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Huntress has announced a new collaboration with Microsoft aimed at enhancing cybersecurity for businesses of all sizes. As cyberattacks grow increasingly sophisticated, this partnership seeks to equip organisations, especially those with limited resources and in-house expertise, with the tools and support needed to defend against modern threats. More than 300 million organisations globally rely on Microsoft’s ecosystem, yet many are unable to fully leverage the security features available through Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Defender for...

New research by Cybersmart has revealed that over half (58%) of MSP leaders globally believe their customers are at more risk today than this time last year. As a result, MSPs are being relied upon more than ever by customers to provide critical cybersecurity support, with 84% of respondents noting that customers now expect them to manage either their cybersecurity infrastructure or their cybersecurity and IT estate combined. This is a significant uptick from 2024,...

The UK's public sector is under siege. Not by visible enemies, but by a wave of cyber threats. In 2024, the National Cyber Security Centre reported a 16% increase in serious attacks impacting national security. These aren't theoretical risks. They are real, growing, and increasingly sophisticated ranging from ransomware attacks shutting down local councils to state-sponsored attacks probing NHS infrastructure. This rise in hostile activity has prompted urgent legislative attention. The UK government’s forthcoming Cyber...

New research from Comparitech revealed that in the first half of 2025, 3,627 ransomware attacks were reported and logged. This is a 47% increase since the first half of 2024, which is highly concerning for major organisations due to the frequency of these attacks. However, popular ransomware groups, like Hunter international and Lockbit, have closed their doors in recent times. Head of data research at Comparitech, Rebecca Moody said "We didn't need any reminders of...

The recent Global Industrial Cybersecurity Benchmark 2025 by Takepoint Research, sponsored by Forescout, revealed an overconfidence in critical infrastructure security. Notably, the research found that 44% of industrial organisations claim to have strong real-time cyber visibility, but nearly 60% have low to no confidence in their Operational Technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) threat detection capabilities. Additionally, it was reported that a third of organisations take more than 90 days to remediate threats. The...

In an era where the convergence of convenience and cybersecurity defines modern transport services, 1ST Airport Taxis LTD emerges not just as a leading UK-based private hire operator but as a technological innovator in secure and intelligent transport solutions. With deep historical roots in Luton and a footprint that spans across major airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, and beyond, the company’s recent evolution into a tech-enabled mobility service offers compelling insight into how SMEs in...

Last week, Check Point hosted its annual Cyber Leader Summit at Landing Forty-Two in London’s iconic Leadenhall Building. The summit convened influential figures from the cybersecurity, law enforcement, and enterprise communities to explore the rapidly evolving threat landscape and the transformative role of artificial intelligence. Key discussions focused on the urgent need for proactive, resilience-focused strategies to help organisations stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. “The conversations at the Cyber Leader Summit made one...

Bridewell, a UK-based cybersecurity services company, has released its latest CTI Annual Report - a comprehensive deep dive into ransomware trends. It highlighted a significant shift in attack strategies, payment dynamics and threat actor behaviours, revealing that data theft and extortion have overtaken traditional encryption-only ransomware as the most successful approach for attackers. While encryption-based attacks tend to result in larger individual ransom payments, often due to the urgency of restoring critical services, data theft...

Software security company Black Duck is ramping up efforts to help organizations comply with the European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), building on a 20-year partnership with British chip design giant Arm. The collaboration focuses on securing software running on Arm64-based systems, now widely used in hyperscaler and enterprise environments. Since 2005, Black Duck has played a behind-the-scenes role in securing the software infrastructure used by Arm and its customers. Today, that relationship takes on new...

A newly discovered ransomware operation dubbed Fog is raising fresh concerns in the cybersecurity community after researchers found it leveraging a highly unusual mix of legitimate business software and open-source offensive security tools. The campaign, observed in June 2025, is part of a growing trend where cybercriminals are repurposing trusted programs to evade traditional detection methods and maximise their post-exploitation capabilities. The attackers behind Fog aren’t simply deploying encryption and demanding payment; they’re laying the...