Category: Cyber

The UK’s critical national infrastructure should be braced for a ransomware attack involving AI-powered malware within the next two years, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned today. The agency...

Jude McCorry is to step down as chief executive of the Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland after almost seven years at the helm. McCorry, who took charge of the organisation...

I cover most languages on my website, but there’s one I’ve avoided: PHP — PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. Why? Because, in the past, it was a language that has often ended...

Edinburgh City Council’s website was taken offline this week after a critical cybersecurity flaw forced online shutdowns worldwide. Two critical flaws in PHP – software that underpins a large share...

East Lothian Council has no overarching cybersecurity strategy and has yet to put a formal AI governance policy in place, according to an internal audit review presented to councillors. The...

Interest in virtual private networks (VPNs) has risen following the introduction of the Online Safety Act, but Edinburgh academics have warned of the ‘privacy risks’ in using such platforms. A...

The Data Lab and CBI Scotland have joined the CyberScotland Partnership, which brings together 25 organisations from across Scotland’s public, private and third sectors to raise cybersecurity awareness and strengthen...

The former boss of Arnold Clark has said a cyberattack which hit the car retailer four years ago had a ‘significant and long-lasting impact’ on the business. Eddie Hawthorne was...

A former NHS Scotland technology boss has questioned whether ‘our institutions are ready’ for autonomous AI after an Australian government website was breached by rogue OpenAI agents. Deryck Mitchelson, who...

An Edinburgh event next month will seek to help Scottish organisations navigate the emerging risks of AI to their cybersecurity defences. The September 1st ‘Sword and the Shield: AI and...