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Sophia McCall is a rising force in cybersecurity and a leading cyber security speaker. She is a cyber security professional who co-founded Security Queens, a platform created to break down barriers in a sector that has struggled with representation. Her work focuses on improving capability, access and visibility for underrepresented groups while helping organisations strengthen their approach to security. Sophia has built a reputation for combining technical skill with a commitment to inclusion. She challenges...

A new industry report by KnowBe4 suggests that organisations are facing a sharply escalating human-centred risk landscape as artificial intelligence becomes embedded in everyday work. The State of Human Risk 2025: The New Paradigm of Securing People in the AI Era, based on survey responses from 700 cybersecurity leaders and 3,500 employees who experienced an employee-involved incident in the past year, highlights a 90% surge in incidents linked to the human element. The findings point...

The group known as Librarian Ghouls has infiltrated networks of technical universities and industrial organisations across Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, all without raising immediate alarms. They achieved this by leveraging legitimate logins to move laterally through internal networks, utilising valid credentials and avoiding alert triggers. Unlike many other APT groups, Librarian Ghouls does not rely on custom malware. Instead, they exploit legitimate third-party tools such as remote access software, archivers and SMTP utilities to craft...

As global economic pressures increase and budgets across both public and private sectors are cut, Anthony Young, CEO at Bridewell, a company that provides cybersecurity services to CNI organisations, is warning of a critical inflection point for 2026, where organisations are facing more cyber threats with fewer resources to defend against them. According to Young, the cumulative effect of years of belt-tightening across cybersecurity teams and agencies is beginning to surface in major breaches and...

In 2025 we’re not just fighting today’s headline-grabbing cyber threats, but we’re also preparing for tomorrow’s. Technology is evolving at a pace that is both fuelling progress for defenders and powering new tools for bad actors. The same advances that drive discovery and innovation also give cybercriminals new ways to attack faster, more broadly and with greater impact. One of the clearest examples of this dual advancement is quantum computing: a breakthrough that could change...

The team at KnowBe4 Threat Labs has uncovered an emerging advanced phishing campaign targeting Microsoft 365 users globally to steal their credentials. This powerful new phishing kit, which KnowBe4 have named 'Quantum Route Redirect', was initially discovered in early August. Quantum Route Redirect comes with a pre-configured set up and phishing domains that significantly simplifies a once technically complex campaign flow, further “democratising” phishing for less skilled cybercriminals. It is thought to primarily target Microsoft...

A new research report from Nagomi Security has revealed that, over the past six months, nearly three quarters (73%) of US CISOs have reported a significant cyber incident. The 2025 CISO Pressure Index emphasises how continuous widespread breaches and rising internal strain are reshaping the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) role. Nagomi’s 2025 CISO Pressure Index is based on a quantitative survey of 100 US-based CISOs across major industries. Interestingly, the most consistent pressure isn’t coming...

APIs are now the action layer of AI that make up your API fabric. Every LLM workflow, agent, and MCP tool call rides on an API. This makes API governance the working heart of AI governance, especially with the arrival of landmark frameworks like the EU AI Act and ISO/IEC 42001. These new regulations turn compliance from a productivity limiter to a business accelerator with measurable efficiency and risk-reduction outcomes. In short, how much time...

The concept of having a single suite of interconnected products, which come without the headache of installations and with optimal performance from each facet, is sometimes the best option. The other consideration is to go for a ‘best of breed’ selection of products, which may not work together and leave you with vulnerable spots even whilst using the best technology. This is an issue that cybersecurity vendors are well aware of, and they add new...

When Fortra disclosed CVE-2025-10035 in GoAnywhere MFT last month, many security teams likely experienced a familiar sinking feeling. Another critical vulnerability. Another emergency patch cycle. Another race against ransomware operators. But this latest maximum-severity flaw reveals something more troubling than a single vendor's coding error. It exposes the fundamental fragility of how organisations handle their most sensitive data transfers. The numbers tell a sobering story. According to recent industry research, Managed File Transfer (MFT) platforms...