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An office comms cupboard standing open beside the kitchen, network equipment inside with small teal status lights, while beyond it a woman puts on her coat to leave the empty office at dusk.

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How long do attackers go unnoticed?

Posted on October 12, 2026

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In 2011, the median intrusion in one large incident-response firm's caseload had gone unnoticed for 416 days before anybody found it. In the same...

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The phishing email that wrote itself

Posted on October 7, 2026

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We've all seen them: the prince with the frozen inheritance, the undeliverable parcel from a company calling itself Amazoon, the bank that asked us...

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Your customers don't read the NCSC. They read you.

Posted on October 1, 2026

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A client rings you, their managed service provider (MSP), in October because a contract they want requires Cyber Essentials, and asks how long it...

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AI and Authentication: A Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call

Posted on October 29, 2025

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In a compelling blog post from ThreatDown by Malwarebytes, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns that artificial intelligence has "fully defeated" most common...

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Taking Off with Trust: Swissbit’s Hardware MFA and the Future of Aviation Security

Posted on October 23, 2025

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Phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) elevates security by requiring a physical proof of presence that attackers...

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Simple Steps for Cyber Safety in 2025

Posted on October 16, 2025

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October 1st marks the beginning of Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM), an annual initiative dedicated to raising awareness about cybersecurity and...