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The Big Picture On Monday, 20 October 2025, AWS experienced a significant outage starting in its US-EAST-1 (Northern Virginia) region, which cascaded across dozens of dependent services worldwide.

I must confess I've always imagined that a single day could teach so much about our industry’s hidden fragilities, which is becoming exceedingly more common as the complexity and fragility of infrastructure and "the internet" grows more frequent.

In recent years, Linux has quietly become the dominant operating system on Microsoft Azure, prompting the company to formalise and share the very tooling it uses to validate and publish Linux images.

It’s been a turbulent fortnight for the UK’s retail sector — and not just because of late Easter deliveries or customer rows over the last Colin the Caterpillar.

Abstract: As 2025 unfolds, cyber security remains a battleground for innovation and exploitation.

In cybersecurity, new threats constantly emerge to challenge our defenses, these challenges are part of what we call the 'Threat Landscape'.

The intricate web of undersea internet cables silently powers the digital world, connecting continents and facilitating global communication.

Over the last few days, you might have heard about the 'rapid reset' vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol (known as CVE-2023-44487).

I saw a recent post in a Facebook group that I admin, This is an IT Support Group (100k+ members), complaining about Windows 11 requiring an internet connection for setup, which can be a real pain.

In today's digital age, our online activities leave behind a trail of digital breadcrumbs that marketers and advertisers eagerly follow.

I've been a long-time viewer of Zac's channel and recently enjoyed his 'I Challenged A Hacker To Ruin My Life In 30 Days' video - a true insight into how some of the bad actors in our society can commit harrowing crimes to the otherwise unsuspecting indiv…

It's 2023, everyone is panicking about AI taking jobs in an already competitive market, and countless big tech redundancies.

Cybersecurity is becoming more and more important in today’s world as technology advances and more sensitive information is stored online.

Intro I've been asked by friends and colleagues a lot about this "defence in depth" topic; usually something along the lines of "what exactly does defence in depth mean?"

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