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Opinion | Guest contributor – Mitchell Spicer, co-founder and COO of Revelion ASOS has now disclosed two cyber incidents in about ten weeks. The first, detected in late July, saw attackers get into customer accounts using passwords stolen from somewhere else and reused. The second, on 6 October, saw thousands of customers receive a threatening … Read more
Attackers now often exploit a flaw before a patch exists. In a conversation with Cyber Insurance News, Revelion’s Mitchell Spicer said annual penetration tests can’t keep pace. Neither can the underwriting built on them. His company sells continuous penetration testing. “An annual pen test is a snapshot, and annual underwriting is a snapshot of that … Read more
The tool lets an AI agent hunt bugs on live targets. A human still signs the report. PortSwigger launched Burp AT today. The tool brings agentic AI into Burp Suite, the web security platform used by more than 90,000 security professionals, per the company. Agents can now form a hypothesis, act through tools, and choose … Read more
At 2:13 p.m., the invoice printer jammed, phones kept ringing, and every screen froze at a login prompt. The owner tried their usual password, but it failed repeatedly. In that quiet moment, business stopped, and costs rose. According to Guardz, about half of U.S. SMBs have already faced a cyberattack. Guardz surveyed 800 U.S.-based SMB … Read more
Rising Breaches Push Firms Toward New Testing Methods – UK enterprises are under heavy fire. According to Pentera’s State of Pentesting 2025 – United Kingdom report, 75% of organisations suffered a breach in the past two years, and most endured significant damage. At the same time, enterprises are reshaping their defense strategies. 61% now use … Read more