What Sets Us Apart

Why Us

We're not just security professionals—we're obsessed with the cyber threats that cause massive financial damage to businesses. This obsession is what makes us effective.

Obsessed With What Matters

While other security firms focus on compliance checklists, our team obsesses over the technical details of real-world attacks that devastate businesses financially. We study how North Korean state actors infiltrate companies and steal millions. We dissect ransomware campaigns that completely halt business operations. We analyze every technical detail that made these attacks possible.

This obsession translates directly into superior business-level defense.

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The Often-Overlooked Reality: Supply Chain Compromise

One of the most underestimated attack vectors in cybersecurity is compromise through your supply chain and business partners. If one of the businesses you work with becomes compromised, hackers can craft highly convincing emails, make targeted phone calls, or gather sensitive information about your business operations—all while appearing completely legitimate.

Some of the largest and most damaging recent breaches occurred at the supply chain level. Sophisticated attackers have realized that while major corporations may have robust security, the businesses in their supply chain often don't. The more partners and vendors you work with, the more potential entry points exist—and the more likely it becomes that one will be compromised.

A truly effective cybersecurity partner doesn't just secure your perimeter—they review your entire ecosystem. They assess your vendors' security postures, monitor for compromises in your supply chain, and ensure that every door into your business is locked, not just the front entrance.

62% of cyber attacks involve supply chain compromise
4x increase in supply chain attacks since 2020

The Threats We Study Obsessively

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North Korean State Actors

North Korean APT groups have stolen billions from businesses worldwide through sophisticated supply chain attacks, social engineering, and cryptocurrency theft operations.

What We Study:
  • Their initial access vectors (compromised NPM packages, fake job applications, LinkedIn social engineering)
  • How they maintain persistence for months without detection
  • Their data exfiltration techniques that bypass DLP solutions
  • The specific tools in their arsenal (BLINDINGCAN, COPPERHEDGE, AppleJeus)
Financial Impact: Individual businesses have lost £40M+ in single incidents. The technical details of these attacks inform how we monitor your infrastructure.
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Ransomware Operations

Modern ransomware doesn't just encrypt files—it exfiltrates your data first, threatening public release. Operations halt completely, and businesses pay millions in ransom plus recovery costs.

What We Study:
  • Initial compromise methods (RDP exploitation, phishing, stolen VPN credentials)
  • Lateral movement techniques through your network
  • How attackers disable backups before encryption
  • Data staging and exfiltration before detonation
Financial Impact: Average cost including ransom, downtime, and recovery: £4.5M per incident. We monitor for the indicators that precede these attacks.
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Business Email Compromise (BEC)

Sophisticated attackers compromise email accounts to authorize fraudulent wire transfers, redirect payments, or steal sensitive business information—often resulting in irreversible financial loss.

What We Study:
  • Email account takeover techniques (credential stuffing, OAuth token theft)
  • Mailbox rule manipulation to hide attacker activity
  • Invoice and payment diversion schemes
  • Executive impersonation tactics using AI-generated content
Financial Impact: Losses range from £250K to £50M+ per successful BEC attack. These funds are rarely recovered. We monitor for account compromise indicators.
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Supply Chain Attacks

Attackers compromise trusted vendors, software updates, or third-party services to gain access to multiple targets simultaneously—turning your security partnerships into vulnerabilities.

What We Study:
  • Compromised software update mechanisms (SolarWinds-style attacks)
  • Third-party vendor security posture weaknesses
  • Malicious code injection in dependency chains
  • MSP (Managed Service Provider) compromises affecting multiple clients
Financial Impact: Supply chain breaches affect hundreds of businesses simultaneously. Individual losses vary from £500K to complete business closure.

How Obsession Translates to Defense

Understanding these attacks at a technical level means we know exactly what to monitor, what patterns to detect, and how to respond—before millions are lost.

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Real-Time Threat Intelligence

When a new attack technique emerges, we don't wait for it to hit the news. Our team actively monitors security researcher disclosures, underground forums, and emerging threat patterns. We understand new vulnerabilities at the exploit level and immediately assess if our clients are exposed.

Example: When the MOVEit vulnerability was discovered, we had already identified which clients used the software and were implementing mitigations before mass exploitation began.
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We Monitor What Actually Matters

Generic security monitoring generates noise. We monitor the specific indicators that precede catastrophic incidents: unusual authentication patterns that match BEC TTPs, data staging behavior that precedes ransomware, network reconnaissance consistent with APT activity, and credential usage that suggests account compromise.

Example: We don't just alert on "failed login attempts"—we detect authentication patterns consistent with credential stuffing campaigns using leaked databases.
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Rapid Response to Developing Threats

When our team identifies a new threat that could impact our clients, we don't schedule a meeting for next week. We analyze the threat, assess client exposure, and implement protective measures immediately. Our clients receive updated monitoring rules and defensive configurations in real-time.

Example: During the Log4Shell crisis, we identified exposed systems across our client base and deployed mitigations within hours—not days or weeks.
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Technical Depth in Penetration Testing

Our penetration testers don't follow automated scanner results. They employ the actual techniques used by sophisticated threat actors. We think like North Korean APT operators, like ransomware groups conducting reconnaissance, like BEC attackers studying your business processes. This finds the vulnerabilities that matter.

Example: We recently identified a complex attack chain involving Okta misconfiguration + AWS credential theft + S3 exfiltration that no automated tool would catch—but it's exactly how real attackers operate.
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We Understand Business Impact

Our obsession isn't just technical—we understand the business consequences. We know that a compromised email account leads to wire fraud. We know that exposed RDP leads to ransomware. We know that leaked credentials lead to unauthorized access. This understanding drives our prioritization of what to fix first.

Example: When we find multiple vulnerabilities, we don't rank by CVSS score alone. We rank by "what could attackers actually do with this to cause financial damage to your business?"
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Continuous Adaptation

Threat actors evolve their techniques constantly. Our team studies these evolutions obsessively and adapts our monitoring and testing methodologies accordingly. What worked last year isn't sufficient today. Our clients benefit from monitoring that evolves with the threat landscape.

Example: As attackers shifted from malware to "living off the land" techniques, we adjusted our monitoring to detect abuse of legitimate system tools rather than just signature-based malware detection.

Our Philosophy

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Prevention Over Response

Incident response is expensive. Data breach notification is embarrassing. Ransom payment is devastating. We focus on preventing these scenarios by understanding exactly how they occur and monitoring for the early indicators.

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Technical Depth Matters

Surface-level security doesn't stop sophisticated attackers. We dig into the technical details—how exploits work, how attackers operate, how defenses can be bypassed—because that's where effective security comes from.

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Business Context Is Critical

Technical security divorced from business reality is useless. We understand that security exists to protect business operations, financial assets, and reputation. Every technical control we implement considers business impact.

Speed Matters

Attackers move fast. Ransomware encrypts in hours. BEC happens in minutes. We monitor in real-time and respond immediately because waiting until Monday morning could mean millions in losses.

Work With a Team That's Obsessed

Our obsession with understanding catastrophic cyber threats at a technical level translates directly into superior protection for your business. While other firms implement generic security controls, we implement defenses informed by deep understanding of how real attacks devastate businesses financially.

This is what makes us effective.