Our Mission
Black Cat Cyber Security founders have decades of experience between them protecting some of the largest companies on the planet. What struck us is the enormous disconnect between the capabilities of these compared to small and medium-sized businesses, one of the most significant is the ability to understand the cyber threats most likely to affect them and what to do about it.
Our mission is to turn ransomware activity, exploited vulnerabilities, scams, vendor alerts into trusted security guidance through clear weekly briefings and critical alerts written for business owners, managers and small teams to keep them safe in an uncertain world.
Cyber threat intelligence, written for small businesses
Most small businesses do not have time to read technical security advisories, ransomware reports, vulnerability feeds and government guidance every week. Black Cat Cyber Security was built to close that gap.
Our weekly threat briefings focus on what matters now: current ransomware activity, actively exploited vulnerabilities, emerging scams, supplier risks and practical security actions. Each report is written in plain English, with clear priorities and recommendations that can be understood by non-technical readers.
Behind the reports is a structured intelligence workflow. We use public cyber security sources, trusted government guidance, vendor advisories, news reporting and RansomGrok, our internal ransomware and vulnerability analysis project. RansomGrok helps track reported or claimed ransomware incidents, affected sectors, threat-group activity, known exploited vulnerabilities and wider cyber news so we can identify patterns that are relevant to UK businesses.
Based in the UK Black Cat is designed for organisations anywhere in the world that need useful cyber security intelligence without the noise. That includes business owners, office managers, finance teams, operations teams, IT generalists, managed service providers and small security teams.
Our aim is simple: help businesses understand the threats that matter, decide what to review first, and take practical steps to reduce risk.
What Makes Black Cat Different
If you want to get technical with us please reach out, we more than welcome the opportunity to geek out with the best of them (we sometimes let this out a little in some of our blog posts) but we feel it takes a deeper level of understanding and is far more useful to distil this into simple, actionable nuggets.
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Weekly threat briefings written in plain English
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Focused on SMBs and SMEs
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Covers ransomware, scams, exploited vulnerabilities and supplier risk
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Uses structured ransomware and vulnerability analysis from RansomGrok
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Highlights what is happening, why it matters and what to do next
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Links back to trusted sources such as NCSC, CISA, vendor advisories and credible reporting
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Designed for teams without a dedicated cyber security function
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Black Cat Cyber Security do?
Black Cat Cyber Security provides weekly cyber threat briefings for UK small businesses, explaining current cyber risks in plain English with practical actions.
Who are the reports for?
The reports are designed for small and medium-sized businesses, business owners, office managers, finance teams, operations teams, IT generalists and small security teams.
What topics do the reports cover?
Reports cover ransomware activity, actively exploited vulnerabilities, phishing and scam trends, cyber security news, vendor advisories and practical defensive recommendations.
Is this technical cyber security advice?
Black Cat focuses on practical cyber threat intelligence and guidance. Reports are written to help businesses understand risk and decide what to review, patch or improve.
What is RansomGrok?
RansomGrok is an internal analysis project used by Black Cat to structure ransomware, vulnerability and cyber news data. It helps identify patterns and weekly trends that may matter to small businesses.