice ahead of opening up bids for a new security information and event management project that aims to reinforce its ability to respond to cyber threats

• March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

  Major strike by Fujitsu staff at ‘cash cow’ HMRC

  Fujitsu staff working at government department will strike for 22 days in protest over pay offer

• March 12, 2025 12 Mar'25

  iPhone, iPad update fixes critical WebKit flaw

  iPhone and iPad users are advised to update their devices as Apple addresses an out-of-bounds write issue in the WebKit browser engine that appears to have been exploited in targeted cyber attacks

• March 11, 2025 11 Mar'25

  March Patch Tuesday brings 57 fixes, multiple zero-days

  The third Patch Tuesday of 2025 brings fixes for 57 flaws and a hefty number of zero-days

• March 11, 2025 11 Mar'25

  Musk claims of Ukraine DDoS attack derided by cyber community

  Elon Musk draws criticism after accusing Ukraine of being behind a significant DDoS attack against social media platform X

• March 11, 2025 11 Mar'25

  Perimeter security appliances source of most ransomware hits

  Perimeter security appliances and devices, particularly VPNs, prove to be the most popular entry points into victim networks for financially motivated ransomware gangs, according to reports

• March 11, 2025 11 Mar'25

  Post Office scandal data leak interim compensation offers made

  Some subpostmasters affected by Post Office data breach offered interim compensation payments

• March 10, 2025 10 Mar'25

  Government announcement on Fujitsu talks add ‘vague words’ and no interim payment

  Peer James Arbuthnot says he is ‘disappointed’ that there was no mention of an interim payment in announcement of government’s latest talks with Fujitsu

• March 10, 2025 10 Mar'25

  How CISOs are tackling cyber security challenges

  Security chiefs at the recent Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit in Sydney share insights on navigating board communication, organisational resilience and the importance of understanding business needs

• March 05, 2025 05 Mar'25

  NHS investigating how API flaw exposed patient data

  NHS patient data was left vulnerable by a flaw in an application programming interface used at online healthcare provider Medefer

• March 04, 2025 04 Mar'25

  Canadian businessman remains in French jail, accused of distributing Sky ECC cryptophones

  Canadian businessman Thomas Herdman has been held in pre-trial detention without trial for nearly four years – he has once again been refused bail

• March 04, 2025 04 Mar'25

  Metropolitan Police concern puts brakes on Post Office Horizon data migration

  The Post Office has paused its project to migrate all Horizon data from Fujitsu systems to its own while in discussions with Metropolitan Police

• March 04, 2025 04 Mar'25

  Aussie businesses ramp up security spending

  Australian organisations are set to spend A$6.2bn on security and risk management in 2025, a 14.4% jump from the previous year, driven by the rise of AI and a growing threat landscape