NCSC warns of confusion over true nature of AI prompt injection

Malicious prompt injections to manipulate GenAI large language models are being wrongly compared to classical SQL injection attacks. In reality, prompt injection may be a far worse problem, says... Read more »

Cyber teams on alert as React2Shell exploitation spreads

Exploitation of an RCE flaw in a widely-used open source library is spreading quickly, with China-backed threat actors in the driving seat Read more »

Cloudflare fixes second outage in a month

A change to web application firewall policies at Cloudflare caused problems across the internet less than three weeks after another major outage at the service, but no cyber attack... Read more »

From trust to turbulence: Cyber’s road ahead in 2026

As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. Read more »

NCC supporting London councils gripped by cyber attacks

Three west London councils hit by a cyber attack continue to investigate as services remain disrupted nearly two weeks on Read more »

Constrained budgets left security teams short-handed in 2025

With 2024 seeing surges in security funding cuts, lay-offs and hiring freezes, 2025 brought some relief for cyber pros, but constrained budgets are leaving security teams short-staffed Read more »

In an AI-first world, the future of cyber security is its workforce

The cyber security industry will experience immense change due to AI by 2030, so both employers and professionals need to grasp the nettle, and quickly, if they are to... Read more »

Western coalition supplying tech to Ukraine prepared for long war

Russia is deploying hybrid warfare against Europe as western nations supply critical IT and telecoms equipment to Ukraine’s front line Read more »

In 2026, collaboration, honesty and humility in cyber are key

As we prepare to close out 2025, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank panel looks back at the past year, and ahead to 2026. Read more »

UK government pledges to rewrite Computer Misuse Act

Campaigners celebrate as security minister Dan Jarvis commits to amending the outdated Computer Misuse Act to protect security professionals from prosecution. Read more »
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