
Emma Woollacott
Emma Woollacott is a freelance journalist writing for publications including the BBC, Private Eye, Forbes, Raconteur and specialist technology titles.
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Interpol teams up with tech firms to seize 45,000 malicious IPs, servers in global cyber crime crackdown
News Operation Synergia III saw 94 arrests - and counting - with malicious IP addresses used in phishing and fraud schemes seized
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More than 12 million enterprise Linux systems are vulnerable to root access
News Researchers have warned Linux flaws allow unprivileged local users to gain root privileges and weaken container isolation
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UK government to prioritize data center grid access, cut down on speculative applications
News The new approvals system aims to put a halt to speculative connection applications
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New UK schemes aim to boost number of women in tech – and keep them in the sector
News New initiatives aim to help women return to the workforce after time away and expand work placement opportunities
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Global demand for this one AI role has skyrocketed 283% in the last year alone
News AI trainers are now among the most sought-after specialists around the world
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Cyber crime activities peak later in life
News With family responsibilities and mortgages to pay, it's not teenagers dishing out malware or carrying out cyber extortion
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Most executives have no idea how many employees are actually using AI
News A concerning number of business leaders think their staff are using AI across most of their of tasks – the reality is quite different
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Datadog announces local UK storage for regulated industries
News The company is targeting customers and partners with specific UK data residency, privacy, and security requirements
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Microsoft says North Korean hackers are using AI to impersonate job seekers and steal company secrets
News The groups are increasingly using face-changing or voice-changing software to make their fake identities more plausible
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True scale of TfL cyber attack emerges
News New details on the scale of the TfL cyber attack raise serious questions about the rail operator’s response
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Organizations hit by 90 zero-day vulnerabilities last year
News Google Threat Intelligence researchers warn that edge devices and security appliances are prime entry points
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Major data leak forum taken down
News LeakBase enabled the sale and purchase of a huge amount of personal data and had more than 142,000 members
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Law enforcement and security firms take down huge PhaaS platform
News Tycoon 2FA has been responsible for tens of millions of phishing messages, reaching over 500,000 organizations each month worldwide
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Swamped with decisions to make, managers turn to AI
News Worryingly, many UK leaders are outsourcing key judgments to AI, despite a lack of data
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In-house IT builds are falling flat and going way over budget
News IT leaders say delays and hidden costs mean that many projects are eventually scrapped
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LastPass issues alert as customers face second major phishing campaign of 2026
News The campaign is the third to hit LastPass users in six months
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Surging third-party risks create software vulnerability headaches for developer teams
News Security risk is increasing across the software delivery lifecycle as development relies more heavily on third-party components
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Flaw in Chrome’s Gemini Live gave attackers access to user cameras and microphones
News The in-browser AI assistant loads differently in the side panel, rather than a regular tab, exposing users to risks
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CISOs are keen on agentic AI, but they’re not going all-in yet
News Many security leaders face acute talent shortages and are looking to upskill workers
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Cyber resilience tunnel vision is leaving enterprises open to external threats
News Many enterprises are overlooking supply chain risks as part of their cyber resilience strategies
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Four national compute resources launched for cutting-edge science and research
News The new national compute centers will receive a total of £76 million in funding
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UK Government says it’s ‘cut cyber attack fix times by 84%’ with new vulnerability monitoring service
News A new scanning service spots weaknesses in government DNS records for 6,000 UK public sector bodies
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UK firms are dragging their heels on AI training
News With shadow AI rife, access to approved tools, clear guardrails, and training are needed to use the technology responsibly
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Your customers aren’t keen on that customer service chatbot you introduced
News Consumers still prefer interacting with real people, not clunky chatbots
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