The 10 Minute Cyber Fix

Episode Summary COLT Technology Services, a major UK telecommunications provider, suffers from ongoing ransomware attacks, causing week-long outages affecting thousands of businesses. Host Lucy Harper breaks down the SharePoint vulnerability exploitation and provides emergency supplier risk protection strategies for UK SMEs. What You'll Learn How WarLock ransomware compromised COLT using Micro...

Episode Summary AI-powered cybercriminals are now targeting UK small businesses with unprecedented sophistication, making artificial intelligence threats the top security concern for 35% of SMEs in 2025. Host Lucy Harper breaks down how criminals weaponise machine learning against businesses and provides a five-step action plan to defend against deepfakes, AI-generated phishing, and automated atta...

Episode Summary Cybercriminals are selling alleged PayPal credentials for nearly 16 million users on dark web forums, highlighting the devastating reality of credential stuffing attacks targeting UK businesses daily. Hosts Lucy Harper and Graham break down why this threat represents far more than just another data breach and provide an emergency action plan for protecting your business from automa...

Episode Summary HR giant Workday falls victim to ShinyHunters' sophisticated social engineering campaign, exposing how simple phone calls can bypass enterprise-grade security. Host Lucy Harper breaks down the attack methods and provides actionable defence strategies for UK businesses facing this escalating threat. What You'll Learn How the ShinyHunters group uses voice phishing to breach m...

Episode Summary CISA warns of active exploitation targeting N-able N-central RMM platforms used by UK managed service providers. Host Lucy Harper breaks down the critical vulnerabilities affecting thousands of businesses and provides immediate action steps for SME protection. What You'll Learn CVE-2025-8875 and CVE-2025-8876 vulnerabilities enabling complete network takeover through MSP tools...

Episode Summary Host Lucy Harper breaks down why this latest FortiNet incident should represent the final straw in a relentless pattern of Fortinet vulnerabilities and provides a comprehensive action plan for UK businesses to conduct strategic vendor risk assessments. What You'll Learn How 780 coordinated IP addresses targeted Fortinet SSL VPNs in the largest recorded attack campaign GreyNoise...

Episode Summary A critical zero-day vulnerability in WinRAR (CVE-2025-8088) is being actively exploited by Russian-aligned criminal groups targeting UK businesses through malicious email attachments. Host Lucy Harper breaks down how two sophisticated threat actors are using this flaw to deploy ransomware and provides immediate steps to protect your business. What You'll Learn How the WinRAR zero-d...

Episode Summary A critical zero-day vulnerability in WinRAR (CVE-2025-8088) is being actively exploited by Russian-aligned criminal groups targeting UK businesses through malicious email attachments. Host Lucy Harper breaks down how two sophisticated threat actors are using this flaw to deploy ransomware and provides immediate steps to protect your business. What You'll Learn How the WinRAR ze...

Episode Summary Cybersecurity researchers reveal how thousands of trusted Lenovo webcams can be remotely converted into persistent BadUSB attack weapons that survive complete system wipes. Host Lucy Harper breaks down the BadCam vulnerability (CVE-2025-4371) and provides immediate protection strategies for UK businesses using affected devices. What You'll Learn How the BadCam vulnerability all...

Episode Summary Microsoft's August 2025 Patch Tuesday delivers 107 vulnerability fixes including one actively exploited zero-day, while critical updates from Adobe, Google, Cisco, and WinRAR address zero-day attacks across the software ecosystem. Host Lucy Harper breaks down the coordinated multi-vendor security response and provides immediate deployment guidance for UK businesses. What You&#3...

Episode Summary New research reveals the UK has become the third most targeted country globally for malware attacks, with over 103 million incidents hitting British businesses in Q2 2025. Host Lucy Harper explains why the UK has become Europe's biggest cybersecurity target and provides immediate protection steps on Microsoft Patch Tuesday. What You'll Learn Why the UK faces over 1 million daily ma...

Episode Summary Critical vulnerabilities in NVIDIA's Triton Inference Server allow complete AI system takeover through sophisticated vulnerability chaining. Host Lucy Harper breaks down how attackers can steal proprietary AI models, manipulate responses, and use compromised servers as network pivot points, providing emergency patch guidance for UK businesses deploying artificial intelligence i...

Episode Summary UK businesses face a sophisticated new threat as criminals deploy artificial intelligence to industrialize fraud through TikTok Shop. Host Lucy Harper exposes the "FraudOnTok" campaign that's already stolen over £900,000 through 15,000 fake websites, weaponized AI-generated content, and advanced malware specifically designed to hunt cryptocurrency wallets on personal...

Episode Summary Google's August 2025 Android security update finally patches CVE-2025-27038, a critical Qualcomm Adreno GPU vulnerability that cybercriminals have been actively exploiting since June. What You'll Learn Why CVE-2025-27038 represents a fundamental shift in mobile threat landscapes targeting business environments How GPU driver exploitations operate with minimal system impact while ma...

Episode Summary UK businesses face an unprecedented crisis: three major Microsoft changes hitting simultaneously on October 14th, 2025 - just 69 days away. Host Lucy Harper breaks down the "Perfect Storm" that could bankrupt unprepared SMEs and provides an emergency action plan for survival. What You'll Learn Why October 14th, 2025 represents the biggest technology threat to UK SMEs...

Episode Summary QR codes have become a weapon of choice for cybercriminals, with UK businesses losing £3.5 million in just one year to "quishing" attacks. This episode breaks down the alarming surge in QR code phishing, how these sophisticated attacks work, and provides five actionable steps every SME can take immediately to protect themselves. Key Statistics & Facts 784 quishing reports to Ac...

Breaking: Critical SonicWall Vulnerability Threatens UK Small Businesses Arctic Wolf researchers identified a surge in ransomware attacks targeting SonicWall devices since July 15th, 2025. The Akira ransomware gang exploits a zero-day vulnerability bypassing traditional security measures, affecting thousands of UK SMEs. Why This Attack Is Different: 90-minute deployment: Initial breach to full enc...