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Your Help Desk Is the Easiest Way Into Your Firm

July 21, 2026

Your Help Desk Is the Easiest Way Into Your Firm I'll tell you how a recent engagement actually went, because the result deserves to be uncomfortable. We were engaged to...

AI Acceptable Use Policy for Law Firms: What It Should Say | Cyooda

July 15, 2026

Your firm already has an AI policy. You just didn't write it. Right now, in the absence of anything official, every member of your staff is making their own individual...

You Just Became a Data Target. AML Tranche 2 and the Security Bill Nobody Costed.

July 8, 2026

Since 1 July, your firm has been a reporting entity under the AML/CTF regime. If you're like most of the firms I talk to, the last six months have been...

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The Email That Never Arrived: Inside a Real Business Email Compromise

March 30, 2026

The picture above is thirty years old, yet its message still hold true today. Our legal and business systems are built on the assumption that we know who we're dealing...

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Ransomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT manager

August 10, 2026

Ransomware gangs are changing who they target. The most valuable account may no longer belong to the CEO or a domain administrator - it may belong to the manager who...

The Shift: A New Era of AI Regulation

July 17, 2026

Explore how recent US export controls on frontier AI models like Anthropic's Fable signal a new era of regulatory uncertainty. Learn how security leaders can build resilient AI strategies by...

NTP server that traveled back in time caused massive Aussie mobile outage

July 16, 2026

Telstra skipped a patch, didn't record changes, had no idea it was an accident waiting to happen What Happened During planned maintenance, a Telstra NTP server restarted with its clock...

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Google Disrupts NetNut Residential Proxy Network Spanning 2 Million Home Devices

July 3, 2026

Google has significantly degraded NetNut, one of the biggest networks that turns home devices into rented relays for other people's traffic. Working with the FBI, Lumen, and others, Google's Threat...

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What the Numbers Say About FIFA 2026 Cyber Risk

June 30, 2026

The FIFA World Cup 2026 opened on June 11. By that date, according to Check Point Research, the fraud infrastructure targeting it had already been built, staged, and partially deployed....

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Spring cleaning your browser

May 8, 2026

There's something so satisfying about a good spring cleaning: the kind where you open the windows, clear the clutter, and finally deal with the things you've been ignoring all winter...

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Apple Issues Security Updates After Two WebKit Flaws Found Exploited in the Wild

December 13, 2025

Apple on Friday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS, and its Safari web browser to address two security flaws that it said have been exploited in...

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Securing GenAI in the Browser: Policy, Isolation, and Data Controls That Actually Work

December 12, 2025

The browser has become the main interface to GenAI for most enterprises: from web-based LLMs and copilots, to GenAI‑powered extensions and agentic browsers like ChatGPT Atlas. Employees are leveraging the...