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The UK government is warning of the potential impact of catastrophic cyber-attacks

Five UK residents have been charged in relation to supplying Russian Coms fraud devices and apps

The National Cyber Security Centre wants to work with AI partners to build a new “Cyber Shield” to defend the UK

More than 60 organizations, including M&S, Microsoft UK and Vodafone, have signed the UK government's Cyber Resilience Pledge, a new initiative aimed at boosting cyber security and resilience across British businesses

SonicWall records 264,000 events in first five months of 2026 as UK hospitals come under siege

Report Fraud data reveals that more than half of 323 UK ransomware victims last year were SMEs

The UK Cyber Monitoring Centre reviews the Canvas breach affecting 160 UK universities, highlighting data theft risks and financial impacts of cyber incidents

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warns that museums and galleries aren’t getting enough government support on cyber

The UK’s data protection regulator the information commissioner has resigned after his position became “untenable”

Richard Horne, the NCSC CEO, said three-quarters of cyber-attacks targeting UK critical infrastructure came from nation-state actors

Government departments find hundreds of vulnerabilities after testing frontier models

The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology details how a combination of hands-on human advice and technology systems keeps government agencies safe

UK organizations are prioritizing AI-driven cybersecurity as 43% cite AI-powered attacks as their top risk, prompting significant investment in advanced threat defense

From a research-driven pilot, the Cybersecurity Communities of Support (CyCOS) is about to be handed over to CIISec

UK firms plan higher cyber spending as AI adoption raises security concerns

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre is helping organizations to understand agentic AI security risks

The UK’s financial authorities have set expectations for the sector on cybersecurity and operational resilience

UK cybersecurity sector reaches £14.7bn in revenue, driven by rapid growth in AI security firms, increased investment and rising employment across the industry

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre is urging organizations to prepare for glut of new software updates

The British public education sector has faced the nation’s most dramatic increase in cyber breach prevalence over the past year