Burning hot, cryptojacking of personal computers is not new. But it does have some unintended consequences. in this case burnt fingers and a likely damaged chip set. It’s always a good idea to occasionally check your devices performance. The processors…
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, has sent a letter to governments openly requesting they work together with the private sector to stop cyber attacks on Hospitals, healthcare and medical research facilities, during the…
A great article on why travelling the regulatory road in the tech space will be an inevitable for all governments and corporates. Our dependence on technology and data has driven the cyber market and with technology playing such an important…
This is reflected in recent reports from the GAO in the US which audited chemical industries and was clearly demonstrated recently with the Israeli water treatment hack and Iranian port hack. CNI has its security challenges. View Original Post
A great report. Cyber in all its forms is a very diverse space. There are no geographic boundaries, class boundaries, society boundaries and no corporate boundaries. Cyber is a class of risk which impacts anything where sensitive data resides, electronic…
Cyber security is a relatively new field. From the development of information security with standards like BS 7799 through ISO 27001, cyber security with standards like NIST 800-171 and the more recent evolution of cyber security into cyber risk management.…
The Huawei board has reacted strongly to the shots fired by the US government, in the latest round of trade sanctions from the US. Barring foreign chip manufacturers who use American software and technology from making products available to the…
If you’re in CNI, this is worth a read. The US GAO released a report last week, following an assessment of the ‘Oversight of cyber security across high risk chemical facilities’. Covered by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program,…
I often wonder if anyone really cares anymore if companies suffer from data breaches. Even if it’s the personal data of some of the more high profile members of society. $42Mn for data on the US president, is there any…
Elexon a company which you have probably never heard of. An important component in the UKs electricity market, has reported it has been hacked. Elexon acts an a clearing house for payments between electricity generators, transmission and suppliers (those that…
