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US prosecutors have indicted three cyber security professionals who are alleged to have extorted multiple organisations using the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware locker in their spare time. Between them, the three racked up five known victims, a doctor’s office and an engineering company based in California, a medical device company based in Florida, a pharmaceutical company based…

Ilkercelik/Getty Images For gaming and visual development tasks, like photo or video editing and graphic design, having a monitor with a high resolution can really make a difference. Comparatively, the average 4K monitor supports higher resolutions than 1080p. It features a digital cinema standard of 4096 by 2160 pixels and a more common consumer standard of…

Burnout among chief information security officers (CISOs) and cyber professionals is no longer a fringe concern – it is a persistent and growing crisis within the industry. Despite holding senior titles, many CISOs operate in environments where their roles are misunderstood, under-supported, and burdened with unrealistic expectations. Cyber security has evolved alongside business functions rather…

The Police Digital Service (PDS) has dismissed concerns about the quality and pace of its work being hampered by a cost-cutting push to reduce headcount in its flexible IT workforce, while acknowledging its efforts to improve workplace culture remain ongoing. The Home Office-funded company is responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of the National…

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee’s second report into the UK’s failure to retain and scale science and technology firms has described the government’s visa policies for global talent as “counter-productive”. With the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee for high-skilled workers’ H1-B visa, the committee has urged the government to “roll out the red…

Working in the cyber security industry has always been high-pressure but we have seen that pressure intensify. Advancing threats, expanded attack surfaces, rising workloads and a global skills shortage are all having a negative effect on the mental health of many cyber security professionals.   According to Hack The Box’s 2024 research, a staggering 84% of…

Ozgurdonmaz/Getty Images There have been a number of reports in recent months regarding Apple’s plans for Apple Intelligence and its suite of AI features. With the company’s promised Siri revamp now being delayed, and a release date now coming in 2026, we’ve seen even more rumors swirling around what Apple might do to try to…

Blackpool Council is preparing to submit a planning permission application for a 6MW environmentally friendly datacentre before the end of the year, as part of its push to create a 40-acre technology campus dubbed Silicon Sands. The council first went public with its plans for Silicon Sands in late May 2024. The project is designed…

“I set up a business called Enterprise Lab with two guys I met on Twitter,” says Naomi Timperley, who has been crowned as this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech. “This was when Twitter was good, so many cool things happened.” Timperley is well known in the technology sector for co-founding the northern arm…