It’s never good when as a security vendor things go wrong and it happens. But Sophos appears to have been open and transparent about the issue, rolled out a hotfix. For those of you who may have missed it. View…
Are we seeing an uptick in iOS security issues, or just teething problems with product release? View Original Post
It gets hacked out, then returned 2 days later. Who wants to speculate on why? Wonder who the coins belonged to, who ran the exchange……Or maybe their parents found out and told them to put it back? View Original Post…
An interesting trend: Research of ransomware attacks in the US identified 966 US government agencies, educational establishments and healthcare providers were impacted by ransomware in 2019. The figures for the year to date for 2020 is showing a much reduced…
Cyber security is a difficult world, even more so at this time of uncertainty. Which is being exploited by opportunistic hackers. But it is even more poignant when you are a body set up to represent professionals in a sector.…
The US government launched a bug bounty of $5Mn to identify what they suspect are North Korean hackers targeting the country. A multi departmental notification was issued on Wednesday 15th April (). Citing the countries increased capabilities to generate revenue…
We’re doomed, we’re heading towards a total online apocalypse. That’s the message I keep getting from everyone trying to sell me solutions which will manage all my cyber security risks; protect my personal data; on-line transactions; social media and my…
Whilst on lock-down I’ve been closing some CPD gaps. Having recently undertaken a cyber expert witness advisory assignment. A lawyer friend advised that I complete training for Expert Witnesses. What was going to be a traditional class room course, sensibly…
It’s reminiscent of 2017 and the attack on Maersk. MSC the Mediterranean Shipping Company, the worlds second largest container shipping line by container volume. Has been off-line since Friday 10th April. It is not confirmed that they have suffered a…
The European Central Bank (ECB) put in place a pilot programme in 2016 for cyber breach reporting , as part of its IT risk programme () for incident reporting. The rational was quite simple, tell the ECB about your incidents…
