We often hear the phrase “what’s the cost of failure?” when it comes to cybersecurity. For most companies, it’s an abstract question until it isn’t. For Capita, one of the UK’s largest outsourcing firms, that cost was a mind-blowing £14 million.In October 2025, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) hit... read more →
Oct
16
Oct
09
The imminent end of life of Windows 10 - originally released on 29 July 2015 - has got us thinking about just how much the tech landscape has evolved in the intervening period. The last ten years have been truly pivotal, reshaping the way businesses operate, secure, and manage technology... read more →
Oct
01
At the end of September 2025, the U.S. Secret Service dismantled a SIM farm comprising a cluster of nearly 300 servers and and 100,000 SIM cards across multiple sites. Investigators concluded that, if activated, the system could have crippled New York City’s cellular network. The devices obtained had already been... read more →
Sep
23
Earlier this month, a European DDoS mitigation service provider became the target of one of the most powerful distributed denial-of-service attacks ever recorded. At its peak, the assault pushed traffic levels to an astonishing 1.5 billion packets per second. Thanks to rapid intervention the attack was detected, analysed and neutralised... read more →
Sep
16
We take the internet for granted—until it stops working. Earlier this month, reports emerged that a Red Sea Cable had been damaged, causing connectivity disruptions in several regions. With Microsoft reporting at the time that the incident had affected its Azure customers in the region. An Azure status update warned... read more →

