There is a high risk of a genuinely catastrophic ransomware attack occurring against a critical national infrastructure (CNI) target in the UK at any moment, with the lack of planning for such an incident at Westminster meaning that the entire country is essentially being held “hostage to fortune”, the Joint Committee on the National Security…
Critical UK infrastructure a ‘hostage of fortune’ to ransomware Read More »
Cyber criminals traditionally and understandably shied away from publicity, but over the past few years, ransomware gangs have inverted this longstanding trope and are now actively courting journalists as they seek to influence and control the flow of information about their activities, put pressure on victims to cooperate, and even attract new gang members and…
How ransomware gangs use the tech media against their victims Read More »
In this video from Computer Weekly’s annual diversity in tech event, in partnership with Nash Squared and sponsored by NatWest, Bev White, CEO of Nash Squared, talks about the challenges the tech sector faces when it comes to increasing diversity and inclusion. Likening these challenges to a “thousand tiny walls” that need to be demolished,…
Diversity in tech 2023: Bev White, Nash Squared Read More »
A survey of 500 US and UK software developers conducted by J L Partners has found that 70% of software projects fail to be delivered on time, despite 83% of developers saying delivery performance is important. The survey, commissioned by technology and cyber security expert Junade Ali for Haystack, looked at the most critical risks…
Developer burnout caused by flawed productivity metrics Read More »
A current Post Office executive remains in denial of the organisation’s deliberate and determined actions to prevent details of software problems emerging when subpostmasters were being prosecuted over unexplained accounting shortfalls. While hundreds of subpostmasters and their families had their lives destroyed as a result, no Post Office executives have been held to account and…
Current Post Office executive in denial of Horizon cover-up Read More »
It seems that Intel is not going to bring a new feature introduced with Raptor Lake Refresh (14th-gen) CPUs – one that can boost frame rates on supported games – to previous silicon generations.This comes from Hardware Unboxed, the YouTube channel that performed some testing on Intel’s new APO (Application Performance Optimization) in which the…
Intel’s new APO tech makes games run faster – but PC gamers still aren’t happy Read More »
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is facing fresh pressure to explain why it deleted key emails exchanged with Swedish prosecutors over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.A lawyer representing an Italian investigative journalist has complained to the Information Commissioner’s Office that the CPS has given inconsistent explanations for deleting the emails with the Swedes in 2014.The complaint…
ICO complaint seeks answers from prosecutors over deleted Assange emails Read More »
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced it is to part ways with its popular CEO, Lindy Cameron, in early 2024, and has begun the search for her successor. The NCSC’s second leader to hail from Northern Ireland, and only its second leader ever, Cameron joined the NCSC in 2020 in the midst…
NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron to step down in 2024 Read More »
The government has been advised to overturn all the convictions of the hundreds of subpostmasters wrongly accused in the Post Office scandal. In a letter to Alex Chalk, the secretary of state for justice, the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board said that revelations from the statutory inquiry into the scandal have shown all the convictions are…
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As UK police look to increase their adoption of live facial recognition, a House of Lords committee has heard that serious issues remain around the proportionality and necessity of the way forces are using the technology. On 12 December 2023, the Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee (JHAC) – which has launched a short follow-up…
Police defend facial recognition target selection to Lords Read More »
