Rapid7 highlights threat of illicit network access sales
13 August 2025
Rapid7, Inc. has unveiled its 2025 Access Brokers Report, offering new insights into underground marketplaces where cybercriminals buy and sell access to corporate networks.
Based on six months of threat intelligence gathered from dark web forums — including Exploit, XSS, and BreachForums — the report reveals how initial access to compromised networks is often sold at low prices — sometimes for less than $1,000 — and provides strategies for defenders to disrupt these early-stage breaches.
Find out more Claroty and Google Security Operations to strengthen cybersecurity for IT and operational technology environments
07 August 2025
Claroty has announced a new collaboration with Google Security Operations, aiming to enhance threat detection and response capabilities for organisations overseeing both IT and operational technology (OT) systems.
This partnership enables organisations managing cyber-physical systems (CPS) to utilise high-fidelity, context-rich alerting and vulnerability data from Claroty’s xDome and Continuous Threat Detection (CTD) platforms, integrating seamlessly into Google’s cloud-native security operations platform.
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UK government launches £15 million ‘Alignment Project’
05 August 2025
The UK government has announced the launch of a new global research initiative aimed at addressing one of the most complex challenges in artificial intelligence: ensuring that advanced AI systems behave in ways that align with human values.
The initiative, dubbed the ‘Alignment Project’, is backed by £15 million in funding and involves industry partners including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and DeepAI. Through grants of up to £1 million, as well as cloud computing resources provided by corporate collaborators, the project will support academic and non-profit teams working on AI safety, explainability, and control.
Find out more Sitehop accelerates quantum-ready encryption testing with Teledyne LeCroy Xena Platform
01 August 2025
Sitehop has enhanced its testing capabilities by bringing critical performance validation in-house. Supported by a five-figure Productivity Grant from South Yorkshire Mayoral Authority, the company invested in a cutting-edge Teledyne LeCroy Xena Loki 100G traffic-generation and testing platform, supplied by Red Helix.
This in-house setup enables Sitehop to perform bi-directional testing of ultra-low latency, high-speed networks — specifically, sub-microsecond latency at 100Gbps — eliminating delays associated with outsourcing. Previously reliant on an external lab in France, which involved a minimum two-week turnaround costing over £18,000 per cycle, the new UK-based testing facility allows the company to complete comprehensive validation within a single day. This shift significantly boosts engineering productivity and accelerates product development.
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