The ‘year of AI’: 2026 sees influx of ransomware attacks

At Infosecurity Europe 2026, Cynthia Kaiser, former FBI cyber deputy director and now SVP of anti-ransomware platform services supplier Halcyon, warns that ransomware is evolving with AI and becoming... Read more »

Canvas breach hit 160 UK unis but caused limited damage

The April 2026 ShinyHunters breach of the Canvas learning management system caused downstream impacts at more than 150 higher education institutions in the UK, but the damage appears to... Read more »

EU proposes tech-backed expansion of Europol policing agency

Enhanced powers to collect and share data are at the heart of EU plans to expand Europol, putting it at loggerheads with human rights groups Read more »

UK’s cultural institutions failing on cyber security, warns PAC

The UK’s national museums and galleries have failed to heed the lessons of high-profile cyber attacks and remain highly vulnerable. The Public Accounts Committee is calling on DCMS to... Read more »

Trump directs US government focus to quantum

In an Executive Order, president Trump directed the US government to work to establish a cohesive, collaborative approach to the development of quantum technology. Read more »

South Essex councils deploy IoT networks to power smart city services

Councils create a shared regional network to help roll out smarter local services faster and at lower cost, with the project delivered £40,000 under budget while achieving 98% regional coverage Read more »

The brain was never just a language model

The future of AI: the brain is much more than a large language model. It is a fusion engine, able to weigh multiple streams of data at the same... Read more »

Roundtable: UK tech chiefs on agentic AI, workforce culture and tokenomics

Tech leaders from THG Ingenuity, Kingfisher, Rightmove and Deloitte speak at the Google Summit London about the transition to agentic systems and the rising focus on token costs Read more »

Why sovereign cloud is a marketing fix, not an architectural one

Sovereign cloud wrappers fail against physical and legal risks. True sovereignty requires building mathematically-enforced, multi-jurisdictional infrastructure, not vendor contracts Read more »

Ransomware bans won’t stop ransomware. Resilience might

Proposals to ban UK government organisations from paying ransomware gangs appear to have lost momentum. The conversation should move towards making critical systems more resilient to attack Read more »
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