
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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Datadog announces local UK storage for regulated industriesNews The company is targeting customers and partners with specific UK data residency, privacy, and security requirements
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Microsoft says North Korean hackers are using AI to impersonate job seekers and steal company secretsNews The groups are increasingly using face-changing or voice-changing software to make their fake identities more plausible
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True scale of TfL cyber attack emergesNews New details on the scale of the TfL cyber attack raise serious questions about the rail operator’s response
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Organizations hit by 90 zero-day vulnerabilities last yearNews Google Threat Intelligence researchers warn that edge devices and security appliances are prime entry points
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Major data leak forum taken downNews LeakBase enabled the sale and purchase of a huge amount of personal data and had more than 142,000 members
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Law enforcement and security firms take down huge PhaaS platformNews Tycoon 2FA has been responsible for tens of millions of phishing messages, reaching over 500,000 organizations each month worldwide
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Swamped with decisions to make, managers turn to AINews Worryingly, many UK leaders are outsourcing key judgments to AI, despite a lack of data
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In-house IT builds are falling flat and going way over budgetNews IT leaders say delays and hidden costs mean that many projects are eventually scrapped
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LastPass issues alert as customers face second major phishing campaign of 2026News The campaign is the third to hit LastPass users in six months
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Surging third-party risks create software vulnerability headaches for developer teamsNews Security risk is increasing across the software delivery lifecycle as development relies more heavily on third-party components
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Flaw in Chrome’s Gemini Live gave attackers access to user cameras and microphonesNews The in-browser AI assistant loads differently in the side panel, rather than a regular tab, exposing users to risks
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CISOs are keen on agentic AI, but they’re not going all-in yetNews Many security leaders face acute talent shortages and are looking to upskill workers
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Cyber resilience tunnel vision is leaving enterprises open to external threatsNews Many enterprises are overlooking supply chain risks as part of their cyber resilience strategies
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Four national compute resources launched for cutting-edge science and researchNews The new national compute centers will receive a total of £76 million in funding
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UK Government says it’s ‘cut cyber attack fix times by 84%’ with new vulnerability monitoring serviceNews A new scanning service spots weaknesses in government DNS records for 6,000 UK public sector bodies
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UK firms are dragging their heels on AI trainingNews With shadow AI rife, access to approved tools, clear guardrails, and training are needed to use the technology responsibly
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Your customers aren’t keen on that customer service chatbot you introducedNews Consumers still prefer interacting with real people, not clunky chatbots
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Security agencies issue warning over critical Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN vulnerabilityNews Threat actors have been exploiting the vulnerability to achieve root access since 2023
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AI isn’t killing DevOps, you’re just using it wrongNews New research indicates that enterprises with mature DevOps processes are gaining the most from AI adoption
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Enterprises still can't get a handle on software security debtNews New research shows that the backlog of unresolved vulnerabilities is growing faster than organizations can deal with it
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CrowdStrike says AI is officially supercharging cyber attacksNews Cyber criminals are actively exploiting AI systems and injecting malicious prompts into legitimate generative AI tools
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Cloudflare's recent outage explainedNews The seven-hour outage affected customers using Cloudflare's Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) services
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Everything we know so far about the PayPal data breachNews While few PayPal customers saw their data exposed, some did experience unauthorized activity on their accounts
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Microsoft says 100% of its global electricity consumption is now matched by renewable energyNews The tech giant is among the largest corporate purchasers of renewable energy
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