We are pleased to share that we have been named winner of Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Solution of the Year at the Computing Security Awards for ESEC ATP, the Email Security Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) module of the Heimdal platform. Targeted attackers are patient, and many intrusions begin with a single email that looks routine. […]

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Understand cybersecurity megatrends with our rundown of 2026 data breach statistics [with data sourced from original studies published this year]. At Heimdal, we continually monitor specialist blogs, newsfeeds, forums and government websites that report on data breaches. This helps us build a picture of the latest trends in cyber crime, so we can better protect […]

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TrendAI Vision One is a hugely successful cybersecurity solution. The technology counts tens of thousands of customers worldwide, and has received high marketplace rankings by the likes of Gartner and IDC. Nevertheless, it’s not always right for everyone.  If you feel you need a different provider, this guide is for you. We’ve compiled a list […]

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More than four in 10 of the 1,884 people we surveyed didn’t tell their bank, the police, or the platform about a scam 42.7% of the 1,884 UK adults we surveyed who’d been targeted by a scam in the past 12 months didn’t tell their bank, the police, or the website or app where it […]

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Blackpoint is a well-regarded provider of managed detection and response services to the MSP sector. Founded by former NSA employees, their autonomous containment model is highly effective and helps block attacks fast. But the company’s offerings and approach have certain limitations. If you’re exploring Blackpoint alternatives, this guide is for you.  We’ll be looking at […]

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, 7 October 2026 – Heimdal today officially launches the “Cyber in 60” weekly video series in which Adam Pilton, a former cybercrime detective and now Cybersecurity Advisor at Heimdal, breaks down one cybersecurity term or concept in under 60 seconds. This series solves an old tech to human translation problem. The people who […]

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Benedict Jones spent years working for McAfee and Sophos. While doing threat research at Sophos, he spotted a problem in mobile threat defence that nobody had actually fixed. He’s now CEO and founder of Trustd Mobile, and the story of how he got there says more about MSP buying decisions than most vendor pitches ever […]

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London, UK, 1 October 2026 – Heimdal, a global cybersecurity provider, today announced a partnership with Elovade, a European IT security distributor with 250 experts across five countries, to bring its unified security platform to managed service providers (MSPs) across the DACH region: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The move extends a relationship that began a […]

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Two things happened last week, one day apart, and almost nobody connected them.  On 11 September, the EU Cyber Resilience Act’s vulnerability reporting obligations came into force. Companies covered by the regulation now have to report actively exploited vulnerabilities within 24 hours and provide a fuller notification within 72.   On 12 September, Anthropic CEO Dario […]

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I’ve spent enough time around AI adoption now to notice a pattern. Ask a business how AI is going for them and the honest answer is, lately, “we’ve got Copilot, and it’s not great.” That gap between the hype and the reality is exactly where Samantha North operates. Sam runs an AI transformation agency, helping […]

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“You’ve been gifted a voucher!”. “Your account will be closed unless you act now”. “Late payment demand. Invoice # 207”. Phishing scams come in many shapes and sizes. And, in 2026, they remain, by far, the most common attack vector targeting both individuals and organizations. To help you understand the scale of the threat, I’ve […]

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Heimdal’s MXDR team flagged a surge in detections tied to a program called Shift Browser on 2 September 2026. Our team confirmed activity on more than 50 client environments in a single day. The installers we captured trace to a malvertising lure. Shift Browser also runs a documented paid creator and affiliate marketing operation, though […]

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There are a few reasons that MSPs start looking for ThreatLocker alternatives. You might have had enough of the friction with end users. The high levels of admin required to set policies for your different customers. Or that, while powerful, it can only handle certain kinds of security risks.  If so, we wrote this guide […]

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In 2026, insider threats are probably a bigger risk than you think. In fact, they could cost your organization $19.5 million a year. But it’s not really a problem with hackers, spies, or malicious employees. Instead, it’s about negligence, training, and IT privileges. Often, the most expensive mistake is a stolen credential doing exactly what […]

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It’s tempting for MSPs to write off event sponsorship in education as a waste of money. You sponsor an event, hand out flyers, follow up with an email, and hear nothing back. Rick Cowell says you’re judging it on the wrong timescale. Rick spent 20 years as a school network manager, and he founded the […]

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Before dawn on 10 July 2024, one ransomware attack took down ten schools inside the same multi-academy trust at once. Every control that eventually stopped it was something the Department for Education’s own cyber security standard already asked for, well before the attack. That’s a case DfE has published on its own Cyber Security Hub, […]

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Proofpoint catches malicious traffic and blocks data exfiltration well, with solid coverage for business email compromise, phishing, and malware. But it’s built for the enterprise, and it shows. G2 reviewers flagged a steep learning curve and steep pricing, and suggested Proofpoint’s support would need improving. The platform’s also in flux. Proofpoint closed a $1.8 billion […]

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Most of the cyber incidents landing on our desks these days start with someone believing a lie. It’s not a brilliant piece of code that causes most breaches. A convincing email, a confident phone call, and a fake sense of urgency can make people hand over exactly what the attacker needs. Last week I talked […]

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London, UK, 30 July 2026 – New data from Heimdal’s telemetry measures the gap between execution of the MediaArena adware and the completion of quarantine. The same pattern has been confirmed across more than 40 client environments. MediaArena is a browser-modifier adware family that Microsoft has tracked since 2023. It is low-severity, and that is […]

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Heimdal did not start as a traditional cybersecurity company. It started with two Danish cybersecurity researchers, a piece of innovative technology and a challenge. Could they create something that could identify vulnerabilities, intercept malicious activity and help protect machines before threats could take hold? That technology went on to compete at the Defcon CTF world […]

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