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The maritime and logistics threat picture for the reporting period is dominated by the continuing structural escalation in incident volume — CYTUR figures for 2025 reflected a 103 per cent year-on-year rise in maritime cyber incidents…
The legal-services threat picture for the reporting period continues to reflect the sharp upward trajectory in attacks on UK law firms — the Law Gazette has reported a 77 per cent year-on-year rise in successful attacks (538 to 954)…
The healthcare threat picture for the reporting period continues to escalate.
During the reporting period the financial-services threat picture continued to be dominated by ransomware and pure data-extortion crews…
The R&D and military / government-contractor threat picture for the reporting period continues to be dominated by sustained state-sponsored activity.
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.
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.
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…
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)…
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.
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.
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