Saturday, 04 October 2025

Cyber threats remain high as Government pushes new legislation to boost resilience

LONDON: Four in ten (43 per cent) of UK businesses and 30 per cent of charities experienced a cyber attack or data breach in the last 12 months, according to the latest Cyber Security Breaches Survey. While this marks a slight decrease from last year’s 50%, the threat level for medium and large businesses remains alarmingly high.

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Paris-based Qevlar AI has secured funding led by EQT Ventures and ForgePoint Capital, with backing from tech heavyweights Olivier Pomel (Datadog CEO), Florian Douetteau (Dataiku CEO), and Mehdi Ghissassi (former Director of Product at Google DeepMind).
Qevlar's funding comes amid rising investor enthusiasm for AI cybersecurity solutions. According to Crunchbase:
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Key findings:

  • The Heavy Equipment sector faces the highest projected downtime costs – a staggering £50–60 billion across the EU due to its energy-intensive operations and long restart times.

  • Pharmaceutical firms suffer the longest disruptions, with downtime incidents lasting 8+ hours on average, causing losses of up to £5M per hour.

  • Automotive manufacturers experience the most breakdowns, facing 20–25 monthly incidents, which cost the sector up to £12 billion annually in the UK and EU combined.

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SAN FRANCISCO – 9th April, 2025 – BlackFog has revealed findings from analysis of ransomware activity from January to March across publicly disclosed and non-disclosed attacks.    

This data shows that the number of publicly disclosed ransomware attacks for the first quarter of this year has reached its highest level for this period since BlackFog’s records started in 2020.

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  6. UK Chancellor Announces £3.25 Billion into Public Services
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  12. Duolingo English Test Selects Sumsub to Strengthen Security of Digital Exams
  13. Zimperium Warns: Mobile Rooting and Jailbreaking Still a Major Security Threat
  14. Silobreaker expands its data partnership programme with ThreatFabric’s mobile threat intelligence research
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