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Weekly Cyber Briefing 24.04.2026
UK health data leaks to China; three Windows zero-days are exploited in the wild; researchers warn of “silent subject” phishing campaign; Chinese hackers use proxy networks; and AI models get better at generating exploits
Weekly Cyber Briefing 10.04.2026
Russia’s APT28 casts the net wide for enterprise credentials; ClickFix social engineering gains momentum; UNC6783 goes after helpdesk staff; an emergency patch for Fortinet FortiClient EMS customers; and Anthropic upends vulnerability and patch management
Features 03.03.2026
France Travail’s failings are a reminder that identifying risk is not the same as managing it
Weekly Cyber Briefing 27.02.2026
Zero-day threats stalk Cisco SD-WAN users, and AI is blamed for helping threat actors target FortiGate firewalls and accelerate breakout time. Ransomware attack volumes and the cost of insider threats surge.
Blogs & Opinions 26.02.2026
How to move the dial on national cyber resilience.
Weekly Cyber Briefing 16.12.2025
Collins Aerospace double whammy attack analysis; 5.6 million exposed as 700Credit breach highlights third-party risk; Barts Health discloses data breach
Interviews 11.12.2025
Never has a profile interviewee surprised me as much as Helen. It’s an absolute pleasure to present this excruciatingly candid tell-all with Helen Rabe, CISO, BBC.
Weekly Cyber Briefing 17.11.2025
Hackers exploit Citrix and Cisco zero-day vulnerabilities; UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill Enters Parliament; UK Cyber Insurance Claims Tripled in 2024 According to the ABI
Assured Reacts 12.11.2025
The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill aims to strengthen national defences against cyber threats
Features 06.11.2025
Could this be the most significant security vendor incident since SolarWinds?
Features 30.10.2025
Victims from this data extortion campaign had yet to appear en masse on the Cl0p leak site, but repercussions could still be significant
Weekly Cyber Briefing 20.10.2025
F5 breach exposes source code in suspected state-backed cyber attack; UK Government tells Boards that cyber accountability sits with them; Ransomware campaign abusing Azure certificates disrupted by Microsoft
Blogs & Opinions 14.10.2025
A new proof-of-concept attack spells trouble for SecOps teams.
Weekly Cyber Briefing 13.10.2025
Teenagers arrested after nursery cyber attack; Ransomware groups buddy up; Lapsus$ adopt new credential-purchasing tactics
Features 09.10.2025
A stealthy, persistent cyber-espionage campaign has gone undetected for over a year
Interviews 16.09.2025
Kevin Curran is a senior member of IEEE and a Professor of cybersecurity at Ulster University
Features 09.09.2025
Ransomware groups are changing their tactics as more victims refuse to pay.
Features 29.07.2025
The MoD’s Cyber Command will give the UK a decisive defensive advantage. But what does it mean for the private sector?
Features 08.07.2025
Understanding how adversaries can abuse legitimate tools and infrastructure is an increasingly important part of the CISO’s role.
Features 13.06.2025
How will the cybersecurity industry be affected by the volatile US tariff situation?
Interviews 10.06.2025
With a career spanning decades at the forefront of artificial intelligence and data science, Professor Dame Wendy Hall has a lot to say about how organisations are integrating generative AI into cyber intelligence workflows
Blogs & Opinions 30.12.2024
The ability to disconnect and reconnect networks at will is the ability to protect CNI from cyber attacks
Features 17.12.2024
Assured Intelligence has compiled a breakdown of the top events that helped define the security landscape in 2024
Blogs & Opinions 10.12.2024
NIS2 came into effect on 17 October but has so far proven something of a damp squib
Features 03.12.2024
How close are we to the end of encryption as we know it?
Features 31.10.2024
Reports claim that the majority of attributable malware-based attacks are now state-sponsored. What does this mean for CISOs?
Features 15.10.2024
The NCSC is building “a nation-scale evidence base” for cyber-deception
Blogs & Opinions 30.07.2024
When it comes to protecting healthcare data and systems, the threat is high, and the stakes are even higher, warns Dr. Darren Williams In early June 2024, major London hospitals, including Kings College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’s, declared a critical incident following a ransomware attack on Synnovis, a pathology services provider. This cyber […]
Blogs & Opinions 25.07.2024
The Labour government promised “change” as its big election manifesto theme. Will that stretch to cyber?
Features 04.07.2024
Six NHS trusts in London and countless GP practices in surrounding regions recently suffered major disruption after a ransomware attack
Features 18.06.2024
With the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) at crisis point, how can CISOs mitigate the risk of vulnerability exposure?
Features 21.05.2024
The (cyber) threat posed by China is well-documented.
Features 14.05.2024
Education was the most attacked sector in the UK in the last six months
Features 09.04.2024
More than two billion people, including UK and US citizens, are set to head to the polls this year, which invites plenty of speculation about the security of the voting process.
Features 12.03.2024
Untangling the nuances of liability regimes for software makers that rush code to market.
Features 27.02.2024
What if, in order to try to deter cybercrime, the result is to deter cybersecurity researchers?
Features 08.02.2024
The latest report from the NCSC claims AI will “almost certainly increase the volume and heighten the impact of cyber attacks over the next two years.”
Features 25.01.2024
The House of Commons and House of Lords released a report on UK national security, warning that the UK is at risk of a catastrophic ransomware attack. Assured Intelligence breaks that down.
Features 21.12.2023
Assured Intelligence talks to hacktivist group GhostSec to get its perspective on industrial control system threats
Features 19.12.2023
There’s no such thing as a quiet year on planet cybersecurity. This year’s headlines are next year’s lessons
Features 09.11.2023
SolarWinds CISO Tim Brown has been explicitly named for allegedly failing to inform investors or act on known security vulnerabilities. Callum Booth talks with CISOs to figure out what this means for the future of the CISO role At the end of October, shockwaves rippled through the cybersecurity sector. Following 2020’s notorious Sunburst attack, the […]
Features 17.10.2023
Assured Intelligence introduces seven hacking groups that have risen to infamy, running amok in global networks and leaving a trail of disruption
Blogs & Opinions 12.10.2023
The cloud undoubtedly comes with many positives, but it has also led to businesses storing far more data than they need to
Features 05.10.2023
Edward Snowden put the term ‘insider threat’ firmly on the map in 2013. A decade later, insiders are still running amok…
Blogs & Opinions 03.10.2023
The stakes just got higher in the world of cyber espionage.
Features 26.09.2023
Given Northern Ireland’s deeply troubled political climate, the stakes are high in the aftermath of the PSNI breaches
Features 12.09.2023
The UK government is warning about rising cyber risk levels. Should we be worried?
Features 03.08.2023
If you don’t know where you stand with the spyware threat, read on…
Blogs & Opinions 27.07.2023
Government departments are exploiting loopholes to avoid cybersecurity failure disclosures, and increasingly relaxed regulation means they’re getting away with it, bemoans Jon Fielding After five years of GDPR and three years of hybrid working, you’d expect organisations to have improved their data handling and device security. But in the public sector, losses are still […]
Features 11.07.2023
If you don’t have time to read all 89 pages of the Verizon’s DBIR, Assured Intelligence has pulled out the highlights in a five-minute read
Features 04.07.2023
How can organisations bolster their cybersecurity against nation-state threats?
Interviews 06.06.2023
Professor Alan Woodward’s CV is impressive, to say the least. Equally as impressive as his straight-talking, no-nonsense and highly articulate way of communicating cyber risk. Ladies and Gents, meet Professor Alan Woodward
Features 01.06.2023
Celebrated instances of botnet takedowns and cyber crime indictments often rely on major cybersecurity vendors for intelligence and expertise. But can the government bring cyber criminals to justice without the backing of the private sector? Dan Raywood investigates Earlier this year, Assured Intelligence considered global law enforcement’s response efforts to ransomware. We questioned whether there […]
Blogs & Opinions 18.05.2023
While cybersecurity is a top concern for education institutions, many face resource limitations when it comes to constructing proper cyber defence strategies due to a lack of budget, staff, and technology.
Features 16.05.2023
There are three categories of hackers particularly interested in targeting the energy sector. Who are they? And what can be done to protect energy?
Features 04.05.2023
Does your organisation have a ‘Pentagon leaker’? It’s time to find out
Features 25.04.2023
The Online Safety Bill has laudable aims, but experts believe it will make UK businesses a huge target by undermining encryption. Phil Muncaster investigates
Features 30.03.2023
Kate O’Flaherty explores why cyber attacks on healthcare organisations are on the rise and makes a diagnosis for a sector under constant attack
Features 14.03.2023
Government operations are being created to deal with the ransomware epidemic, but will it be enough to turn the tide?