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For the second consecutive year, LevelBlue has been named a top-ranked Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), placing fifth on the prestigious MSSP Alert’s Top MSSP 250 list for 2025. “LevelBlue is the world’s largest pure-play Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), offering AI-driven, cloud-native cybersecurity solutions across managed security, MDR, offensive security, strategic advisory, and incident response,” MSSP Alert said.

Frost & Sullivan has recognized LevelBlue as a Growth Index leader in the just-released Frost Radar: Managed Detection and Response, 2025. Companies plotted on the Frost Radar are the leaders in the industry for growth, innovation, or both. This recognition indicates LevelBlue is a leader in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and an organization others should look to when deciding how to best solve their cybersecurity needs.

LevelBlue is redefining what clients and partners can expect from a managed security provider. Through a new partnership with Tenable, a world-class leader in vulnerability management, LevelBlue is introducing unlimited, enterprise-grade vulnerability scanning for all clients and partners using the LevelBlue USM platform — included at no additional cost.

Over the years, cybersecurity predictions tend to all sound the same. Ransomware attacks will continue, supply-chain incidents will increase, and phishing will remain a problem. However, the tail end of 2025 and 2026 presented the cybersecurity industry with a new concern, Agentic AI. Agentic AI capabilities far exceed the basic AI concerns that were reported in the past. Its ability to make decisions and take actions on its own, without needing a human to approve every step, is a game-changer.

For centuries, threat actors, both cyber and physical, have understood the benefits of using extortion to further their criminal activities. This has led some cyber threat groups to create Extortion-as-a-Service (EaaS) businesses. These are a formalized way for cybercriminals to offer extortion services to others for a fee or profit share. And, as we shall see, it is just one of many newer -as-a-service models that threat actors are applying.

In 2026, I expect the Australian cybersecurity landscape to look less like a loose collection of tools and more like a contested systems market where a handful of platforms quietly run the show. After 20 years in this industry, I can see the center of gravity shifting from individual point products to integrated decision engines that sit across identity, data and operations.

LevelBlue SpiderLabs ransomware tracker noted a slight dip in the overall number of attacks that took place in November 2025, but the research team saw the threat group Cl0p surge, conducting 98 attacks during the month, up from just 13 in October. LevelBlue SpiderLabs derived the information from its ransomware-tracking tool, which gathers data from a variety of open intelligence sources and our own proprietary research.

Unexpected attacks are the hardest to fend off. In the realm of cyber, Zero Day vulnerabilities are among the greatest risks, as these software flaws are unknown and exploited before a fix is available, potentially compromising the thousands of organizations that are unwittingly using vulnerable software.

The merits of deploying offensive testing to strengthen an organization’s security posture are well-understood by today’s security leadership. Much to the relief of defenders, obtaining approval for an offensive security exercise has never been easier. However, the process of selecting the most appropriate offensive testing solution requires untangling overlapping definitions and vaguely defined terminology that leaves security teams more confused than when they started.

Black Friday is only days away, and despite many stores sneaking holiday decorations onto their shelves since mid-September, it marks the official start of the December shopping frenzy. The coming days will not only bring a massive surge in sales, but also an equally large spike in cyber threats. For retailers of all sizes, this peak season is prime time for cybercriminals to exploit vulnerabilities.