It is typical at this time of year to get a round of technology and business predictions from analysts and consultancies about what the future holds. Expect increased artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. More decarbonisation of the IT estate. Industry-specific clouds and more money spent on resilience and agility. Who doesn’t want a slice […]

The government has announced almost £490m in funding for universities and colleges across the UK to help deliver better science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education. The fund will contribute to better facilities, equipment and course development in several different disciplines. Prime minister Rishi Sunak said: “Investing in education and skills will unlock future […]

The Labour Party has outlined tentative plans to “make Britain the high-growth, startup hub of the world”, with a focus on widening access to capital and revamping the existing tax relief system for both entrepreneurs and investors. Published on 8 December, the Start-up, scale-up report – based on extensive written evidence from industry figures […]

Three hundred students from across the UK will receive access to skills, qualifications and professional support to help them establish their careers in cyber security, under a joint programme to be run by the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). CIISec’s CyberEPQ is the […]

An Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) group associated with the operation tracked as Cobalt Mirage has turned to GitHub as a means to operate its latest custom malware, known as Drokbk, using a repository hosted by the open source hub as a so-called dead drop resolver to relay command and control (C2) instructions. According […]

The Online Safety Bill has returned to Parliament with a number of amendments, but MPs and online safety experts are still concerned about the impact of encryption-breaking measures on people’s privacy. Nearly six months after the government delayed its passage over legislative timetabling issues, the Bill returned to the House of Commons on 5 […]

Starling Bank is recruiting tech professionals in Manchester following the announcement of its latest office in the city. The app-based bank is looking for people to fill roles in software engineering, data science and cyber security. Starling said it was attracted to Manchester partly due to its “deep pool of talent hailing from its […]

2022 saw the cyber security landscape continue to evolve and become ever more challenging for businesses and governments. A post-Covid new normal has been in full force this year, with companies embracing hybrid and remote work arrangements, while sustaining (or bracing for) large-scale data breaches and destructive ransomware attacks. Government infrastructure has also been […]

The government is today setting out plans for a voluntary code of practice governing operators of app stores, and the developers of the applications they make available, that will strengthen consumer protections against malicious software. In what Westminster claims is a world’s first, the measures will include better reporting standards for software vulnerabilities, and […]

“The world isn’t run by weapons any more, or energy, or money. It’s run by little ones and zeros, little bits of data,” says Ben Kingsley as Cosmo in the film Sneakers. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson and co-written by Robinson, Lawrence Lasker and Walter F Parkes, Sneakers was released in 1992, although its […]