What The NCSC Has Been Telling You About BitLocker For Years
The NCSC's Windows guidance has recommended TPM plus PIN for years. Most UK organisations ignored it. YellowKey just changed what that decision costs.
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Threat Analysis: FlowerStorm PhaaS MFA Bypass and Vidar Go Infostealer, UK SMB Threat Brief 19th May 2026
MFA bypass-as-a-service is now sophisticated enough to defeat most SMB defences. Vidar is back, rebuilt in Go, and harder to detect than ever.
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Microsoft Exchange Is Being Actively Exploited Right Now. Is Your Business Exposed?
CISA confirmed active exploitation of a Microsoft Exchange vulnerability this week. UK small businesses running on-premise email need to act today.
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Europol Just Admitted Cybercrime Is an Industry
Europol have just published the closest thing to an honest map of organised cybercrime. Your security supplier has not mentioned it. Why?
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43% Breached and Nobody Is Surprised: What the DSIT Survey Really Tells Us About UK Business Security
43% of UK businesses breached. Revenue impact doubled. Board engagement finally rising. Mauven MacLeod reads between the lines of the DSIT survey.
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Threat Analysis: NGINX Rift Under Active Exploitation and Grafana Source Code Theft, What UK SMBs Need to Know
A days-old NGINX vulnerability is already being probed and exploited. Grafana's source code was stolen via a single access token. Two stories, one theme: patch windows are collapsing.
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Hands Up, We Got It Wrong: The 43% Cyber Breach Headline Is Misleading You
Two weeks ago we swallowed the 43% headline whole. Today, having read every page of the CSBS 2025/2026, here is what we should have told you the first time.
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NGINX Is Being Actively Exploited Right Now. Is Your Web Server Patched?
NGINX powers roughly a third of the web. CVE-2026-42945 is being exploited right now. Here is what UK small businesses need to do before Friday.
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You're Not Saving Money on IT. You're Self-Insuring Against Cyber Risk, Badly.
Every business owner who chose the cheaper IT quote just made an insurance decision. They did not know that. Most of them still do not. That is the whole problem.
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Threat Analysis: Exchange Zero-Day, Device Code Phishing, and npm Supply Chain Attack, What UK SMBs Need to Know
Three active threats converge today: an exploited Exchange zero-day, a surge in device code phishing targeting Microsoft 365, and a supply chain attack that caught OpenAI. All three have direct implications for UK SMBs.
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WordPress Plugins, Microsoft Authenticator, and Your Email Server: The Threats That Landed Overnight
Three critical flaws landed overnight. WordPress sites, Microsoft Authenticator, and on-premises email are all in the frame. Here is the data, without the spin.
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One Password, 700 Jobs: How Cheap Security Killed a 158-Year-Old British Business
KNP Logistics had antivirus, firewalls, backups, and insurance. No MFA. No EDR. One guessed password later, 700 people were out of work and a 158-year-old company was gone.
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The Quantum Computing Threat: What UK SMBs Need to Know
Quantum computing could break encryption soon. UK SMBs must act now to secure data. Learn the steps to protect your business and gain a competitive edge.
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Threat Analysis: KongTuke Teams Attacks and Fragnesia Linux Flaw, What UK SMBs Need to Know
An initial access broker is using Microsoft Teams to own corporate networks in five minutes flat. A Linux kernel privilege escalation with working exploit code dropped today. Neither is theoretical.
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May 2026 Patch Tuesday: What UK Small Businesses Actually Need to Do This Week
A wormable Windows Server flaw, a payment platform with a forgeable secret key, and 130 patches. Here is what matters to your business this week.
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The Seven Questions to Ask Your IT Provider Before They Cost You a Breach
Seven questions. Ask them calmly, in writing, before your next contract renewal. A good provider will welcome them. A bad one will hand-wave. That is the test.
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Patch Tuesday May 2026: The Four Bugs UK SMBs Must Fix This Week
137 patches. 30 critical. No zero-days. The four bugs UK SMBs must fix this week, plus the perfect-10 one that needs no action at all.
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Threat Analysis: The Gentlemen Ransomware and Supply Chain Poisoning, What UK SMBs Need to Know
A new ransomware operation with Qilin connections is accelerating. Supply chain attacks are poisoning developer tools and AI platforms. Here is what matters today.
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Patch Tuesday May 2026: What UK Small Businesses Actually Need to Do This Week
120 vulnerabilities. A critical Windows Netlogon flaw. A Windows DNS buffer overflow. This is not a drill. Here is what to do this week.
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When Cheap IT Voids Your Cyber Cover: The UK Government Numbers Bosses Are Avoiding
Hello, Mauven here. Cyber insurance uptake is up. So are denied claims. The common thread is the IT contract that never asked to read the policy.
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