Across the world, Windows computers have by effected the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). This appears to have been caused by an outage of services provided by cyber security provider, CrowdStrike. The issue appears to have impacted a large number of organisations – from banks to airlines. Here are the current advisories.

Across the world, Windows computers have by effected the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). This appears to have been caused by an outage of services provided by cyber security provider, CrowdStrike. The issue appears to have impacted a large number of organisations – from banks to airlines. Here are the current advisories.

In a recent threat brief from Microsoft, titled ‘Anatomy of a modern attack surface’, the security powerhouse delves into the threats and trends which impact the 6 main attack surfaces in an organisation: email, identity, endpoint, IoT, cloud, and external.

Penetration testing enables organisations to scrutinise the resilience of essential business tools like Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure, providing insights into potential security loopholes and bolstering defence mechanisms against cyber threats.

Just last week the UK’s NCSC issued a warning, stating that it sees alarming potential for so-called prompt injection attacks, driven by the large language models that power AI.

This month, the NCSC and its Cyber Essentials delivery partner IASME will update the technical requirements for Cyber Essentials. These changes come as part of a regular review of the scheme’s technical controls.

We are very proud to share that we took home ‘Best Cyber Firm’ at the biggest tech awards outside of London…The Sparkies 2023.

A cyber resilience strategy plays a crucial role in ensuring business continuity. It not only enhances an enterprise’s security posture and reduces the risk of critical infrastructure exposure, but also brings several other significant benefits.

On the 31st of May 2023 a public warning was issued by MOVEit, regarding a critical SQL injection vulnerability found in in their systems. This vulnerability allowed malicious actors to gain access to the database. The flaw, known as CVE-2023-34362, was identified on the 2nd of June, but it had already been exploited four days before the alert.

Our ITIL led service desk at Stripe OLT enables our teams to provide a customer-first approach to resolving tickets and requests, backed by industry-standard, globally recognised guidance.

Chatbots are now embedded into every digital solution at our disposal, but despite the simplicity and ease this tool provides, cyber security concerns have been raised over the AI’s ability to spread misinformation, aid hackers in developing malware and even present sensitive data leak threats…

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has released the official Cyber Security Breaches Survey of 2023 – want a run down of the key findings? Read more here.