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During the reporting period the financial services threat picture continued to be dominated by ransomware and data-extortion crews, augmented by sustained credential-harvesting against retail and SME banking customers.
The R&D and military-government-contractor threat picture for the reporting period is dominated by sustained state-sponsored activity.
The FCC's ban on foreign-made routers has direct implications for UK and EU enterprise security posture. We examine the threat model, regulatory context, and strategic response.
Cyber security has moved from the server room to the boardroom. Regulators, insurers, and shareholders now expect boards to demonstrate active oversight of cyber risk — and for most organisations, that means understanding what their Security Operations Centre provider is actually delivering. This article sets out the ten areas every board should scrutinise when evaluating a modern SOC provider, from detection engineering and threat intelligence to transparent reporting, compliance alignment, and measurable outcomes.
An in-depth analysis of LockBit 5.0, the:w! latest evolution of the prolific ransomware family, now targeting Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi environments with enhanced evasion, cross-platform payloads, and refined extortion tactics.
The regulatory environment for cyber security has undergone a fundamental shift. The FCA's PS21/3 operational resilience framework is now fully enforceable, DORA has been in effect since January 2025, and NIS2 transposition is reshaping obligations across the EU — with the UK's own Cyber Security and Resilience Bill following close behind. For organisations navigating these overlapping requirements, a well-structured SOC as a Service engagement is no longer a convenience. It is a compliance enabler. This article maps the specific requirements of each framework to the capabilities a modern managed SOC should deliver.
A technical and strategic guide to understanding how EDR, XDR and SIEM technologies work together within a modern managed SOC — covering telemetry architecture, detection engineering, correlation strategies, response orchestration, and the practical reality of building unified visibility without vendor lock-in.
The modern SOC is drowning. Industry research consistently reports that organisations receive thousands of security alerts per day, that the majority are false positives, and that analysts are leaving the profession faster than the industry can replace them. Alert fatigue is not a minor inconvenience — it is a structural vulnerability that attackers actively exploit. When every alert looks the same, none of them look important. This article examines the mechanics of alert fatigue, its quantifiable cost to organisations, and the specific practices a well-engineered managed SOC deploys to break the cycle — because the solution is not working harder, but building a fundamentally different operational model.
A major Android adware operation, now known asGhostAd, has been uncovered after spreading quietly through Google Play and affecting millions of users across East and Southeast Asia. Although the apps involved appeared benign at first glance, they concealed aggressive advertising engines that ran continuously in the background, degrading device performance, draining batteries, and causing widespread frustration for victims. The scale of this campaign, combined with the sophistication of its persistence mechanisms, marks it as one of the more impactful adware incidents seen on the platform in re
The holiday shopping season has become one of the most lucrative periods of the year for cybercriminals. Alongside legitimate Black Friday and Christmas offers, threat actors are now operating large, co-ordinated networks of fake online stores designed to steal payment card details and personal information at scale.
Explore why OWASP is vital for web app security, offering tools, standards, and community-driven insights to combat modern cyber threats.
In today’s digital world, online privacy and security have never been more important. Whether you’re browsing at home, working remotely, or connecting to free Wi-Fi at a café, your data can be exposed to hackers, advertisers, and even your internet service provider (ISP). This is where aVPN (Virtual Private Network)comes in.
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