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News Rogue state-aligned actors are Million Brits could lose bank
most critical cyber threat to UK branch access if closures continue UK MoJ modernises
How the chip sector The UK’s critical national infrastruc- Research by analytics company SAS digital infrastructure
is gearing up for ture faces an “enduring and signifi- has shown that a million people in the
the AI revolution
cant” threat from state-aligned threat UK could lose easy access to a bank The UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has
actors aggressively ramping up activ- branch in their local area, as banks chosen Juniper Networks as a net-
How ISC2 aims
to overcome ity, according to the UK’s National continue to shutter high street opera- working partner, overhauling ageing
cyber barriers Cyber Security Centre. tions in favour of digital investments. infrastructure, paper-based processes
and staff-dependent services, and
Editor’s comment Francis Maude calls for Lloyds Bank warns over replacing them with digital-first, innova-
GDS and CDDO to merge rising threat of crypto scams tive prisoner-facing services, supported
Buyer’s guide Former Cabinet Office minister Cryptocurrency scams have by modern technology infrastructure.
to the future of Francis Maude has called for the increased by 23% in 2023 com-
business software
Government Digital Service (GDS) pared with the same period last
and the Central Digital and Data year, according to Lloyds Banking
Harnessing large WILLIAM/ADOBE
language models Office (CDDO) to join forces. Maude’s Group. A report found that victims
for education review said keeping the two separate were on average losing £10,741 to
has fragmented governance. scammers, up from £7,010 last year.
AMD survey finds AI hardware Revenues fall but Vodafone claims
lacking in many IT departments H1 highlights improved trends
An online survey of 2,500 IT Vodafone has announced the first half
decision-makers conducted by of its 2024 fiscal year. It reported total
Edelman Data & Intelligence for revenue of €21.9bn, declining 4.3% ❯ November Patch Tuesday heralds five new MS zero-days.
AMD has found that many are con- year on year driven by adverse foreign ❯ Firms secure contract to trial sky-based 5G infrastructure.
❯ Engineers slash RPO/RTO as they swap tape for Rubrik.
cerned about whether their hardware exchange rate movements, and the
❯ Cyber gangs increasingly disabling telemetry logs.
can cope with artificial intelligence disposal of Vantage Towers, Vodafone
(AI) workloads. Hungary and Vodafone Ghana. n
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