
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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Growing AI workloads are causing hybrid cloud headaches
News Tech leaders say they're increasingly worried about the use of AI in public cloud environments
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Microsoft hits back at Lumma Stealer malware
News Microsoft and Europol are fighting back against the Lumma Stealer malware
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Sage wants to supercharge SMB accounting with new AI features
News The company says the inclusion of Sage Copilot will help small businesses improve efficiency and reduce errors
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Everything we know about the Peter Green Chilled cyber attack
News A ransomware attack on the chilled food distributor highlights the supply chain risks within the retail sector
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The UK’s science funding agency is being bombarded with cyber attacks
News Government bodies face increasing threats from state-sponsored espionage groups
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The public sector is bullish on agentic AI – but data readiness will be its undoing
News Nine-in-ten public sector organizations worldwide are planning to explore, pilot, or implement agentic AI in the next two to three years.
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NHS England launches cyber charter to shore up vendor security practices
News Voluntary charter follows a series of high-profile ransomware attacks
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Surging AI adoption rates are creating an unprecedented skills shortage
News Enterprises ramping up the adoption of the technology are facing serious bottlenecks
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US healthcare data breaches are out of control – over 400 million patient records have been exposed in the last two years
News There's been a huge surge in the number of healthcare data breaches in recent years
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Everything we know about the Dior cyber attack so far
News The luxury fashion brand told ITPro that no sensitive financial information has been compromised in the attack.
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Employee phishing training is working – but don’t get complacent
News Educating staff on how to avoid phishing attacks can cut the rate by 80%
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European workers say no thanks to 'always on' workplace culture
News New research shows European workers are pushing back on the 'always on' culture and fear US-style corporate policies creeping into workplaces.
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Microsoft faces another lawsuit over software licensing practices
News Microsoft is facing one of the UK's largest ever class action lawsuits over its software licensing practices.
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CISOs take the back seat as dev teams claim responsibility for application security
News Development and engineering teams are steering security and budget strategies
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Poor software testing risks software outages
News New research shows that firms are focusing on speed of delivery rather than quality
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M&S confirms hackers accessed customer personal data
News The retailer confirmed hackers accessed customer data – but not payment information or passwords
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The UK's ICT sector struggling with technical debt
News As AI fuels expensive innovation, analysts advise organizations to track their technical debt and prioritize accordingly
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FBI takes down botnet exploiting aging routers
News Organizations warned they should replace potentially affected devices
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LockBit ransomware group falls victim to hackers itself
News A data leak has revealed negotiations with victims, along with Bitcoin wallet addresses, affiliate accounts and details of attacks
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AI-powered banking fraud on the rise
News Banks are increasingly using AI to combat scams, but say that the need for good data management can make progress slow
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Public sector IT leaders lament sluggish digital transformation progress
News Research from SolarWinds shows public sector transformation is progressing at a snail's pace despite IT leaders pushing for rapid improvements.
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Almost a third of workers are covertly using AI at work – here’s why that’s a terrible idea
News Employers need to get wise to the use of unauthorized AI tools and tighten up policies
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Cyber attacks are costing UK firms billion every year
News New research from ESET shows the cost of cyber attacks against UK businesses is surging, with many victims struggling to remediate breaches.
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This hacker group is posing as IT helpdesk workers to target enterprises
News The Luna Moth hacker group is ramping up attacks on firms across a range of industries with its 'callback phishing' campaign, according to security researchers.
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