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Lockbit Disrupted: Ransomware Trends Update

Faced with year-on-year rising attack figures, law enforcement have struggled to adapt to the immense task of preventing ransomware and cyber extortion. By tracking and analysing attacker reported victim data, we seek to explore the significance of Lockbit’s recent takedown in the context of prior disruption efforts.

The Evolution of Supplier Risk Management

Recent supply chain attacks, from SolarWinds to 3CX and MOVEit, illustrate the impact that can occur when a single widely used software platform is compromised, thereby enabling attackers to use this initial access as an entry point into any number of subsequent networks. Often the intention is to propagate malware or leverage sensitive data to extort victim organisations.

Red Teaming in the Cloud: A Shift in Perspective

Cloud adoption is exploding, and rightfully so. Businesses are seeing the value of improved agility and efficiency when leveraging public cloud, resulting in 60% of all corporate data globally being stored in the cloud in 2022. As such, securing the cloud is becoming an increasingly important skill for defensive security teams, ergo red teaming the cloud is becoming increasingly important for us offensive security teams too.

OSINT-backed Supply Chain Assessments

You’ve probably encountered them. Self-reported ‘supplier security assessments’ – documents where fact and fiction can easily overlap if the requisite information cannot be readily validated. In reality, supplier questionnaires do offer an (albeit limited) indication of an organisation’s level of cyber maturity and are a necessary process.

JUMPSEC team inspires local primary school children to consider a future career in cyber-security

Acton-based cyber security company, JUMPSEC, recently visited a local primary school to share how its team protects some of the world's biggest brands from hackers, malware, and other cyber-attacks. As Ealing Borough's security partner, JUMPSEC has teamed up with the council to collaborate and deliver social value to the community. This kicked off on Friday 22nd of September, at Dairy Meadow Primary School in Southall as part of its first careers event of the academic year.