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SolarWinds RCE bug makes Cisa list as exploitation spreads

Exploitation of CVE-2025-40551, an RCE flaw affecting SolarWinds Web Help Desk, appears to be spreading, with defenders on high alert Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK government must get its hands dirty on security, report says

As the UK government develops its National Cyber Action Plan, a report from the Rusi think tank urges Westminster to take a more interventionist approach Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Banks reduce reliance on OpenAI as strategies mature

Banks are increasingly using alternative AI providers as Anthropic and Google eat into OpenAI’s dominance Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Ransomware gangs focus on winning hearts and minds

Ransomware-as-a-service operations are increasingly seeking to forge connections with employees, contractors and trusted partners of their target organisations as an alternative to straight-up hacking, says NCC Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CGI’s artificial intelligence boss knows his job title won’t exist for long

IT service provider is using AI to increase throughput while applying it to ‘big ticket’ challenges externally Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

2026 is the year we must get serious about being a data nation

While the UK has the data assets and the expertise to deliver real public benefit with artificial intelligence, a lack of consistency, completeness and interoperability in its data foundations risks missing these opportunities Continue Reading

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• Resham Kotecha, The Open Data Institute

Banks on the hook for £173m in APP fraud reimbursement

Banks paid 88% losses claimed by customers that fell victim to authorised push payment fraud last year Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Datacentre indecision: UK government’s back and forth on planning

This week’s Computer Weekly ezine digs into the latest twist in a long-running datacentre planning saga, concerning a server farm in Iver, Buckinghamshire, that the government has now admitted it was wrong to grant planning permission for. We also hear from the head of advanced analytics at Dutch Bank ING about how its foray into using AI technologies is benefiting both its business and the customers it serves. Sticking with the AI theme, we take a deep dive into how the technology is being used as an enabler for the development of urban digital twins, and find out how it can be used to assist IT security teams. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Police intercept evidence from Sky ECC cryptophone network ‘unreliable’, Antwerp court told

Intercepted communications data used to prosecute drug crime gangs is unreliable and does not conform to international standards of evidence, according to an expert report presented to a court in Antwerp Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Police Digital Service future remains uncertain as ‘radical’ Home Office policing reform unveiled

The UK government’s long-awaited ‘radical’ policing reform whitepaper has finally dropped, but there is a distinct lack of detail in it about how exactly the Police Digital Service will fit into its vision for a nationally led policing sector Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Home Office announces sweeping police technology plans

The Home Office plans to ramp up its deployment of artificial intelligence and facial-recognition technologies under wide-ranging reforms to UK policing Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Sir Alan Bates slams ‘nonsense’ reported about his financial redress settlement

Campaigning subpostmaster speaks out about the highly inaccurate claims about the compensation he received Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Metropolitan Police needs effective constraints on live facial recognition use, court hears

The Metropolitan Police has defended its use of live facial recognition against a legal challenge that claims there are no effective constraints on where it can deploy the technology Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Security now one of the UK’s fastest-growing career paths

The number of people working in the cyber security field has almost trebled in the 2020s, with one cyber professional for every 68 businesses in the UK Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Troubleshooter steps in as Capita and civil service bosses apologise for pension scheme problems

High volumes of customer calls, backlogs and complex requests blamed for shaky start to life on civil service pension scheme for Capita Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Fujitsu boss ‘falls on his sword’ before settling with Post Office scandal victims

Fujitsu's European chief Paul Patterson is stepping down from his role amid the troubles brought on by the supplier’s central role in the Post Office scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Nationwide expands Amazon Web Services partnership to delve deeper into AI

Nationwide will have access to artificial intelligence-powered tools to help staff in their everyday interactions with its members Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Wave of ShinyHunters vishing attacks spreading fast

The ShinyHunters hacking collective that caused chaos in 2025 is ramping up a new voice phishing campaign, with several potential victims already identified Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Peer demands independent investigation into DWP’s prosecution of subpostmasters

The DWP’s promised review of subpostmaster prosecutions doesn’t satisfy the demands of politicians and campaigners Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Broken decryptor leaves Sicarii ransomware victims adrift

A coding error in an emergent strain of ransomware leaves victims unable to recover their data, even if they cooperate with the hackers’ demands Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Tech nationalism: The need to build and protect UK digital sovereignty

This week’s edition of the Computer Weekly ezine has a focus on digital sovereignty, as we delve into why the Open Rights Group thinks it is high time the UK government has a formalised strategy, championing homegrown tech providers. The last in our recent run of buyer’s guides also touches on this topic. Elsewhere, we hear from the CISO of online retailer Zalando about how she’s drawing on her career in tech to reshape the firm’s approach to security. Rounding out the ezine, we find out how the adoption of AI is affecting employee autonomy in the workplace. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Landmark legal challenge against police facial recognition begins

The High Court will examine whether the Metropolitan Police is acting lawfully with its deployments of live facial recognition, in the UK’s first judicial review of how the technology is being used Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

AI claims are cheap: The challenge is to work out what's real

The Security Think Tank considers what CISOs and buyers need to know to cut through the noise around AI and figure out which AI cyber use cases are worth a look, and which are just hype. Continue Reading

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• Ellie Hurst, Advent IM

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 Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

DWP review of Post Office worker prosecutions yet to start, months after announcement

The DWP said in August that it would carry out an independent review of prosecutions of subpostmasters, but it has yet to appoint a reviewer Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Dell Technologies Forum Dubai highlights AI as the next great economic accelerator

At its flagship regional event, Dell Technologies set out how AI leadership, data readiness and skills development are shaping digital transformation across the UAE and the wider Middle East Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

NatWest Boxed tech team drives business on embedded finance wave

NatWest Boxed tech team doubles up as the force behind NatWest’s challenger bank, as well as its white-label banking service Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Swedish government software developer counters poor health apps claim

As national election season approaches, political opponents of Sweden’s lead coalition party make hay of survey that claims unsatisfactory health apps deter doctor visits Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

How open banking is evolving to unlock finances

In this week’s edition of the Computer Weekly ezine, we take a look at how – eight years after its introduction – the concept of open banking is expanding and evolving, and giving rise to new use cases within financial services. We also sit down with the CTO of Norsk Global and find out how swapping out its legacy VMware estate for Nutanix’s technology has saved it money and helped it shift away from having a reactive IT strategy. Elsewhere in the issue, we find out how agentic AI is shaking up business processes within the enterprise architecture landscape. And in the second of our three buyer’s guide features on digital sovereignty, we find out why this is a topic IT buyers and IT departments need to get a handle on in 2026. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

UK open banking is eight years old and ready to grow into the wider economy

The next phase of open banking will have a greater impact as it morphs into cross-sector open finance Continue Reading

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 Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Liverpool FC signs WasabiAiR for fast video tagging and search

Reds can tag video frame-by-frame with AI-based ML-as-a-service to get rapid search and ‘hyper-personalisation’ of footage for fan engagement and partner content Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Computer Weekly

Dutch researcher’s AI breakthrough tackles the structured data paradox

Table representation learning unlocks 99% of organisational data that remains unused Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

‘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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Berlin anarchists cite AI in attack on key energy infrastructure

Berlin anarchists have sabotaged key energy infrastructure in the city, claiming it as an act of ‘self-defence’ against the planet’s destruction by ‘energy-guzzling’ technologies and the wider fossil fuel economy that underpins their development Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Post Office scandal’s oldest victim calls for total ban on Fujitsu

Betty Brown wants the IT supplier at the centre of the Post Office scandal banned from all government contracts Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cutting through the noise: SaaS accelerators vs. enterprise AI

The Security Think Tank considers what CISOs and buyers need to know to cut through the noise around AI and figure out which AI cyber use cases are worth a look, and which are just hype. Continue Reading

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• Richard Watson-Bruhn, PA Consulting

UK open banking is eight years old and ready to grow into the wider economy

The next phase of open banking will have a greater impact as it morphs into cross-sector open finance Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Every Post Office victim deserves an OBE, says Betty Brown

In the first edition of the Computer Weekly ezine for 2026, we reveal who in the world of tech has received gongs in the New Year Honours List, and why. We also sit down with competition lawyer Maria Luisa Stasi, who is in the midst of a legal action to secure billions of pounds in compensation for UK businesses that have been allegedly overcharged by Microsoft for opting to run its software in competing cloud environments. Elsewhere in the issue, we find out why automotive enterprises are being advised to revamp their networks and embrace openness. And in the first of our three buyer’s guide features on the knotty topic of digital sovereignty, we find out what role data auditing has to play in building a cast-iron data sovereignty strategy. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK regains second spot in global fintech investment ranking

Global fintech investment was up 21% and the UK retook second spot in the market ranking for the full year 2025 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

MPs could be unintentionally going easy on tech ‘parasite’ in Post Office scandal bill

Fujitsu’s Post Office scandal bill should be a share of a figure much higher than the £1.8bn compensation costs cited by a Parliamentary committee Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

From promise to proof: making AI security adoption tangible

The Security Think Tank considers what CISOs and buyers need to know to cut through the noise around AI and figure out which AI cyber use cases are worth a look, and which are just hype. Continue Reading

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• Aditya K Sood, Aryaka

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 Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Security Think Tank: Stop buying AI, start buying outcomes

The Security Think Tank considers what CISOs and buyers need to know to cut through the noise around artificial intelligence and figure out which AI cyber use cases are worth a look, and which are just hype Continue Reading

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• Rik Ferguson, Forescout

CCRC says multiple Post Office software systems potentially implicated in miscarriages of justice

Statutory body said its work has widened to multiple IT systems, and could even look at potential Post Office miscarriages of justice with no link to IT Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

All England Tennis Club extends 36-year IBM deal with AI at core of plans

Deal will see IBM continue to develop digital experience for fans of the Wimbledon tennis tournament Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Lenovo taps AI and digital twins to power World Cup 2026

Technology partner for upcoming football tournament has built an artificial intelligence knowledge assistant for coaches, digital avatars to assist VAR decisions, and smart infrastructure for venue management Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, Informa TechTarget

Fujitsu UK job cuts as staff pay the price for failures of top executives

Troubled IT giant’s staff are paying the price for senior management failures over Post Office scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Fujitsu boss has been a Post Office scandal bystander for over a decade

IT supplier’s European boss was kept up to date with challenges to the Horizon system, but like others, remained silent Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

What will the Post Office scandal bring in 2026?

Campaigners are waiting to see what will unfold in the Post Office scandal in 2026, but history has told them not to hold their breath Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Top 10 police technology stories of 2025

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2025 Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Top 10 government IT stories of 2025

The past 12 months has seen a number of significant milestones in digital government. Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 government IT stories of 2025 Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Top 10 technology ethics stories of 2025

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 tech ethics stories of 2025 Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Top 10 Post Office scandal stories of 2025

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Post Office scandal stories of 2025 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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. Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2025

A new digital strategy, funding boosts and struggles to keep the lights on: here are Computer Weekly’s top NHS IT stories in 2025 Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Post Office six years late to warn subpostmasters about Horizon defect

Following pressure from Computer Weekly and forensic investigator, the Post Office has warned subpostmasters about Horizon defect potentially at large for over 20 years Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The AI regulation gap: Is the UK’s pro-innovation approach enough?

As AI advances, the UK’s pro-innovation regulatory stance faces growing scrutiny. With non-statutory principles at its core, can the framework maintain public trust and provide effective oversight? Continue Reading

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• Dave Howell

Fortinet vulnerabilities prompt pre-holiday warnings

Analysts track exploitation of two vulnerabilities disclosed last week by Fortinet Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

MHRA seeks views on healthcare AI regulation

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) wants to know how to regulate AI technologies in the NHS while keeping patients safe Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Passwords to prompts: Identity and AI redefined cyber in 2025

As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. Continue Reading

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• Daniel Gordon, PA Consulting

Cyber resilience will define winners and losers in 2026

As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. Continue Reading

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• Nick New, Optalysys

Jilted Fujitsu replaced by Netcompany in HMRC relationship

Troubled Fujitsu replaced by Netcompany on trading service as HMRC begins to move its outsourcing away from scandal-hit firm Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

ClickFix attacks that bypass cyber controls on the rise

NCC’s monthly threat report details the growing prevalence of ClickFix attacks in the wild Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Security platform consolidation in 2026: The AI imperative

As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. Continue Reading

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• John Bruce, Quorum Cyber

Court rule that fuelled Post Office’s prosecution rampage: Everything you need to know

This guide contains essential information about the legal rule that enabled the Post Office to wrongly prosecute subpostmasters Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Finance regulator wants mortgage brokers to use artificial intelligence

UK regulator is to encourage mortgage brokers to use artificial intelligence and other technology Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The three cyber trends that will define 2026

As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. Continue Reading

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• Vladimir Jirasek, Foresight Cyber

In cyber security, basics matter, even in 2025

As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. Continue Reading

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• Vladimir Jirasek, Foresight Cyber

What is driving the rise of infostealer malware?

Infostealer malware is a growing problem for cyber security teams, and these attacks have the potential to cause significant damage to businesses. What is enabling them to thrive? Continue Reading

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• Anne Heim, Socura

National Audit Office praises Bank of England after complex mega-project

Public spending watchdog says the Bank of England’s core system replacement project offers lessons to other government departments Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Interview: Art Hu, global CIO, Lenovo

The IT chief at the PC, servers and storage supplier is using his experience of rolling out tech internally to boost the growing services ambitions of the Chinese tech giant Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

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 Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Security pros should prepare for tough questions on AI in 2026

As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. Continue Reading

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• Ellie Hurst, Advent IM

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 Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

How Oracle Red Bull Racing is driving Formula 1 into the future with cloud, AI and data

Access to the F1 team’s garage in Abu Dhabi reveals how Monte Carlo simulations, artificial intelligence and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure power split-second decisions, strategy and championship-winning performance Continue Reading

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• Andrea Benito , Computer Weekly

Fujitsu underestimated Post Office scandal backlash

Troubled IT supplier loses UK government megadeal despite internal confidence, as political pressure mounts Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Supporting sustainability in IT

In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, there is a focus on IT sustainability, as we dig into how to ensure the networking infrastructure underpinning our artificial intelligence workloads is as green as possible. We also speak to the chief sustainability officer of Genesys about how going green is helping the cloud software provider achieve its business objectives. With the fallout from the Autumn Budget still being keenly felt, we find out more about where the £300m promised to fund improvements in NHS technology is really going. And in the second of our three buyer’s guide features on self-service developer tools, we shine a light on how the technology can help organisations revamp their DevOps workflows. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

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 Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

From trust to turbulence: Cyber's road ahead in 2026

As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. Continue Reading

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• Aditya K Sood, Aryaka

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

UK Space Agency pumps £17m into tech projects

The agency is funding 17 different projects through its National Space Innovation Programme, including the design of an AI-powered satellite radar Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Fujitsu police contract ‘complicates’ Post Office investigation

National Police investigation into Post Office scandal uses IT infrastructure provided by Fujitsu Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

In 2026, collaboration, honesty and humility in cyber are key

As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. Continue Reading

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• Rik Ferguson, Forescout

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA