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Computer Misuse Act reform to move forward in National Security Bill

Reform of the Computer Misuse Act is to be folded into a wider National Security Bill granting more powers for law enforcement to protect the UK against a wider spectrum of threats Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Civil servants to protest at Capita general meeting amid pension crisis

Public and Commercial Services Union to hold a demonstration at outsourcing giant’s meeting in London Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Commerzbank to cut 3,000 jobs as it ‘leverages AI even more’

Part of the German bank’s transformation will see a total of 3,000 jobs cut across the business Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Inside the global datacentre squeeze

A projected $800bn datacentre infrastructure investment in APAC alone is clashing with the limits of global power grids, forcing datacentre operators to rethink where and how they build the physical engines of the internet Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

A new frontier: Identity stack evolves for agentic systems

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the intersection of AI and IAM. In this article, explore the changing nature of the identity stack and learn what will change as identity evolves into a real-time control plane for agentic systems. Continue Reading

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• Aditya K Sood, Aryaka

Node4: AI and agentic the future, but culture the key to unlock it

UK mid-market supplier showcases the three stages of AI – assistance, co-work and orchestration – but faces a reality in which most users have yet to arrive at first base Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Datacentre and cloud editor (acting)

UK financial security experts participate in sector-wide hackathon

Teams of security pros from UK financial services organisations came together at the end of April to participate in a hackathon exercise Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Post Office acknowledges ECCO+ user’s calls for help three decades ago

A former subpostmaster repeatedly asked the Post Office for help when unexplained shortfalls occurred in her branch while using ECCO+ software, with evidence of her requests still in the organisation’s possession Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

How Australian firms are using AI in customer experience

Local tech leaders from MYOB, Guzman y Gomez, and Aware Super reveal how AI is reshaping customer experience, streamlining business operations and driving efficiency Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

IAM tools help Oracle Red Bull Racing keep pace with strict F1 regulations

Oracle Red Bull Racing massively improved the efficiency of its aerodynamics testing procedures after implementing new identity technology from 1Password. Learn more about this unlikely link Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Vernon Building Society uses AI to amplify human touch

Century-old mutual society is using artificial intelligence to bring mortgage processing onto a single platform Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

DP World Tour Europe selects HCLTech for ‘total shop window rebuild’

Sports association signs up Indian IT firm as global partner as it rebuilds its website and fan app in the ‘era of AI’ Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Why AI agents are triggering a rethink of enterprise identity

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the intersection of AI and IAM. In this article, we look at the specific impacts of agentic AI on the security stack. Continue Reading

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• Jacob Connell, Quorum Cyber

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Lloyds Bank compensates another 1,625 customers after ‘alarming’ data breach

Bank pays out compensation to more customers and reveals expansion of affected group Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Why AI is forcing a reset of the identity stack

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the intersection of AI and IAM. In this article, we explore the shift from identity management to identity intelligence. Continue Reading

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• Ted Ernst, Gartner

Was Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract a botch too far?

The Cabinet Office’s decision to end Capita’s contract to administer the Royal Mail pension follows heavy criticism of the supplier’s work on the civil service pension contract Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Moving agentic AI from innovation theatre to enterprise production

As enterprises move from prompting chatbots to orchestrating AI agents, IT leaders must rethink governance, data architecture and cost management to avoid chaotic deployments and runaway cloud bills Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Wiz founder: Hack yourself with AI, before the bad guys do

At Google Cloud Next, Wiz co-founder Yinon Costica called on security defenders to use AI to steal a march on threat actors, and launched agentic capabilities for cyber teams Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Government should drop Capita from civil service scheme after it loses Royal Mail role, says union

Union representing civil servants said that when outsourcing suppliers fail, they should be dropped Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

FairPrice to roll out AI-powered smart carts to more stores

Shoppers can expect smart carts that slash checkout times to just 36 seconds, while supermarket staff will get an AI sidekick to automate daily operations Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Google Cloud Next: It’s time to create value, not slop, from the AI boom

Attendees at Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas are backing AI all the way to the bank. But as AI turns up in everything, everywhere, all at once, we’re going to need to get a lot stricter about what we use it for. Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

A tsunami of flaws: When frontier AI and Patch Tuesday collide

Microsoft’s April Patch Tuesday drop was the second-largest in history, falling just shy of an October 2025 record. What is behind the spike in vulnerability disclosures, and is there a connection to Anthropic’s bug-hunting Claude Mythos AI model? Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Sans Institute preps live systems for Nato cyber exercise

Cyber training body the Sans Institute is preparing live power generation IT and OT systems for Nato’s annual Locked Shields blue team exercise, which this year appears more relevant than ever Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

M&S one year on: turning anticipation into secure by design

The cyber attack on M&S last year marked a turning point for resilience in the retail sector. One year on, knowing how to avoid the next incident is no longer the priority and being ready for when it happens is key. Continue Reading

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• Chris Brown, NCC Group

Surging CVE disclosures force NIST to shake up workflows

NIST announces big changes to the way it categorises and manages CVEs, which are set to have a big impact on how organisations manage patching and remediation Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

North Korean social engineering campaign targets MacOS users

A MacOS-focused social engineering campaign orchestrated by North Korea-based threat actor Sapphire Sleet has been exposed by Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Unit Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CyberUK 2026: UK lagging on legal protections for cyber pros

Ahead of next week’s CyberUK conference, the CyberUp Campaign for reform of the UK’s hacking laws urges the government to keep focus and proposes a four-pillar framework that would protect cyber professionals from prosecution Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

One year on from the M&S cyber attack: What did we learn?

A year on from the Marks & Spencer cyber attack, we look back at the incident, consider the lessons learned and ask if the retail sector is any more secure today Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

How the AI boom is reshaping tech cost management

FinOps practitioners are stepping up to manage AI expenses, optimise token usage and align cost-saving measures with sustainability goals to improve returns from AI investments Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

April Patch Tuesday brings zero-days in Defender, SharePoint Server

Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday update may be one of the largest in history, with more than 160 issues in scope Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

‘Grand Theft Auto’ publisher Rockstar hit by hackers again

The notorious ShinyHunters hacking collective menaces video game publisher Rockstar and says it will leak data on 14 April Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Businesses are paying the price for CISO burnout

Discussions of burnout among security pros are about more than just mental health: when burnout strikes, it can present a serious business risk Continue Reading

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• Cath Everett

Russian cyber spies targeting consumer, Soho routers

The UK’s NCSC and Microsoft have shared details of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting vulnerable network routers, orchestrated by Russian state actor Fancy Bear Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

AI driving changes in Nordic financial services

Traditional Nordic financial services businesses are reshaping to take on a new breed of competition Continue Reading

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• Gerard O'Dwyer

Virgin Media Business Wholesale accelerates high-capacity delivery in the UK

Fixed wholesale connectivity arm of leading UK operator announces biggest ever upgrade to its wholesale network, delivering 32% Ethernet lead time reduction and 10G delivery accelerated by up to 40 days Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Capita left to deal with 13,000 civil service pension cases over a year old

More details of the Civil Services Pension Scheme administration backlog left to Capita revealed in parliamentary committee hearing Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Platformisation or platform theatre? Navigating cyber consolidation

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms. Continue Reading

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• John Bruce, Quorum Cyber

Emergency Microsoft, Oracle patches point to wider cyber issues

Emergency out-of-band patches from Microsoft and Oracle signal underlying security issues around update cycles and patching, and identity security and zero-trust, says the community Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Cambridge MC boosts comms procurement with Carrier Club acquisition

International consulting firm swoops for ’unique’ procurement-as-a-service organisation to offer greater value to its clients in challenging times for businesses Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

HSBC gets its first artificial intelligence chief

UK bank appoints its first executive position dedicated to artificial intelligence as the technology embeds across the sector Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cyber platformisation is a skills issue for security teams

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms. Continue Reading

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• Haris Pylarinos, Hack the Box

Cyber platformisation: Don't fall into the 'integration debt' trap

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms. Continue Reading

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• Rik Ferguson, Forescout

DWP finally seeks reviewer of its subpostmaster prosecutions

Months after announcing review, the government has advertised for a reviewer to look over more than 100 prosecutions of subpostmasters by the Department of Work and Pensions Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cisa tells US organisations to harden endpoint management after Stryker attack

Last week’s cyber attack on the systems of a US medical services company by Iranian hacktivists has prompted an alert from Cisa, urging organisations to reinforce their defensive posture Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Post Office Horizon scandal explained: Everything you need to know

Computer Weekly has investigated the Post Office Horizon scandal since 2008 and is, in fact, part of the story. This guide contains essential information about the scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Beyond integration theatre: Building stronger cyber platforms

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms. Continue Reading

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• Joe Mayhew and Ahmed Tikail, PA Consulting

Nordea to slash 1,500 jobs as AI impact grows

Nordic bank to reduce headcount as it continues to introduce changes to meet its 2030 targets Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

MP report calls for legislation to overturn Post Office Capture convictions

Report from MPs warns of unknown number of unsafe subpostmasters convictions based on multiple pre-Horizon systems Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Lloyds banking app ‘glitch’ shows transactions of strangers

Customers of Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank experienced a glitch this morning, where details of other customers’ transactions were displayed in their online banking apps Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Vulnerability reports: Increase in quantity, decrease in quality?

Bug bounties have become a staple of the cyber security toolkit, offering researchers a way to get paid to find and report bugs and giving businesses a route to fix unknown flaws. However, this model is now facing scrutiny. What is driving these concerns? Continue Reading

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• Dan Raywood

UK government announces package to get more women in tech

The UK government aims to add billions of pounds to the economy through getting more women into the tech sector Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Mastercard bots target C-suite roles

Card giant offers SMEs a virtual chief financial officer through artificial intelligence technology, with other C-suite roles to follow Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Iran war a melting pot for other cyber threats

State-backed cyber threat actors from non-combatant states are taking advantage of the Israeli-US war on Iran to fulfil their own goals, according to Proofpoint analysts Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Salesforce tracks possible ShinyHunters campaign targeting its users

Salesforce warns users of an uptick in malicious activity targeting Experience Cloud customers with misconfigured user settings via an open source tool Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Strong security balances consolidation and best-of-breed capabilities

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms. Continue Reading

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• Martin Riley, Bridewell Consulting

Microsoft patches zero-days in .NET and SQL Server

Zero-days in .NET and SQL Server, and a handful of critical RCE bugs, form the nucleus of Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday update Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

DBS rewires operating models for AI reasoning era

The bank expects AI tools to evolve from being a copilot to an autopilot as it undergoes organisational transformation to prepare its workforce for agentic AI Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Platformisation without illusion: Separating integration from theatre

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation, considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms. Continue Reading

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• Aditya K Sood, Aryaka

Norway braced for foreign AI cyber attacks on vital petroleum computing

Nordic petrostate is preparing for war and turning the spotlight on vulnerabilities in its critical industries, as adversaries look for ways to damage the most important oil and gas producer to the EU Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Enterprises warming to AI PCs amid growing cloud costs

While global memory shortages will pose a threat to the broader PC market, AI PCs are gaining momentum across Asia as companies look to cut cloud costs, boost productivity and secure sensitive information Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Spyware suppliers exploit more zero-days than nation states

Exploitation of zero-days by commercial surveillance and spyware developers outpaced exploitation by nation-state actors last year, according to a report Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Stack Overflow on AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to the CEO of Stack Overflow about agentic AI workflows and AI in software engineering Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Iranian hacktivists muster their forces but state APTs lay low

Hacktivist activity surrounding the Iran war is sky-high but Iran’s state-backed cyber espionage actors have yet to show their hands, giving security teams a valuable window of time to shore up their defences Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Zero-day in Android phone chips under active attack

Google and Qualcomm have tag-teamed a serious vulnerability in the chipsets used in Android mobile devices, which has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Tycoon2FA phishing platform dismantled in major operation

A Europol-led sting against the infamous Tycoon2FA MFA bypass phishing service has been successful, with operations disrupted and ringleaders and cyber criminal users identified Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Landmark legal challenge against Home Office eVisa system heard

The UK High Court will examine whether the Home Office policy of refusing to issue alternative proof of immigration status outside of its electronic visa system is lawful Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Civil service veteran ‘incandescent’ as wait for pension hits four months amid outsourcing mess

Public servant of over 40 years, who has been waiting four months for pension payments to begin, says government has lost control Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Open cyber standards key to cross-platform integration

The Security Think Tank looks at platformisation considering questions such as how CISOs can distinguish between a truly integrated platform and 'integration theater, and how to protect unified platforms. Continue Reading

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• Stephen McDermid, Okta

NS&I’s modernisation programme: A £3bn lesson in how to lose public trust

The UK Public Accounts Committee’s description of NS&I’s digital modernisation as a ‘full-spectrum disaster’ should concern far more than technology teams Continue Reading

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• Ben Terrett

NCSC: No increase in cyber threat from Iran, but be prepared

While cyber threat levels remain stable following the outbreak of war in the Middle East at the weekend, at-risk organisations in the UK should take steps to ward off potential reprisals from Iran-linked threat actors Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

NS&I seeks Bank of England counsel over project disaster

The Bank of England’s successful IT transformation, praised by the National Audit Office, is being used as a model for government departments, including NS&I, which faces a failing IT project Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Virtual twins and AI companions target enterprise war rooms

Dassault Systèmes claims platform can answer complex business questions in seconds, but approach requires rethinking enterprise data architecture Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

Qilin crew continues to dominate ransomware ecosystem

The Qilin ransomware gang remained ‘top dog’ in January 2026, with over 100 observed cyber attacks to its name, amid a rapidly evolving and fragmenting cyber criminal ecosystem Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Firecell, CloudRAN.AI collaborate to cut cost and complexity of private 5G

Hot on the heels of the Accelleran merger, purpose-built private 5G connectivity company unveils radio portfolio integration to give system integrators faster, more affordable deployment route across industrial, enterprise sites Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Santander pins €1bn business value gain on AI

Bank said artificial intelligence will be fully embedded into the business, personalising customer experiences Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN users targeted in series of cyber attacks

The NCSC, Cisa, and other Five Eyes agencies have warned of mass exploitation of vulnerabilities in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, which Cisco is attributing to an unknown threat actor called UAT-8616 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Application exploitation back in vogue, says IBM cyber unit

IBM’s X-Force unit observes an uptick in the exploitation of vulnerable public-facing software applications Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK government commits £483m to Post Office for IT transformation

The UK government is to provide the next round of funding to support the Post Office’s move away from its controversial Fujitsu Horizon IT system Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cyber association launches code of conduct for security pros

ISC2’s Code of Professional Conduct will supposedly establish a worldwide framework dedicated to principled and ethical practices in the security trade Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Aviva prepares for life after CIO retirement with early announcement

Aviva has named the replacement for its outgoing technology chief, with former BT IT executive joining in the summer Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Email from 1999 reveals Post Office ECCO+ system crash problems

ECCO+ system experienced freezes during transactions, which could have left Post Office branch account discrepancies Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

€126bn in Dutch tech projects blocked by permits and grid limits

Ex-ASML chief Peter Wennink’s deregulation solution triggers warnings from academics and government advisors Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

Flaws in Google and Microsoft products added to Cisa catalogue

Cisa has added six CVEs to its Kev catalogue this week, including newly disclosed issues in Google Chromium and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, and some older flaws as well Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

0APT ransomware crew makes embarrassing splash

A ransomware gang called 0APT has attracted attention, but many of its victims may not even be real, and its operators are being accused of over-egging their criminal pudding Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The evolution of threat research: Looking beyond best-of-breed

Traditional models of threat research as a service are changing and evolving towards a more bespoke model that puts more control in the hands of end-user cyber teams Continue Reading

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• Matthew Staff

Banks to discuss UK alternative to Visa and Mastercard

Banks prepare to discuss a new payments infrastructure that would remove heavy reliance on US firms Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

British Transport Police start using live facial recognition

British Transport Police will deploy facial recognition for six months despite calls for the government to halt its rapid expansion of the technology Continue Reading

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• Charlotte Lang

NatWest hails progress after £1.2bn spent on tech last year, but true AI transformation to come

NatWest Bank describes the past 12 months of its tech transformation as ‘the year of [AI] deployment at scale’ Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

CVE volumes may plausibly reach 100,000 this year

The number of vulnerabilities to be disclosed in 2026 is almost certain to exceed last year's total, and may be heading towards 100,000, according to analysis Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Peer ‘disappointed’ that DWP review of subpostmaster prosecutions is still months away

Government indicates that there are 108 DWP prosecutions of subpostmasters that will be reviewed so far, but little progress has been made Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The Security Interviews: Mick Baccio, Splunk

Mick Baccio, global security advisor at Splunk SURGe and Cisco Foundation AI, reveals how the experience of running cyber on a dime for a US presidential campaign has informed how he does security, and why the basics still matter Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

February Patch Tuesday: Microsoft drops six zero-days

Microsoft releases patches for six zero-day flaws in its latest monthly update, many of them related to security feature bypass issues Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Researchers delve inside new SolarWinds RCE attack chain

Researchers at Huntress and Microsoft have shared findings from their analysis of a new SolarWinds Web Help Desk vulnerability Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Second ever international AI safety report published

More than 100 artificial intelligence experts have produced the second international AI safety report ahead of a summit in India, outlining a high degree of uncertainty about the development and risks of AI Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Artificial intelligence now finance sector’s ‘connective tissue’

Major study finds debate over AI adoption is over as almost every finance firm in the world is already using the technology Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Russia’s cyber attacks on Polish utilities draws NCSC alert

A series of Russian cyber attacks targeting Poland’s energy infrastructure has prompted a warning from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor