Green tech needed for post-Covid economic recovery
Governments should put green technology investments at the heart of any economic recovery plans to deal with the fall-out from Covid-19, according to experts.
Restrictions on...
Accenture to cut 900 UK staff
Outsourcing giant Accenture is cutting 900 jobs in the UK, as a result of the economic slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a bellwether for...
Police secrecy over ‘IMSI-catcher’ mass surveillance of mobile phones
Police forces in England and Wales will able to refuse to say whether they use surveillance equipment – known as IMSI-catchers – that are capable of...
Cops take out encrypted comms to disrupt organised crime
The EncroChat encrypted communications platform has been infiltrated and taken out by the collaborative efforts of law enforcement agencies from across Europe, including the UK’s National...
Loan charge MPs denied House of Commons vote on Finance Bill policy amendments
An attempt by a cross-party group of MPs to amend the forthcoming Finance Bill so that thousands of people will fall out of scope of the...
ReversingLabs makes over 100 Yara rules publicly available
ReversingLabs, a threat intelligence specialist, is publishing 128 of its Yara rules to GitHub for the first time, giving the open source community a valuable leg-up...
Black Lives Matter, but do bots know that?
Social media platforms deal with an almost unimaginable volume of content every day. In the UK alone, there are 45 million active social media users and...
Equity in Stem education more important than ever, says Parliamentary group
Ensuring equity of education in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) to develop diverse talent that reflects the public as a whole is “more important than...
CIO interview: Richard Gifford, CIO, Wincanton
Like all IT leaders, Richard Gifford, CIO at logistics giant Wincanton, has had a busy few months. He’s had to use technology to help the business...
FakeSpy Android malware targets Royal Mail app users
An updated and upgraded version of the FakeSpy Android malware family – which dates back to 2017 – is actively targeting users of various postal and...
