Wednesday, 01 April 2026

Lord Toby Harris (Lord Harris of Haringey) is the latest member of industry initiative, the Cyber Safety Force, pushing for greater collaboration between governments and businesses in defending infrastructure from cyber attacks

London: The Cyber Safety Force, an industry initiative driven by notable leaders in cybersecurity including Guy Golan, CEO and Executive Chairman of global cybersecurity firm Performanta, Simon Hodgkinson, former CISO of BP, and Greg Sim, Founder of 2020 Partners, welcomes its latest member, Lord Toby Harris of Haringey.

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Newcastle-based market-leading provider of Fire, Security, and Electrical Compliance Solutions, ABCA Systems Group Ltd, has completed the triple acquisitions of Maintec Ltd, A.G.S. Tech Ltd. and HBS Fabrication Northwest Ltd, which will strengthen the

Group's already dominant standing in the sector, bolster its presence, amongst other end-markets, in the wider social housing market, and in turn pave the way for significant further growth.

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  • API insecurity and automated abuse by bots responsible for up to 11.8% of cyber events and losses globally
  • Bot-related security incident count rose 88% in 2022 and 28% in 2023
  • Insecure APIs result in up to $12 billion more in losses than they did in 2021

Thales, the cybersecurity leader that protects critical applications, APIs, and data, anywhere at scale, releases the “Economic Impact of API and Bot Attacks” report. The analysis of more than 161,000 unique cybersecurity incidents and uncovers the rising global costs of vulnerable or insecure APIs and automated abuse by bots, two security threats that are increasingly interconnected and prevalent. The report estimates that API insecurity and bot attacks result in up to $186[1]  billion of losses for businesses around the world.

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Critical alert: Immediate action required to address severe SonicWALL vulnerability.

Lantech - Managed IT Support, Security & Cloud are issuing an urgent security advisory concerning a critical vulnerability affecting SonicWALL devices. Recent findings indicate that this vulnerability poses a significant threat to the security of your networks. The severity of this issue has not been fully emphasised, and immediate action is required to mitigate the risk.

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