If you have ever paid an invoice that “felt a bit off”, you already understand the problem with email. It looks official, it arrives at the right moment, and it nudges a busy person to act quickly. Attackers love that. They do not need to break into your systems if they can simply borrow your…
The first sign is usually small. A strange login alert. An invoice query from a client. A member of staff who says, “My files have odd names”. Within an hour you are on the phone to your IT provider, trying to work out what is real, what is still working and who you need to…
QR codes have slipped into daily life so quietly that most of us hardly notice them. Scan to pay for parking. Scan to view a menu. Scan to confirm delivery. Attackers have noticed too. Quishing – phishing that starts with a QR code – turns that tiny square into a trap that moves victims off…
Most breaches start with a login prompt and a tired human. Password reuse, dodgy reset links and rushed approvals keep paying attackers. Passkeys offer a cleaner route: cryptographic keys that live on your devices and prove you are you without sending secrets across the wire. In 2025 that shift has gone from theory to action.…
A business inbox is no longer filled only with clumsy scams. Attackers now wield synthetic voices, cloned faces and AI-generated backdrops that look exactly like the real CEO. Deepfake phishing has moved from novelty to board-level menace. Organisations of every size now grapple with a threat that can slip through traditional email filters and fool…
A modern office now runs more software than the entire Apollo programme. Every dashboard, ticket and HR form is wrapped in encryption that once felt untouchable. Quantum computers promise scientific leaps, yet they threaten today’s cryptography in a single swoop. When a sufficiently powerful machine appears, public-key algorithms such as RSA and ECC will crumble,…
A modern office now runs more software than the entire Apollo programme. Every brainstorming board, expense tracker and HR survey arrives with its own discreet login page. While finance sleeps, fresh apps sprout like mushrooms after rain. Most are helpful, a few are brilliant – and some leave an inviting back door for attackers. The…
Coffee beans cross oceans before they reach your cup. Company data travels an even longer route – only faster, and with much more riding on every hop. Criminals have worked this out. The UK Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025 finds that 43 per cent of British organisations suffered at least one cyber incident last year,…
Intellectual property (IP) represents some of the most valuable assets a business owns. Whether it’s trade secrets, patented technology, copyrighted content, or proprietary data, IP often defines a company’s competitive edge. Hackers know this, and that’s why they target it. Unlike credit card numbers or passwords, which are relatively easy to change after a breach,…
