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23 Jan 2026
DevSecOps AI agents add platform context, woo enterprises
GitLab and Harness rolled out new AI agents, drawing interest from IT organizations with platform context and pricing.
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23 Jan 2026
News brief: Email scams highlight need for employee vigilance
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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22 Jan 2026
Upstart cloud provider Railway turns heads with speed
Railway began as a PaaS provider but now looks to disrupt hyperscalers with a bespoke back-end hardware design and built-in infrastructure best practices for developers.
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23 Jan 2026
Singapore debuts world’s first governance framework for agentic AI
The Infocomm Media Development Authority has released a guide to help enterprises deploy AI agents safely and address specific risks such as unauthorised actions and automation bias
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22 Jan 2026
JPMorgan CEO urges slowdown of AI roll-out to ‘save society’
The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence will prompt ‘civil unrest’ if governments and companies fail to protect workers from its displacing effects, says JPMorgan boss
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22 Jan 2026
Sportswear firm Under Armour falls victim to data breach
Details of over 70 million customers of US sportswear giant Under Armour were leaked following a supposed ransomware attack by the Everest gang
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22 Jan 2026
Maintel pipeline remains strong
Channel player shares an update on how its last fiscal year went with it clear there were challenges as well as positives
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22 Jan 2026
Mid-sized customers go it alone with security
Research from Advania raises the worrying prospect that a portion of users are missing out on the expertise the channel can provide around security
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22 Jan 2026
UK government begins trials of digital driving licence
The digital version of the physical driving licence will be made available through an app-based digital wallet, with testing underway before wider roll-out later this year
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21 Jan 2026
UK and China reach out across cyber no-man's land
London and Beijing have supposedly conducted high-level talks seeking to establish a joint security forum to help de-escalate potential cyber flashpoints, according to reports
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21 Jan 2026
AI slop pushes data governance towards zero-trust models
Organisations are implementing zero-trust models for data governance thanks to the proliferation of poor quality AI-generated data, often known as AI slop
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20 Jan 2026
UK public sector, CNI in Russian hacktivist crosshairs
Hacktivists aligned to the Russian state are ramping up their targeting of UK organisations with denial of service attacks
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20 Jan 2026
UK public sector, CNI in Russian hacktivist crosshairs
Hacktivists aligned to the Russian state are ramping up their targeting of UK organisations with denial of service attacks
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20 Jan 2026
Met claims success for permanent facial recognition in Croydon
Met Police boasts that its permanent deployment of live facial recognition cameras in Croydon has led to more than 100 arrests and prompted a double-digit reduction in local crime, ahead of an upcoming judicial review assessing the technology’s lawfulness
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19 Jan 2026
UK copyright law unfit for protecting creative workers from AI
As the UK government considers its approach to artificial intelligence and copyright, Computer Weekly explores the dynamics at play in copyright markets, and what measures can be taken to ensure that creatives are protected
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16 Jan 2026
NSA urges continuous checks to achieve zero trust
The agency leading the US government’s cryptology and cyber security strategies has published its latest zero-trust guidance
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16 Jan 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at BCN, TD Synnex Maverick, Heimdal and Syspro
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16 Jan 2026
Okta looking to expand GSI base
Security player keen to widen channel base and deepen its partner reach across the globe
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15 Jan 2026
Cyber body ISC2 signs on as UK software security ambassador
Professional cyber association ISC2 pledges support to UK government’s Software Security Ambassador scheme, part of the recently unveiled Cyber Action Plan
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15 Jan 2026
Zoho opens its first UAE datacentres to boost cloud adoption
New Dubai and Abu Dhabi facilities support data sovereignty, providing CIOs with local access to more than 100 Zoho and ManageEngine cloud services
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14 Jan 2026
Texas judge throws out second lawsuit over CrowdStrike outage
A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by CrowdStrike shareholders over the July 2024 outage that caused widespread disruption around the world
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14 Jan 2026
Microsoft DCU uses UK courts to hunt down cyber criminals
Microsoft has taken down the RedDVS cyber crime-as-a-service network after obtaining a UK court order, marking its first civil legal action outside of the US
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14 Jan 2026
Nozomi Networks opens APAC headquarters in Singapore
Industrial cyber security firm Nozomi Networks has opened its Singapore headquarters, doubling its regional headcount, and pledging to remain vendor agnostic while targeting the manufacturing and utility sectors
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14 Jan 2026
Distology boss looking for strong 2026
Security distributor has signed Tenable as part of its ongoing growth strategy
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14 Jan 2026
UK government backtracks on plans for mandatory digital ID
The proposed national digital identity app will no longer be compulsory for conducting right-to-work checks, removing the most contentious and widely criticised element of the scheme
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13 Jan 2026
Microsoft patches 112 CVEs on first Patch Tuesday of 2026
January brings a larger-than-of-late Patch Tuesday update out of Redmond, but an uptick in disclosures is often expected at this time of year
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13 Jan 2026
‘Dual-channel’ attacks are the new face of BEC in 2026
Business email compromise remains a significant threat as cyber fraudsters deploy a more diverse range of tactics against their potential victims, according to a report
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12 Jan 2026
Business leaders see AI risks and fraud outpacing ransomware, says WEF
C-suite executives are more concerned with risks arising from AI vulnerabilities and cyber fraud than ransomware, according to the World Economic Forum
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12 Jan 2026
Ofcom begins investigation of explicit image generation on Grok
Elon Musk’s Grok image generator, from parent company X, is being investigated by the UK regulator under the Online Safety Act
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12 Jan 2026
Rapid7 increases focus on compliance
With customers struggling to deal with audits and rising levels of regulations, the vendor is setting out to arm its channel with more options
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12 Jan 2026
Where the channel is going in 2026
It’s a good time to look deep into the crystal ball and pull out some ideas of what could happen over the next 12 months
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12 Jan 2026
Intersec Dubai highlights why AI has become critical in the race against cyber attackers
Cigna Healthcare’s Jean Wiles warns that healthcare security teams must act faster without sacrificing accuracy or compliance as threats driven by artificial intelligence scale
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11 Jan 2026
UAE’s VentureOne to deploy secure autonomy technologies in Europe through Unikie and Solita partners
Partnerships with Finland’s Unikie and Solita will bring UAE-developed secure autonomy technologies to critical infrastructure, public safety and AI-enabled operations across Northern Europe
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09 Jan 2026
News brief: AI threats to shape 2026 cybersecurity
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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09 Jan 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Bechtle, Westcon-Comstor, Distology, PebblePad and NEC Software Solutions
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09 Jan 2026
Agentic AI requires rethink of cloud security strategy
Security leaders discuss the rise of agentic AI, warning that autonomous agents operating at machine speed will require organisations to move away from static protection towards behavioural monitoring and automated reasoning
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08 Jan 2026
Personal data of thousands stolen in attack on London councils
The West London council at the centre of a major cyber incident has now started the process of informing residents that their personal data was compromised in the attack
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08 Jan 2026
Campaigners urge UK to develop digital sovereignty strategy
UK digital rights campaigners have urged UK parliamentarians to implement a digital sovereignty strategy as part of the forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to reduce reliance on technology subject to foreign interference
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08 Jan 2026
What will happen with Starmer’s digital ID scheme in 2026?
Last year, the UK government announced ambitious plans for a national digital identity scheme, but will 2026 lead to more disenchantment or new excitement?
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08 Jan 2026
Like it or not, AI will transform cyber strategy in 2026
Bubble or no bubble, from cyber skills to defensive strategies to governance, risk and compliance, artificial intelligence will remake the cyber world in 2026
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08 Jan 2026
Labour MP Josh Simons to lead digital ID scheme
Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary Josh Simons to become digital ID minister as government prepares to launch public consultation on the scheme
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07 Jan 2026
TXP snaps up Vigil
Addition of AWS specialist will bolster cloud options and provide greater global coverage, as elsewhere Integris and Boom strike up partnerships
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07 Jan 2026
Home Office digital-only eVisa system could be ruled unlawful
The Home Office is facing a judicial review over refusing to allow alternative proof of immigration status outside of the electronic visa system, despite data quality and integrity issues plaguing the system
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06 Jan 2026
Privacy will be under unprecedented attack in 2026
The UK and Europe are ramping up opposition to encryption and stepping up surveillance of private communications. Here is what to expect this year
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06 Jan 2026
Integrity360 starts the year with an acquisition
It’s a headline that might sound familiar as the security player follows the same path it followed last year
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06 Jan 2026
Fujitsu Post Office IT support team were ‘legalised hackers’
Backdoors meant it was possible for Fujitsu staff to steal money from Post Office branches, says former Fujitsu tech worker
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05 Jan 2026
UK government to spend £210m on public sector cyber resilience
The UK government unveils a £120m Cyber Action Plan to help reinforce and promote IT security resilience across the country's public services
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31 Dec 2025
Top 10 police technology stories of 2025
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2025
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31 Dec 2025
2025 review: Channel stories of the year
A look back over the stories that generated headlines over the past 12 months
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31 Dec 2025
Top 10 surveillance, journalism and encryption stories of 2025
A transatlantic row between the UK and the Trump administration erupted after the UK attempted to force Apple to break its advanced encryption. That was just one of a series of stories reporting on the tension between state surveillance and privacy this year
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30 Dec 2025
Top 10 technology ethics stories of 2025
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 tech ethics stories of 2025
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30 Dec 2025
Top 10 European IT stories of 2025
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 European technology stories of 2025
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29 Dec 2025
Top 10 cyber security stories of 2025
AI dominated all tech conversations this year, but the concerns of cyber security professionals extend far beyond. From remote work to supply chains, quantum to identity, there were plenty of other topics for the industry to chew over in 2025.
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28 Dec 2025
Middle East tech trends 2026: AI, cyber security and sovereign infrastructure take centre stage
As artificial intelligence moves from experimentation to production and cyber threats escalate, the Middle East is entering a decisive phase of digital transformation, says Omdia chief analyst Trevor Clarke
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24 Dec 2025
Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2025
In many regards, 2025 proved to be a relatively normal year for the cyber security world as threat actors and security pros continued their long-running cat-and-mouse game, but it was also a stand-out year that saw some of the largest cyber attacks ever to befall the UK. Discover more in Computer Weekly’s top 10 cyber crime stories of 2025
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23 Dec 2025
Top 10 ANZ stories of 2025
The 2025 tech landscape in Australia and New Zealand was dotted with major data breaches even as organisations continue to press on with their digital transformation efforts in areas such as AI and automation
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19 Dec 2025
News brief: Browser security flaws pose growing risk
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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19 Dec 2025
European Commission renews UK data adequacy agreement, ensuring continued free flow of data
Despite calls from some data protection campaigners, the UK's agreement to allow data movement with European Economic Area countries is extended until 2031
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19 Dec 2025
‘Sensitive’ data stolen in Westminster City Council cyber attack
London borough confirms that data breach affecting three neighbouring councils in a shared IT services operation led to personal information being copied by a third party
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19 Dec 2025
UK government confirms Foreign Office cyber attack
Reports blame Chinese hacking group but minister insists the source of the attack is unclear
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18 Dec 2025
Fortinet vulnerabilities prompt pre-holiday warnings
Analysts track exploitation of two vulnerabilities disclosed last week by Fortinet
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18 Dec 2025
AI safeguards improving, says UK government-backed body
Inaugural AI Security Institute report claims that safeguards in place to ensure AI models behave as intended seem to be improving
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17 Dec 2025
Free Docker Hardened Images challenge Chainguard
Docker calls out Chainguard by making all its hardened container images available free, while Chainguard expands its support for open source security.
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17 Dec 2025
ClickFix attacks that bypass cyber controls on the rise
NCC’s monthly threat report details the growing prevalence of ClickFix attacks in the wild
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17 Dec 2025
OT market poses challenges and rewards
There continue to be opportunities for the IT channel to help secure and unlock operational technology systems if they take the right approach
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15 Dec 2025
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2026
Enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region are expected to prioritise sovereign architectures, double down on securing agentic systems and rewrite their infrastructure playbooks, among other tech trends
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12 Dec 2025
News brief: Future of security holds bigger budgets, new threats
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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12 Dec 2025
Streisand effect: Businesses that pay ransomware gangs are more likely to hit the headlines
Research by ransomware expert Max Smeets suggests companies that pay up to criminal gangs are more likely to attract press attention
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12 Dec 2025
Trump plans bonfire of US state-level AI regulation
US president’s executive order targets state-level AI regulatory frameworks across the country, saying they are too onerous and endangering leadership in the field
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12 Dec 2025
Digital Ethics Summit 2025: Open sourcing and assuring AI
Industry experts met to discuss the ethical challenges associated with assuring AI systems, and how open source approaches can challenge concentrations of capital and power
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11 Dec 2025
Microsoft expands bug bounty scheme to include third-party software
The company is to offer bug bounty awards for people who report security vulnerabilities in third-party and open source software impacting Microsoft services
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10 Dec 2025
Error-prone eVisa system a precursor of digital ID
Research highlights how the Home Office’s electronic visa system has used migrants as a ‘testing ground’ for the government’s wider digital ID ambitions
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09 Dec 2025
Microsoft patched over 1,100 CVEs in 2025
The final Patch Tuesday update of the year brings 56 new CVEs, bringing the year-end total to more than 1,100
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09 Dec 2025
How Chinese-owned Radisson Hotel Group split US enterprise resource planning
During the UK and Ireland SAP user group conference in Birmingham, Computer Weekly met with the SAP platform lead at Radisson Hotel Group
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09 Dec 2025
MPs maul digital ID plans in Parliamentary debate
MPs brand the government’s digital ID plans ‘un-British’ and ‘an attack on civil liberties’ during debate on the controversial policy
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09 Dec 2025
Proofpoint looks to add MSP coverage with Hornetsecurity
With Proofpoint and Hornetsecurity’s tie-up closing, the ambition to increase channel coverage and gain a deeper reach into the SME market can now be realised
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09 Dec 2025
Why bug bounty schemes have not led to secure software
Computer Weekly speaks to Katie Moussouris, security entrepreneur and bug bounty pioneer, about the life of security researchers, bug bounties and the artificial intelligence revolution
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09 Dec 2025
OAIC to launch blitz on privacy compliance
Australia’s privacy watchdog will begin the new year with a compliance sweep targeting businesses that run afoul of privacy rules, including the over-collection of personal information in-person, warning that non-compliance could trigger fines
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08 Dec 2025
NCSC warns of confusion over true nature of AI prompt injection
Malicious prompt injections to manipulate GenAI large language models are being wrongly compared to classical SQL injection attacks. In reality, prompt injection may be a far worse problem, says the UK’s NCSC
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08 Dec 2025
How police live facial recognition subtly reconfigures suspicion
A growing body of research suggests that the use of live facial recognition is reshaping police perceptions of suspicion in ways that undermine supposed human-in-the-loop protections
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05 Dec 2025
News brief: RCE flaws persist as top cybersecurity threat
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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05 Dec 2025
Cyber teams on alert as React2Shell exploitation spreads
Exploitation of an RCE flaw in a widely used open source library is spreading quickly, with China-backed threat actors in the driving seat
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05 Dec 2025
Exclusive Networks UK boss looking for growth
Recently installed country manager shares his thoughts about how he can make an impact at the distributor
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05 Dec 2025
Cloudflare fixes second outage in a month
A change to web application firewall policies at Cloudflare caused problems across the internet less than three weeks after another major outage at the service, but no cyber attack is suspected
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04 Dec 2025
NCC supporting London councils gripped by cyber attacks
Three west London councils hit by a cyber attack continue to investigate as services remain disrupted nearly two weeks on
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04 Dec 2025
Constrained budgets left security teams short-handed in 2025
With 2024 seeing surges in security funding cuts, lay-offs and hiring freezes, 2025 brought some relief for cyber pros, but constrained budgets are leaving security teams short-staffed
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04 Dec 2025
Home Office launches police facial recognition consultation
The Home Office has formally opened a 10-week consultation on a legal framework for police use of facial recognition technologies, and will consider extending any new rules to police deployments of other biometric and inferential technologies
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04 Dec 2025
Western coalition supplying tech to Ukraine prepared for long war
Russia is deploying hybrid warfare against Europe as western nations supply critical IT and telecoms equipment to Ukraine’s front line
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03 Dec 2025
AWS AI IDE, AgentCore throw down gauntlets for Microsoft
Kiro emerges as a significant alternative to GitHub Copilot agents, while AWS AgentCore updates square off against Agent 365 in the battle for enterprise AI development.
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03 Dec 2025
UK government pledges to rewrite Computer Misuse Act
Campaigners celebrate as security minister Dan Jarvis commits to amending the outdated Computer Misuse Act to protect security professionals from prosecution
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03 Dec 2025
NCSC and BT block a billion dangerous clicks
A protective service jointly developed by the NCSC and BT has disrupted over a billion potential cyber incidents by stopping members of the public from clicking through to dangerous websites
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03 Dec 2025
UK national security strategy failing to account for online world
The UK government’s national security strategy is falling short on online matters, according to the independent reviewer of terrorism
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03 Dec 2025
Interview: Florence Mottay, global CISO, Zalando
Florence Mottay moved from mathematics to software engineering, and is now leading security at Zalando, a high-tech online fashion retailer
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03 Dec 2025
Post Office avoids £1m fine over botched website upgrade data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office considered fining the Post Office £1m for a 2024 data breach that let subpostmasters down again
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03 Dec 2025
SysGroup H1 shows tangible signs of improvement
While not fully recovered, SysGroup is back on firmer footing after focusing on putting its foundations in place, with H1 giving positive signs
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03 Dec 2025
MSPs using AI to improve customer service
Research from POPX reveals widespread channel adoption of artificial intelligence to improve operations and security
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03 Dec 2025
Women in Cybersecurity Middle East marks five years of impact at Black Hat MEA
As AI reshapes the regional cyber security landscape, diversity and skills development remain at the heart of building a resilient digital workforce
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03 Dec 2025
Black Hat MEA: Saudi Vision 2030 fuels surge in cyber security innovation
Global cyber firms are racing to support the Kingdom’s mega-projects, but building trusted partnerships remains key, says Exabeam CEO Pete Harteveld
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02 Dec 2025
UK prosecution of alleged Chinese spies was ‘shambolic’ says Parliamentary committee
The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy reports that China was engaged in malicious cyber attacks against UK Parliament and democratic institutions
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02 Dec 2025
AWS targets vulnerable code with security agent
At AWS re:Invent 2025, the cloud giant unveiled a security agent designed to bridge the gap between development speed and security validation, along with the general availability of Security Hub analytics
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02 Dec 2025
Strategic shift pays off as Okta bids to ease agentic AI risk
Nine months after restructuring its go-to-market, Okta is buoyed by a growing recognition of how crucial identity has become thanks to the spread of AI agents
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02 Dec 2025
Use of digital ID in UK achieves statutory status
A formal regime of certification and governance is now in place for digital identity services – just as the UK government presses ahead with its controversial plan for a national ID scheme
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01 Dec 2025
Mandatory digital ID paves way for surveillance and exclusion, MPs hear
It is currently unclear how the UK’s government’s proposed mandatory digital ID scheme will help with its stated goal of curbing illegal migration and working
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01 Dec 2025
Interview: Mariano Albera, CTO, Checkout.com
Checkout.com’s chief technology officer has spent most of his career in the e-commerce industry, and now he is applying what he learned to the finance sector that serves it