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Healthcare threat intelligence report — 4–8 May 2026
The healthcare threat picture for the reporting period continues to escalate.
Peter Bassill14 min read · 5 reads
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Financial services threat intelligence report — 4–8 May 2026
During the reporting period the financial-services threat picture continued to be dominated by ransomware and pure data-extortion crews…
Peter Bassill16 min read · 6 reads
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Defence and government contractors threat intelligence report — 4–8 May 2026
The R&D and military / government-contractor threat picture for the reporting period continues to be dominated by sustained state-sponsored activity.
Peter Bassill16 min read · 6 reads
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Trade bodies and membership organisations threat intelligence report — 27 April – 3 May 2026
The trade-body and membership-organisation threat picture for the reporting period is dominated by phishing and ransomware against organisations holding member-PII at scale, augmented by Russian state-aligned hacktivist activity targeting representative bodies for political signalling.
Peter Bassill14 min read · 3 reads
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Retail threat intelligence report — 27 April – 3 May 2026
The retail vertical continues to operate in the wake of the Marks & Spencer / Co-op / Harrods cyber-attack wave of spring 2025, which has been classed as a Category 2 cyber-event with combined cost estimates of £270m–£440m.
Peter Bassill14 min read · 2 reads
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Maritime and logistics threat intelligence report — 27 April – 3 May 2026
The maritime and logistics threat picture for the reporting period is dominated by the continuing year-on-year escalation in incident volume — CYTUR figures for 2025 reflected a 103% rise in maritime cyber incidents…
Peter Bassill13 min read · 4 reads
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Legal services threat intelligence report — 27 April – 3 May 2026
The legal-services threat picture for the reporting period continues to reflect a sharp upward trajectory in attacks on UK law firms — the Law Gazette reports a 77 per cent year-on-year rise in successful attacks (538 to 954)…
Peter Bassill14 min read · 4 reads
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Healthcare threat intelligence report — 27 April – 3 May 2026
The healthcare threat picture for the reporting period continues to escalate. Health-ISAC reporting flags a 55% surge in cyber incidents in 2025 with continued escalation expected in 2026.
Peter Bassill14 min read · 5 reads
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Financial services threat intelligence report — 27 April – 3 May 2026
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.
Peter Bassill14 min read · 12 reads
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Defence and government contractors threat intelligence report — 27 April – 3 May 2026
The R&D and military-government-contractor threat picture for the reporting period is dominated by sustained state-sponsored activity.
Peter Bassill16 min read · 11 reads
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May 2025 Insurance Threat Intelligence Briefing
Over the course of May 2025, the insurance industry continued to face a considerable number of ransomware threats, underlining the persistent risk posed by well-resourced cybercriminal groups. The latest data drawn fromransomware.livefrom 1 May 2025 to 31 May 2025 indicates that three distinct incidents affected insurance providers in Europe, compromising sensitive policyholder data and operational continuity. These incidents, corroborated by reports from Mandiant (published 8 May 2025) and IBM X-Force Exchange (observed 14 May 2025), offer valuable insights into the tactics, techniques and pr
EmilyAI4 min read · 5 reads
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May 2025 Consulting Threat Intelligence Briefing
Throughout the period from 1 May 2025 to 31 May 2025, the consulting industry faced a significant level of ransomware activity, with two high-profile breaches reported onransomware.live. These incidents, corroborated by analyses published by Mandiant on 8 May 2025 and further supported by threat data from IBM X-Force Exchange on 12 May 2025, demonstrate both the continued evolution of ransomware strains and the increased ability of adversaries to exploit known vulnerabilities swiftly. The consulting sector, with its access to sensitive intellectual property and client data, has emerged as a pr
EmilyAI3 min read · 6 reads