Graeme Burton

London

Head of Partner Content at Data Center Dynamics

Journalist. All tweets personal and all retweets retweeted for interest value

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UK to create new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command to take electronic warfare to Russia and China

4 weeks ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

Digital Targeting Web to apply electronic war to conventional armed forces to be proposed under Strategic Defence Review The UK is to create a new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command to take electronic warfare to Russia and China as part of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR), to be published on Monday. The unit will be commanded by General Sir James Hockenhull and will have the authority to conduct offensive cyberattack operations alongside the UK’s National Cyber Force.
UK joins UK-EU supercomputer collaboration

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

UK public sector invited to host UK’s ‘AI Factory Antenna’ for pan-European research via the continent’s supercomputer. Public sector organisations in the UK can now apply to host an “AI Factory Antenna”, part of an EU-wide scheme to provide the compute power for projects requiring intense number crunching from Europe’s most powerful supercomputers.
Warning issued as Microsoft 365 subscription emails linked to scammers

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

Scammers are using emails from legitimate Microsoft email addresses as lures in a new hybrid phishing sting targeting companies. The scammers are believed to be using a compromised Microsoft 365 account to generate “Thanks for shopping with Microsoft” emails from genuine ‘’ addresses. However, the ‘billing information’ details, which would normally provide the purchaser’s name and contact details, have been switched.
Humphrey AI tool trialled by 25 local authorities

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

Minute, part of the Humphrey suite of AI tools, uses GenAI to take meeting notes The government is trialling an AI assistant nicknamed ‘Humphrey’ as part of a wider initiative to make the public sector more productive. Twenty-five local authorities across the UK are trialling an AI assistant, called Humphrey, intended to help speed-up administrative tasks in areas like planning and social care.
Google strengthens ‘sovereign cloud’ offerings to reassure European customers

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

Google follows Microsoft in taking measures to prevent cloud customers from becoming trade war casualties Google is the latest cloud giant to reinforce its sovereign cloud credentials in a bid reassure Europeans concerned about US interference. Google has beefed-up its ‘sovereign cloud’ services in a bid to assuage customers concerned that the Trump administration in Washington could interfere in cloud services run by US providers.
AI causing ‘world’s biggest’ tech skills gap, report

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

AI jumps from the sixth most scarce tech skill to the first in just 18 months, says Harvey Nash Demand for developers skilled in AI has surged by such an extent that not only has it gone from the sixth most in-demand skill to the first in just 18 months, according to tech leaders, but the dearth of qualified techies represents the biggest tech skills shortage in 15 years.
Microsoft leads takedown of Lumma Stealer malware network

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

Nearly 400,000 Windows computers infected globally Microsoft has led a global takedown of Lumma Stealer, a long-running malware-as-a-service network. Microsoft worked with law enforcement agencies in the US, Europe and Japan to block around 2,300 malicious domains that formed the backbone of the group’s criminal infrastructure.
M&S hack: attackers gained access via compromised third-party

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

Investigators believe that DragonForce, the group behind both the M&S and Co-op attacks gained entry via systems of third-party M&S is still struggling to regain control of its operations following a cyberattack which took place more than a month ago. It has now emerged that the attackers gained access via a third party. The attackers behind the month-long cyber attack on retailer M&S are believed to have gained access via a compromised third-party system, according to the BBC.
Coinbase insider hack could cost crypto exchange $400m

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

Crypto exchange offers refunds for targetted customers after insiders were bribed to hand over details Coinbase, the Nasdaq-traded crypto exchange, has admitted to a hack linked to employees and contractors based outside the US, bribed by attackers to provide inside information. The attack will cost the organisation up to $400 million following a promise to make good any funds stolen as a result of the attack.
Lords Data Bill amendment challenge to government AI plans

1 month ago | computing.co.uk | Graeme Burton

The House of Lords has voted for an amendment to the Data Bill which could force tech companies to inform creatives when their work is going to be used to train LLMs, so they can opt out. The House of Lords has voted in favour of an amendment to the government’s Data Bill that would require companies to disclose the copyrighted material their models have been trained on.