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Business Security Behind the polished exterior of many modern buildings sit outdated systems with vulnerabilities waiting to be found Tony Anscombe 12 Dec 2025  •  , 3 min. read “A City of a Thousand Zero Days” is the partial title of a talk at Black Hat Europe 2025. I am sure you will appreciate why these few words sparked my interest enough to dedicate time to the presentation; especially given that back in 2019 I…

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I recently had, what I thought, was a unique brainwave. (Spoiler alert: it wasn’t, but please read on!) As a marketing leader at ESET UK, part of my role is to communicate how our powerful and comprehensive solutions can be implemented to protect organisations, in a way that helps clarify the case for upgrading to higher levels of cybersecurity. And that need for clarity is now more urgent than ever. Cybersecurity leaders and agencies, including…

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Business Security Being seen as reliable is good for ‘business’ and ransomware groups care about ‘brand reputation’ just as much as their victims Tony Anscombe 11 Dec 2025  •  , 4 min. read Black Hat Europe 2025 opened with a presentation by Max Smeets of Virtual Rotes titled ‘Inside the Ransomware Machine’. The talk focused on the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang and Max’s research into their practices and operations. At their height, between 2022-2024, the…

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Business Security Interpreting the vast cybersecurity vendor landscape through the lens of industry analysts and testing authorities can immensely enhance your cyber-resilience. 10 Dec 2025  •  , 7 min. read Skip to the next paragraph if your eyes glaze over at the long, long titles of industry reports: the AV-Comparatives Endpoint Prevention and Response Comparative Report 2025, MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations Enterprise 2025, or the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms. Despite their wordy…

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Business Security Is your organization’s senior leadership vulnerable to a cyber-harpooning? Learn how to keep them safe. Phil Muncaster 09 Dec 2025  •  , 5 min. read When a hedge fund manager opened up an innocuous Zoom meeting invite, he had little idea of the corporate carnage that was to follow. That invite was booby-trapped with malware, enabling threat actors to hijack his email account. From there they moved swiftly, authorizing money transfers on Fagan’s…

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Business Security Identity is effectively the new network boundary. It must be protected at all costs. Phil Muncaster 04 Dec 2025  •  , 4 min. read What do M&S and Co-op Group have in common? Aside from being among the UK’s most recognizable high street retailers, they were both recently the victims of a major ransomware breach. They were also both targeted by vishing attacks that elicited corporate passwords, providing their extorters with a critical…

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