Wednesday, 01 April 2026

Organisations of all sizes and across every industry are failing to address Active Directory (AD) security gaps that can leave them vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to results from a survey of IT and security leaders who have deployed Purple Knight a free security assessment tool, in their environments. Organisations scored an average of 68% across five Active Directory security categories—a barely passing grade. Large organisations fared even worse in the assessment—reporting an average score of 64%—indicating that the challenges in securing Active Directory expand with legacy applications and complex environments, particularly in large organisations. 

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Severity of Mobile Threats Rising as Zimperium zLabs Team Discovers an Average of 5,000+ New Mobile Malware Strains Per Day and 1 in 4 Mobile Endpoints Globally Encountering Malicious Apps

DALLAS : Zimperium has published its 2022 Global Mobile Threat Report unveiling new data and comprehensive analysis of the state of mobile security worldwide. With statistics from Zimperium’s global install base of enterprise clients, novel survey data exposing the mindset and priorities of enterprise security professionals, and a chronicle of the most pervasive mobile threats and third-party threat data from 2021, this report is an extensive assessment of the current state of the mobile threat landscape.

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Crossword Cybersecurity Plc has announced its acquisition of the whole of the share capital of Threat Status Limited (“Threat Status”), the threat intelligence company and provider of Trillion™, the cloud based software as a service (SaaS) platform for enterprise-level credential breach intelligence has now completed. Additionally, Threat Status’s more recently released product, Arc, protects the users of customer-facing applications from the threat of Account Takeovers. The acquisition of Threat Status takes the Company’s portfolio to five cyber security offerings, alongside its cyber security consulting and managed services offerings. The transaction was first mentioned on 21 December 2021 in an RNS announcement.

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New report from Netacea uncovers the bot myths believed by businesses —leaving them vulnerable

Manchester, UK: Netacea, the bot detection and mitigation specialist, today announced results from a new report showing that most businesses do not fully understand the threat bots pose, leaving those organisations vulnerable to threats.

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  3. Aircraft carrier to trial quantum technology on Arctic exercise
  4. SASIG SUPPORTS TOUGHER LAWS PROTECTING THE PUBLIC AGAINST ONLINE FRAUD
  5. Secure Access Control Specialist TDSi to Join Protech USA at ISC West 2022 in Las Vegas
  6. Attivo Expands Active Directory Protection from Unmanaged Devices, Including Mac, Linux, IoT/OT
  7. New Specops Report Reveals Passwords Are Weakest Link For Networks
  8. WSO2 Renews Long-Term Contract with Securitas Direct - Leading European Security Provider in Spain
  9. ConnectWise Expands Collaboration with Intel to Further Strengthen Cybersecurity for SMBs
  10. SASIG AND UKCSC TACKLE SKILLS SHORTAGE IN CYBERSECURITY
  11. Exterro partners with Blue Lights Digital to extend its digital forensics and incident response offering in the public sector
  12. Royal Navy and RAF sharpen submarine hunting skills in major NATO exercise
  13. Sodexo’s report forms part of its Appetite for Action campaign to support the reduction of food waste and carbon emissions in food services
  14. Brent and Merton councils struck by five successful ransomware attacks
  15. 4 of 8,032 New research reveals Britain’s wealthiest counties targeted by cybercriminals



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