
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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NCSC issues alert over Russian hacker campaign targeting SOHO routersNews The APT28 group has exploited vulnerable internet routers to covertly reroute internet traffic through malicious servers
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More than half of enterprises are using out-of-date operating systemsNews Most organizations are failing to update device operating systems and apps, leaving them vulnerable to threats
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German authorities want your help finding the hackers behind GandCrab and REvilNews Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin and Anatoly Sergeevitsch Kravchuk are believed to have made millions from ransomware as a service schemes
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‘Skipping a beat on resilience investment isn’t an option any more’ as IT outage costs soarNews Organizations are ramping up resilience efforts at IT outage costs continue mounting
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IBM strikes Arm deal in AI-focused hardware pushNews The companies say they want to help enterprises run future AI and data intensive workloads more flexibly
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78% of UK manufacturers have experienced a cyber incident in the last yearNews Last year's attack on Jaguar Land Rover shows the costs can be very significant indeed
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Axios npm compromise highlights growing software supply chain risks, experts warnNews Cyber criminals exploited a hijacked maintainer account to compromise one of the world's most widely used JavaScript libraries
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Clunky tech is causing frustration for hybrid workersNews Clunky tools and slow set-up are wasting time for enterprises, and it’s having a big impact on workforce morale
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The majority of businesses couldn’t survive three days of downtimeNews IT outages have a disastrous impact on enterprise productivity and finances
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Cloud maturity is hampering AI adoptionNews Investment in cloud isn’t keeping pace with AI demand, new research shows
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European Commission confirms data breach as ShinyHunters group claims responsibilityNews The extortion group is believed to be behind a cyber attack affecting the Commission's cloud systems
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NTT has a plan to reduce emissions across the entire software product life cycleNews A first of its kind framework aims to track everything from procurement and design through to operation and disposal
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Google just revised its ‘Q-Day’ timelineNews Google has warned that “Q-Day”, the point where a quantum computer is powerful enough to crack current encryption techniques, could come as soon as 2029.
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OpenAI is cracking down on AI misuse with a new bug bounty programNews Submissions don't have to be security vulnerabilities, OpenAI says, just the potential to cause material harm
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LiteLLM PyPI compromise: Everything we know so farNews The TeamPCP hacking group is believed to have successfully backdoored the package to harvest credentials
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NCSC warns vibe coding poses a major risk to businessesNews Vulnerability management approaches are not maturing fast enough to keep up with the downsides of AI-generated code
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Over two-thirds of workers can’t identify work produced by AI agentsNews The rapid adoption of AI agents is outpacing access controls, credential hygiene, and identity attribution
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Mistral CEO calls for AI cultural levyNews Foreign AI firms should pay for European content, says Arthur Mensch – and the European Commission is tending to agree
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Russian sentenced to jail for his part in ransomware attacksNews Aleksei Volkov operated as an initial access broker, helping cybercrime groups, including the Yanluowang ransomware group
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The higher education sector has a digital transformation problemNews A TCS study highlights a growing gap between ambition and execution, as the sector moves towards intelligent and experience-led education models
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Scottish government sets out AI plans for the next five yearsNews Deputy first minister Kate Forbes says the aim is to establish Scotland as a world leader in the technology
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Dark web platforms taken down in international operationOperation Alice traced tens of thousands of CSAM and cybercrime-as-a-service sites back to one individual
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Stryker hackers struck by FBI in domain seizure campaignNews The domain seizures come hot on the heels of Handala's devastating attack on the medical tech firm
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CISPE files antitrust complaint over Broadcom VMware partner program changesNews The industry group says businesses are being "irreparably damaged" by Broadcom changes
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