Microsoft published an unscheduled security patch on Friday addressing a severe vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), creating weekend work for system administrators.

Alaska Airlines experienced its second mystery IT outage in three months, grounding its entire fleet for eight hours and cancelling over 360 flights. The incident raises uncomfortable questions about disaster recovery planning in critical infrastructure.

Amazon has revealed the shocking cause behind one of history's most devastating cloud outages: a simple race condition in DynamoDB's DNS management system brought down AWS services globally for an entire day, with damage estimates potentially reaching hundreds of billions of dollars.

When Amazon Web Services' US-EAST-1 region went down on 20th October, it didn't just affect services in Northern Virginia—it brought down websites and critical services across the globe, from European banks to UK government agencies. The incident has exposed a fundamental vulnerability in modern cloud infrastructure that no amount of redundancy planning can fully address.

The numbers are stark and deeply concerning. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) handled a record 204 nationally significant cyber attacks in the year to September 2025—an average of four every single week. This represents a dramatic increase from 89 incidents in the previous year, more than doubling in just 12 months.  For British businesses, this isn't abstract threat intelligence—it's a clear warning that the cyber threat landscape has fundamentally changed, and urgent action is required.

Artificial intelligence has fundamentally changed the cybersecurity landscape, and the statistics are alarming. According to Microsoft's latest Digital Defense Report, AI-automated phishing emails are 4.5 times more effective than traditional phishing attempts—and potentially 50 times more profitable for cybercriminals.  This isn't just incremental improvement for attackers. It's a game-changer that demands immediate attention from every organisation.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued urgent guidance following confirmation of a significant security incident affecting F5 Networks. Organisations across the UK using F5 products should take immediate action to protect their infrastructure.

In 2020, the UK's Office for National Statistics launched an ambitious plan to revolutionise government data sharing. Five years and £240.8 million later, the Treasury has pulled the plug—leaving the government with three separate, poorly integrated data platforms just as it faces mounting policy challenges requiring comprehensive data analysis. 

A hacking group calling itself "the Crimson Collective" has claimed responsibility for what could be one of the most significant breaches in the open source world—the alleged theft of 570GB of compressed data from Red Hat's private GitHub repositories. Whilst the full scope remains unconfirmed, the attackers' claims paint a troubling picture that extends far beyond Red Hat itself, potentially compromising numerous enterprise customers across banking, telecommunications, and government sectors.