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We recently announced that Cyber Security Challenge will close its doors at the end of this month. As we were there covering it from its inception, Dan Raywood is looking at what impact it had on the UK cybersecurity industry. In this first article, we talk to those who worked for it, volunteered their time, and led it, and look at what success it had, and what led to its ultimate demise. Big thanks to Stuart Coulson Jay Abbott Robert Nowill and Maggie Jones for their time and words in bringing this together. https://lnkd.in/e_9JEMU6

A year on from the takedown of Lockbit by UK authorities, Kate O'Flaherty examines whether the group has really gone away, and whether similar takedowns will make the problem of #ransomware go away. https://lnkd.in/ekEyUyH5

The sudden closure of Skybox at the start of this week is one of the biggest stories of 2025 so far. Dan Raywood talked to Tufin CEO Ray Brancato - who purchased assets and IP from Skybox - on how the deal came about, who approached whom and what happens to the Skybox customers now. https://lnkd.in/eT3HNcyt

Last week, Dan Raywood attended ThreatLocker's Zero Trust World, and had a chance to talk to CEO Danny Jenkins about his concept of 'default deny' and what this means for businesses trying to adopt a zero trust stance. https://lnkd.in/ePFwbWqV

Very unusual to see a company completely disappear, but that seems to be the case with Skybox Security this week. Editor Dan Raywood collected all we could find to bring together what we know so far in out story. Thanks to Richard Stiennon and Tufin for their comments. https://lnkd.in/eYUchC2w

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In our penultimate article looking at 2025 security predictions, Kate O'Flaherty looks one of the most contentious - remote working. How are remote employees being managed and secured, and which tech tactics can be used to aid them? https://lnkd.in/eBcf7YDZ

Why, despite decades of technological advancements, is the debate over the need for encryption backdoors still a thing, asks Zama's Jeremy Bradley in this commentary. #cybersecurity #infosec #ITsecurity

A Russian-linked attack group have targeted governments, NGOs, and a wide range of industries in multiple regions since last August. According to research by Microsoft into a group named Storm-2372, whom targeted potential victims by falsely posing as a prominent person relevant to the target, sending invitations to online events or meetings via phishing emails. #cybersecurity #infosec #ITsecurity

A continued campaign by the Chinese Salt Typhoon group saw the attempted compromise of more than 1,000 Cisco network devices. According to new research from Recorded Future, a campaign that ran throughout in December and January was identified, where telecommunications providers were targeted. #cybersecurity #infosec #ITsecurity