Is AI alone the answer to tackling your cybersecurity threats?

Organisational spend on cybersecurity is at an all-time high. As a proportion of the overall IT budget – and as a standalone spend – firms spend significant amounts on their security infrastructure, monitoring and reporting every year. But

High Street retailer WH Smith has been hit by a cyber-attack, with hackers accessing some of its workers’ data. Data that may have been breached includes names, addresses, National Insurance numbers and dates of birth of the firm’s

Background Founded in 1997 Preferred Business Systems (PBS) is a technology solutions provider of hardware, office equipment and managed IT services to businesses across the US. PBS provide a full support system for everything their clients need to make their

The agency responsible for pursuing fugitives and handling federal prisons in the US has been hit by a ransomware attack. Officials at the US Marshals Service (USMS) said on Monday that the breach compromised sensitive law enforcement information.

Over half of UK SMEs (54%) have experienced some form of cyber-attack in recent months a new report by Vodafone Business has found. Similar earlier research, conducted by Vodafone, found 39% of SMEs had experienced some form of cyber-attack

Phishing is basically ‘fishing’ for sensitive information. This could be anything from usernames, passwords, bank details, and other personal details. Cyber criminals use ‘bait’, such as a spoof email that looks official, to catch their victims. Falanx Ethical

2023 has kicked off with a flurry of high-profile ransomware and cyber-attacks targeting sensitive and personal information, including Royal Mail and JD Sports. It shows that even large, well-known businesses are unnervingly vulnerable and struggling with the basics of cyber security

Cyber security strategy and implementation can be daunting for charities that have either a small team or no in-house expertise. We get it. Smartdesc can provide a part-time virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) to help assess and

In March 2022, staff emails and phones suddenly stopped working at the large Scottish charity SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health). Gigabytes of sensitive charity data had been uploaded to the dark web. This included names, home and

Sportswear chain JD Sports has said stored data relating to 10 million customers might be at risk after it was hit by a cyber-attack. The company said information that “may have been accessed” by hackers included names, addresses,

The UK cybersecurity industry is short by c.14,100 workers according to the UK Government’s most recent cyber skills report. As the need for cybersecurity talent grows, demands for wages and other benefits will also escalate. Reports from industry leaders

Process injection is a technique used to inject malicious code into running processes. Because it evades detection techniques, innocent processes run the malicious injected code, unknowingly infecting the systems. A type of arbitrary code execution, process injection enables

Hacking can be a dirty word. It evokes images of a person sitting in the dark with a black hoodie on, hunched over a keyboard, in front of multiple screens, attacking an innocent business, or individuals, online. It

Where you choose to base your SOC physically is a crucial yet underappreciated decision. The current financial environment has everyone money conscious, but many companies are still leaving themselves vulnerable to big pay-outs to cyber fraudsters. Cyber criminals