Cloud computing promised cost savings through pay-per-use models and elastic scaling. Yet many UK organisations discover their cloud bills steadily increasing without corresponding business growth. The culprit? Cloud waste - unnecessary spending on unused or inefficiently configured resources.

A threat group known as Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters is targeting Zendesk users through a sophisticated campaign involving fake support sites and weaponised helpdesk tickets, according to security researchers at ReliaQuest. The operation represents an evolution in how cybercriminals exploit trust in enterprise SaaS platforms.

Amazon Web Services has launched a new feature allowing customers to make DNS changes within 60 minutes during service disruptions in its US East (N. Virginia) region. The announcement tacitly acknowledges what many have long observed: AWS's largest and most critical region has a reliability problem.

A Scottish council remains unable to fully restore critical systems two years after a devastating ransomware attack, highlighting the long-term consequences of inadequate cybersecurity preparation and the challenges facing resource-constrained local authorities.  Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, serving Scotland's Western Isles, suffered a ransomware attack in November 2023 that required extensive system reconstruction. According to a report published by Scotland's Accounts Commission, several systems remain unrestored even now, with large data volumes slowing the digital recovery process.

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an alert warning that multiple cyber threat actors are actively leveraging commercial spyware to target users of mobile messaging applications including Signal and WhatsApp. The sophisticated campaigns use advanced social engineering and exploit techniques to compromise victims' devices and gain unauthorized access to their communications.

Microsoft has introduced experimental AI agent capabilities into Windows through Copilot Actions and agent workspaces, features designed to automate everyday tasks like organising files, scheduling meetings, and sending emails. However, the announcement comes with significant security warnings that business leaders and IT administrators must understand before enabling these capabilities.

Anthropic has disclosed the first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack executed with minimal human intervention, marking a significant escalation in AI-enabled cyber threats. The campaign, attributed with high confidence to a Chinese state-sponsored group, demonstrates how rapidly AI capabilities are being weaponised for espionage operations.

Microsoft has unveiled its first "AI superfactory" - a revolutionary approach to cloud infrastructure that connects multiple datacentres across vast distances to function as a single, unified AI training system. The innovation marks a significant shift in how hyperscale computing infrastructure can be architected.