
Emma Woollacott
Emma Woollacott is a freelance journalist writing for publications including the BBC, Private Eye, Forbes, Raconteur and specialist technology titles.
-

Most in-house IT builds are doomed to fail – here’s why
News New research indicates that DIY projects are a false economy
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Russian cyber crime group hit with international sanctions
News Media Land offers 'bulletproof' hosting services used for ransomware and DDoS attacks around the world
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

UK IT leaders are struggling to meet sustainability targets
News Rising cloud costs and fragmented usage data leaves IT decision makers overwhelmed
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Thousands of ASUS routers are being hijacked in a state-sponsored cyber espionage campaign
News Researchers believe that Operation WrtHug is being carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Entry-level role cutbacks risk huge future talent shortages
News AI is eating into graduate jobs, and that brings problems for the internal talent pipeline
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

IBM AIX users urged to patch immediately as researchers sound alarm on critical flaws
News Network administrators should patch the four IBM AIX flaws as soon as possible
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Europol hails triple takedown with Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium sting operations
News The Rhadamanthys infostealer operation is one of the latest victims of Europol's Operation Endgame, with more than a thousand servers taken down
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Logitech says zero-day attack saw hackers copy 'certain data' from internal IT systems
News The incident is believed to have formed part of a campaign by the Clop extortion group that targeted customers of Oracle’s E-Business Suite
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Cyber insurance payouts are skyrocketing
News While more companies are taking out cyber insurance, experts warn that not everything is always covered
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Software 'complexity' is costing enterprises billions each year
News Disparate tools and failed implementations mean firms are pouring money down the drain
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Lack of power supplies hitting data centre construction
Reviews New research from Savills finds that delivered power capacity is actually falling
By Emma Woollacott Published
Reviews -

Businesses finding it hard to distinguish real AI from the hype, report suggests
News An Ernst & Young survey finds that CEOs are working to adopt generative AI, but find it difficult to develop and implement
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Red Hat eyes tighter data controls with sovereign support for EU customers
News The company's new offering will see support delivered entirely by EU citizens in the region
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

From underground bunkers to 'data spas' and the 'floating cloud', Lenovo is getting creative with future data center ideas
News Lenovo might have its head in the clouds with some ideas, but other radical solutions are already in operation
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Google says leading AI malware strains are nowhere near good enough yet
News While some strains are still in an experimental phase, researchers warn they could be a sign of what's to come
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

M&S reveals massive financial hit from cyber attack
News Statutory profit before tax was almost wiped out by the incident
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Rogue cyber pros charged amid ransomware allegations
News The attackers are alleged to have demanded ransoms of up to $10 million
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

‘Data sprawl’ is now your security team’s biggest headache – and it’s only going to get worse
News Most significant data loss events are caused by careless employees or third-party contractors, research finds
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

A notorious ransomware group is spreading fake Microsoft Teams ads to snare victims
News The Rhysida ransomware group is leveraging Trusted Signing from Microsoft to lend plausibility to its activities
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Microsoft and Nvidia are teaming up again to support UK startups
News Agentic Launchpad will offer participants AI expertise, training and networking, and marketing support
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Ransomware attacks are hitting European enterprises at record pace
News European enterprises are facing a wave of sophisticated attacks from state-sponsored hacker groups
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

Entry-level hiring is slowing down at an alarming rate
News A new report shows employers are cutting back on entry-level hiring, but expect things to improve eventually
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

CISA just published crucial new guidance on keeping Microsoft Exchange servers secure
News With a spate of attacks against Microsoft Exchange in recent years, CISA and the NSA have published crucial new guidance for organizations to shore up defenses.
By Emma Woollacott Published
News -

US telco confirms state-backed hackers laid low in network for nearly a year
News The hackers remained undetected in the Ribbon Communications’ systems for months
By Emma Woollacott Published
News
