
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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Russian hackers are using an old Cisco flaw to target network devices – here’s how you can stay safe
News With the aim of carrying out espionage, Russia's Center 16 is targeting infrastructure organizations around the world
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Cyber teams are struggling to keep up with a torrent of security alerts
News Fragmented identity security processes are creating blind spots, and the proliferation of tools doesn't help
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The Allianz Life data breach just took a huge turn for the worse
News Around 1.1 million Allianz Life customers are believed to have been impacted in a recent data breach, making up the vast majority of the insurer's North American customers.
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US authorities take down prolific 'Rapper Bot' botnet
News The Rapper Bot botnet was responsible for a series of large-scale DDoS attacks on government agencies and tech companies. Now it's gone.
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Flaw in Lenovo’s customer service AI chatbot could let hackers run malicious code, breach networks
News Hackers abusing the Lenovo flaw could inject malicious code with just a single prompt
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UK telecoms firm takes systems offline after cyber attack
News The Warlock ransomware group said it was selling a million stolen documents
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Malicious URLs overtake email attachments as the biggest malware threat
News With malware threats surging, research from Proofpoint highlights the increasing use of off-the-shelf 'phish kits' like CoGUI and Darcula
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Warning issued as new Pakistan-based malware group hits millions globally
News Tempting people in with offers of pirated software, the network installs commodity infostealers, according to CloudSEK
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Everything we know so far about the Canadian House of Commons data breach
News Speculation is mounting over the source of the breach
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These are the UK industries facing the biggest digital skills gaps in 2025
News Analysis of job vacancies shows that the digital economy is accelerating too quickly for the workforce to keep up with
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Identity security is more important than ever – here’s why
News 78% of enterprises told Okta that controlling access and permissions for non-human identities is now their main identity security concern.
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Average ransom payment doubles in a single quarter
News Targeted social engineering and data exfiltration have become the biggest tactics as three major ransomware groups dominate
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AI tools are a game changer for enterprise productivity, but reliability issues are causing major headaches
News Enterprises are flocking to AI tools, but very few lack the appropriate infrastructure to drive adoption at scale
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BlackSuit ransomware gang taken down in latest law enforcement sting
News The notorious gang has seen its servers taken down and bitcoin seized, but may have morphed into a new group called Chaos
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MSPs beware – these two ransomware groups are ramping up attacks and have claimed hundreds of victims
News The Akira and Lynx ransomware groups are focusing on small businesses and MSPs using stolen or purchased admin credentials
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Credential theft has surged 160% in 2025
News AI-powered phishing and the growth of Malware as a Service means hackers are compromising more accounts than ever
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M&S finally gets click-and-collect up and running again
News Four months after suffering a disastrous cyber attack, the service is back to normal
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US federal judiciary agency hit by 'escalated cyber attacks' which exposed highly sensitive data
News The agency says it plans to step up cybersecurity capabilities in the wake of the incident
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6.4 million Bouygues Telecom customers just had their data exposed in a major data breach
News A broad range of customer data was exposed, according to Bouygues Telecom
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UK firms report spiraling IT outages and downtime
News Many organizations are failing to put in place contingencies for IT outages and downtime, research shows
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AWS facing stiff competition from Microsoft and Google in the burgeoning IaaS market
News AWS maintained its lead in the IaaS market last year, but its share decreased while Microsoft and Google recorded gains.
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Nearly one-third of ransomware victims are hit multiple times, even after paying hackers
News Many ransomware victims are being hit more than once, largely thanks to fragmented security tactics
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Millions of Dell laptops are are at risk thanks to a Broadcom chip vulnerability
News Widely used in high-security environments, the PCs are vulnerable to attacks allowing the theft of sensitive data
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Only Europeans will run AWS' European Sovereign Cloud
News The firm wants to reassure customers that sovereign really does mean sovereign
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