LONDON, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — This May Day, Ulike invites consumers to turn their time off into a moment of self-care with an exclusive offer on their advanced IPL hair removal devices – including the Air 10, its most advanced IPL hair removal device yet. Designed to deliver salon-worthy results from the comfort of home, the Air 10 empowers users to reclaim their time and enjoy long-lasting smoothness with ease and confidence.

With this campaign, Ulike celebrates the luxury of time — time saved, time enjoyed, and time spent on what truly matters. By eliminating the need for salon visits, the Air 10 empowers users to take control of their beauty routines and experience professional-grade hair reduction on their own schedule — the perfect upgrade for a well-deserved long weekend.

Ulike Air 10: Professional Results, Zero Downtime

With cutting-edge features that prioritise efficiency, safety, and comfort, the Air 10 ensures a smooth, virtually pain-free experience while saving you valuable time:

Ice Cooling: Ulike’s patented cooling technology keeps skin at a soothing temperature for a virtually painless experience.Dual Lights: Unlike traditional IPL devices, the Air 10 boasts two light sources, expanding the treatment area by 18% and delivering 57% greater energy output.SkinSensor: Advanced skin tone detection ensures the safest treatment possible by auto-adjusting power levels.

Limited-Time May Day Holiday Offer

To mark the occasion, Ulike is offering an exclusive May Day discount on all their IPL hair removal devices. From 1 to 11 May, customers can enjoy 15% off sitewide, with an additional 10% reduction using code ULIKELOVE10 at checkout on Ulike’s official website and Amazon.

About Ulike:

Since 2013, Ulike has harnessed the power of clinical technology to produce luxurious, nearly-painless, and cost-effective IPL at-home hair removal devices. UKCA/CE-approved, clinically tested, and dermatologist-recommended, Ulike devices feature the latest IPL and Sapphire Ice Cooling technologies, providing an excellent alternative to laser treatment for long-lasting hair removal from head to toe. Since its inception, the brand has grown into a global leader in IPL at-home beauty devices, with over 7 million units sold across 17 countries and regions worldwide. As a beauty-tech innovator, Ulike allocates thirty percent of its annual profits to research and development, securing over 600 global patents and achieving international success.

PRESS CONTACT

Alessio Bradde
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alessiobradde@ulike.com

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Callback scams vie for top phishing vector position, SVG image files bypass defenses, and XRed is the malware family of the quarter   

LONDON, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — VIPRE Security Group, a global leader and award-winning cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection company, has released its email threat landscape report for Q1 2025. This report, based on an analysis of global real-world data, highlights the most significant email security trends from the first quarter of 2025, to enable organisations to strategise their email security defenses for the year ahead. VIPRE processed 1.45 billion emails globally, of which a whopping 92% were spam.

Callback phishing battles links, pushing for the top spot 

Cybercriminals are taking the sentiment “work smarter, not harder” to a whole other level with callback phishing scams, a vector that wasn’t even part of the equation last year. In Q1 2025, it accounts for 16% of phishing attempts. This is pertinent because link usage, which accounted for 75% of phishing attempts in Q1 2024, dropped by 42% in Q1 2025, making room for callbacks, which now account for nearly one in five attempts. With email scanning technology now adept at spotting compromised links, cybercriminals are resorting to callback scams via emails that leave no trace at all.

Callback phishing is a social engineering attack where victims are tricked into calling a seemingly legitimate phone number through emails or texts to reveal sensitive information or download malware.

SVG phishing on the rise

SVG files are fast becoming cybercriminals’ favoured types of attachments (34%) for phishing attacks, coming a close second to PDF attachments (36%). By embedding the <script> tag of an SVG file with a malicious URL, attackers execute JavaScript when the link is opened in a web browser, redirecting the user to a compromised website. In doing so, they bypass anti-phishing defenses. The US is the most targeted region for such attacks, followed by Europe.

XRed, the malware family of the year

The backdoor-type malware, XRed, was responsible for the most malware attacks in Q1 2025, surpassing the second-most prominent malware family (Lumma) by a factor of three. StealC, AgentTesla, and Redline followed.

The US dominates spam email traffic

In Q1 2025, not only were 92% of all emails classified as spam, but 67% of those were categorised as malicious. The US is the leading source of spam emails, generating 57% of all spam sent, and receiving 75% of malicious emails. The UK and Ireland stand at 8% each for sending and receiving bad emails.

HTML attachments for malspam on the wane

HTML attachments took up no more than 12% share of cybercriminals’ overall malspam strategy. With heightened awareness about the use of malicious HTML attachments, attackers are looking for less obvious methods, preferring PDFs and SVG files instead.

Manufacturing sector still the darling of email attackers

The manufacturing sector remains the most targeted sector in the email threat landscape, holding its lead at 36% vis-à-vis the retail and financial sectors, which tie at second place, with each receiving 15% of attackers’ attention.

“There’s a clear shift in cybercriminals’ preference towards low-tech, high-impact, human-centric tactics. This demands a fundamental rethink of email security – one that addresses the human element as vigilantly as the technological,” Usman Choudhary, Chief Product and Technology Officer, VIPRE Security Group, said. “With cybercriminals mastering the art of human deception, and crafting phishing attacks that bypass conventional defenses, email security in turn demands an approach that weaponises cybercriminals’ own actions and uses their patterns to create a unique, future-proofed response.”

To read the full report, click here: Email Threat Trends Report: 2025: Q1

VIPRE leverages its vast understanding of email security to equip businesses with the information they need to protect themselves. This report is based on proprietary intelligence gleaned from round-the-clock assessment of the cybersecurity landscape.

About VIPRE Security Group

VIPRE Security Group, part of Ziff Davis, Inc., is a leading provider of internet security solutions purpose-built to protect businesses, solution providers, and home users from costly and malicious cyber threats. With over 25 years of industry expertise, VIPRE is one of the world’s largest threat intelligence clouds, delivering exceptional protection against today’s most aggressive online threats. Our award-winning software portfolio includes next-generation antivirus endpoint cloud solutions, advanced email security products, along with threat intelligence for real-time malware analysis, and high-quality security awareness training for compliance and risk management. VIPRE solutions deliver an easy-to-use, comprehensive layered defense through cloud-based and server security, with mobile interfaces that enable instant threat response. VIPRE is a proud Advanced Technology Partner of Amazon Web Services, operating globally across North America and Europe.

The group operates under various brands, including VIPRE®, StrongVPN®, IPVanish®, Inspired eLearning®, Livedrive®, and SugarSync®. www.VIPRE.com

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Tech leaders report security solutions not delivering value for money with tools going unusedOver half of CIOs say their security patch systems are too complex to manage effectively and believe they have overinvested

LONDON, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Logicalis, the leading global technology service provider, reveals that CIOs are struggling to derive value from security investments amid an expanding threat landscape. According to its annual CIO Report, which surveyed 1,000 global IT leaders, more than half say their security patch systems have become too complex to manage effectively.

Despite unprecedented spending on security solutions, 88% experienced cybersecurity incidents in the last 12 months, with 43% enduring multiple breaches. As a result, nearly all CIOs are bracing for significant cybersecurity breaches in the year ahead.

The report found that nearly all CIOs believe their security coverage requires improvements. Half report their organisations have overinvested in security solutions they don’t need, and an equal number acknowledge they’re not getting good value because they don’t utilise all available features of their security tools. 

Half of tech leaders say they lack access to security solutions that fully fit their business needs and only 58% are confident in their ability to pinpoint potential security gaps. With clear anticipation of threats on the horizon, there is a concerning gap between IT leaders’ security awareness and their capacity to effectively protect their organisations.

As the threat landscape continues to evolve, emerging technologies are creating new vulnerabilities. AI-driven attacks now occur as frequently as phishing, placing AI firmly among the top three cybersecurity threats. Additionally, one in four CIOs are concerned about the rise of deepfakes over the next year.

On this year’s report, Bob Bailkoski, Global CEO of Logicalis Group, said:  “Tech leaders are operating in an environment where cybersecurity threats are steadily intensifying. After more than a decade of security spending on point solutions, the research findings show this patch approach isn’t delivering value for money and is actually the source of more problems. While it’s essential that security remains a budget priority, security needs to be a strategic investment, not a knee-jerk purchase. CIOs will be wise to evaluate and untangle their security ecosystem and consider moving to a unified solution that offers broader and deeper threat protection.”

Additional findings on security

Malware and ransomware (42%), data breaches (37%), AI-driven attacks (34%) and phishing (33%) are among the top concerns for CIOs when it comes to cybersecurity risk78% note that the frequency of cybersecurity breaches has either remained consistent or increased.76% acknowledging the growth threat of credential leaks41% of CIOs don’t believe their current security investments fully meet their organisation’s needsAlmost all (96%) say at least some improvements are needed in their organisation’s security coverage, 45% require significant improvements

To see the full report head to: https://www.logicalis.com/cio-report

About the research

At the end of 2024, Logicalis commissioned independent market research specialist Vanson Bourne to do a survey. Vanson Bourne interviewed 1,000 Business and IT professionals across EMEA, APAC, US and South America. Only respondents with over 250 employees with involvement in digital transformation and cloud computing within their organisations were interviewed. The 2025 report marks the 11th consecutive year Logicalis has undertaken this study.

About Logicalis

We are Architects of Change™. We help organisations succeed in a digital-first world. At Logicalis, we harness our collective technology expertise to help our clients build a blueprint for success, so they can deliver sustainable outcomes that matter.

Our lifecycle services across cloud, connectivity, collaboration and security are designed to help optimise operations, reduce risk and empower employees.

As a global technology service provider, we deliver next-generation digital managed services, to provide our clients with real-time visibility and actionable insights across the performance of their digital ecosystem including; reliability, user experience, security, economic performance and sustainability.

Our 7000+ ‘Architects of Change’ are based in 30 territories around the globe, helping our 10,000+ clients across a range of industry sectors, create sustainable outcomes through technology.

Logicalis has annualised revenues of $1.7 billion, from operations in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Africa. It is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with revenues of over $5.1 billion.

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