
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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Industrial organizations under increasing fire as attackers target operational technologyNews Firms continue to underestimate their operational technology exposure, NCC Group warns
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Upskill your staff in AI or expect them to quit, says GartnerNews Organizations need to focus on targeted AI tools and training to make the most of their staff and succeed in transformation
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Red Hat is doubling down on data sovereigntyNews The company says new sovereignty capabilities will offer greater autonomy to IT decision-makers and service providers
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Enterprises are slacking on MySQL database security, and it could come back to haunt themNews Poor database security practices are leaving organizations at huge risk of compromise
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UK government calls on firms to sign Cyber Resilience Pledge as security sector boomsNews With new figures showing a boom in the country's cybersecurity sector, the government calling on businesses to make the most of the industry’s expertise
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Enterprise 'FOMO' is driving AI investmentNews More than half of organizations say they're only deploying AI because their competitors do
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The AWS outage explainedNews Overheating at a single data center has been identified as the cause of the AWS outage, which impacted customers such as Coinbase
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Claude users beware, hackers are using a fake website to dupe developers and deliver malwareNews 'Beagle' is deployed through a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) sideloading chain, and gives attackers remote access to the system
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Argyll and SambaNova team up to launch sovereign AI cloud for UK customersNews The companies claim that their approach reduces power and cooling demands, cutting complexity and long-term cost
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UK workers are shockingly relaxed about selling access to company systemsNews Research from UK fraud prevention service Cifas shows that insider fraud is rife
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Microsoft joins competitors in handing over AI models for advanced testingNews US and UK government agencies will evaluate the firm's frontier models, along with those from Google and xAI
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AI adoption is accelerating in the UK, but ‘trust is not keeping pace’News Organizations need to do more to reassure customers over governance
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Stellanor adds eight UK data centers to rapidly-growing portfolioNews The acquisition from Redcentric will aid its ambitions to become the UK's leading urban data center platform
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Beware of emails threatening a code of conduct reviewNews A widespread phishing campaign has targeted tens of thousands of employees
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Ransomware negotiator sentenced for role in major cyber crime groupNews Deniss Zolotarjovs was a key player in a group associated with Conti
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Thiel-backed startup secures $140 million to deploy floating AI data centersNews Panthalassa plans to deploy autonomous AI data centers in the North Pacific Ocean
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Developers warned to avoid 'early-access' Google Gemini toolsNews Attackers are tempting would-be users into downloading reverse shell malware
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'Depressingly familiar': Cyber Security Breaches Survey shows work still to be done on cyber preparednessNews The government's annual cybersecurity report shows organizations are failing to shore up security capabilities
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Enterprises are adopting agents faster than they can secure and govern themNews Identity systems developed for human interaction fail to cope with the new demands
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Microsoft pats itself on the back over European commitmentsNews The company says it's been working to boost the bloc's digital sovereignty and resilience
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North Korean hackers are duping freelance developers in a fake interview attack campaignNews A fake interview process uses coding tests and repo downloads to deliver malware
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Liz Kendall: UK has to act fast to secure AI leadershipNews Tech secretary Liz Kendall has pledged greater investment in the chip and semiconductor technologies that underpin AI
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UK facing a 'perfect storm' of cybersecurity threatsNews NCSC CEO Richard Horne says nation-state attacks, AI and the looming quantum threat require stronger global collaboration
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New framework allows EU firms to check if 'sovereign' cloud services are truly sovereignNews CISPE is worried that EU sovereignty efforts aren't strict enough and allow US providers to continue to dominate
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