Cyber tensions rise between Greece and Turkey as the European Union member advertises for 80 hackers to join its intelligence services. With both sides targeting government websites and services as the tensions escalate. View Original Post
A great article from the lawyers and worth a read, it summaries the current state of the CMMC programme. The programme has left the station and if it progresses as planned and DFARs gets updated in 2020. The impact on…
IBM cloud customers were impacted by a large scale outage this week. Which is concerning. The outage appears to have been due to an issue with IP routing which may have been cause by a BGP hijacking. If true it…
China is moving ahead and strengthening its cyber supply chain security. Implementing oversight of cyber security over the supply chain associated with Critical Information and Infrastructure and associated products and services. It’s still early days with a lot of unanswered…
Is the Honda cyber attack reported this week broader and deeper than reported? With an inventory of Honda’s assets being posted on-line. With some assets RDP publicly enabled. The threat vector is thought to be the SNAKE Ransomware, which has…
Hacktivists are targeting Minnesota state municipal services. A relatively low cost and low risk way to make a statement with maximum impact (for the attacker). Cyber is not just a geopolitical tool, used when political tensions rise. It’s being used…
You dont need to be a sophisticated coder to become a hacker. Cyber crime is a business with a proven, cost effective and profitable business model. A global business which has transcended political and social boundaries. Where the investment for…
US Nuclear contractor Westech International a supplier to the US DoD and Energy sector, a subcontractor to Northrup Grumman; providing support to the US Minuteman III ICBM nuclear deterrent. Has confirmed that it has suffered from a cyber attack by…
Worth a read. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) for England has interviewed 163 councils in England about ransomware. The results of which raises concerns about the maturity of cyber risk knowledge. The report made 3 observations…
Is it going to get a whole lot colder, a ‘cyber winter’ is on its way. We can go way back to Stuxnet, the attack launched on Iran in 2010 to disrupt their Uranium enrichment programme. One of the first…
