
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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The open source ecosystem is booming thanks to AI, but hackers are taking advantage
News Analysis by Sonatype found that AI is giving attackers new opportunities to target victims
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Hackers are using LLMs to generate malicious JavaScript in real time
News Defenders advised to use runtime behavioral analysis to detect and block malicious activity at the point of execution, directly within the browser
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CDOs are facing an uphill battle with upskilling and data management
News A survey from Informatica shows visibility and governance has not kept pace with the use of AI
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AI is “forcing a fundamental shift” in data privacy and governance
News Organizations are working to define and establish the governance structures they need to manage AI responsibly at scale – and budgets are going up
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IT teams are battling a surge in outages over missed critical alerts
News IT workers are ignoring a torrent of false alerts, but there's a risk a legitimate one could slip through the net
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Pegasystems wants to help you modernize outdated Lotus Notes applications
News The Notes to Blueprint tool lets enterprises understand their Lotus Notes estates and get rid of broken workflows
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Thousands of Microsoft Teams users are being targeted in a new phishing campaign
News Microsoft Teams users should be on the alert, according to researchers at Check Point
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Half of agentic AI projects are still stuck at the pilot stage
News Organizations are stymied by issues with security, privacy, and compliance, as well as the technical challenges of managing agents at scale
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Microsoft warns of rising AitM phishing attacks on energy sector
News The campaign abused SharePoint file sharing services to deliver phishing payloads and altered inbox rules to maintain persistence
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Why the UK is primed to lead a global charge in ‘green AI’ innovation
News UKAI says there are major economic incentives and a big opportunity for the UK to lead the world in green AI development
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Trade groups hit out at EU's proposed Digital Networks Act
News The European Commission has set out its proposals to boost the EU's connectivity, to some criticism from industry associations
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Fears over “AI model collapse” are fueling a shift to zero trust data governance strategies
News Gartner warns of "model collapse" as AI-generated data proliferates – and says organizations need to beware
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LastPass issues alert as customers targeted in new phishing campaign
News LastPass has urged customers to be on the alert for phishing emails amidst an ongoing scam campaign that encourages users to backup vaults.
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CEOs are fed up with poor return on investment from AI
News Most CEOs say they're struggling to turn AI investment into tangible returns and failing to move beyond exploratory projects
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NCSC names and shames pro-Russia hacktivist group amid escalating DDoS attacks on UK public services
News Russia-linked hacktivists are increasingly trying to cause chaos for UK organizations
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An AWS CodeBuild vulnerability could’ve caused supply chain chaos – luckily a fix was applied before disaster struck
News A single misconfiguration could have allowed attackers to inject malicious code to launch a platform-wide compromise
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New industry 'ambassador' scheme looks to shore up software security practices
News The Software Security Ambassadors scheme aims to boost software supply chains by helping organizations implement the Software Security Code of Practice.
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1,800 MSPs impacted in Pax8 data leak after company shared partner information via email
News More than a thousand MSPs have been alerted that competitors may now have access to sensitive business data
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Workers are wasting half a day each week fixing AI ‘workslop’
News Better staff training and understanding of the technology is needed to cut down on AI workslop
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IBM Sovereign Core targets AI and cloud data residency gains for European enterprises
News The new IBM Sovereign Core service allows organizations to build, manage, and deploy their own AI-ready sovereign workloads
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Finance and security leaders are odds over cyber priorities, and it’s harming enterprises
News Poor relations between the departments can be solved by CISOs talking in a language CFOs understand
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Irish data center expansion plans draw fire
News A new plan to attract investment in energy intensive sectors will be bad for locals and the environment, critics say
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There’s a dangerous new ransomware variant on the block – and cyber experts warn it’s flying under the radar
News The new DeadLock ransomware family is taking off in the wild, researchers warn
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AI-related cuts could come back to haunt enterprises
News A frantic push to automate roles with AI could come back to haunt many enterprises, according to Forrester
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