The past few years have seen cyber stagnate on the board table. Allot of column inches have been given to cyber in the media. Plenty of evidence of the impact of cyber attacks; the lack of resources in the market…
A sizable population surveyed in this report. It raises some interesting points. The number of firms focusing on employee training has fallen, if you look at this along side the lack of skilled cyber resources in the market place, who…
This is one to watch. With the ECJ hearing testimony on Facebook and its protection of data belonging to EU citizens and from intervention by US security agencies. With the ICO issuing fines on data breaches this week and data…
I’m coming to the opinion that the cyber insurance market is currently a bit of a paradox. The cyber insurance market is on the rise. But the regulator is asking for clarity on the market exposure to cyber. The global…
7-Eleven in Japan suffers a hack, with over 900 clients losing $500,000. Using a software flaw which allowed the hackers to change the password reset email address. Modifying the payments code to send a password reset link sent to an…
The last thing we all need. 2 leading powers in geopolitical cyber, unite. Will we see a rise in offensive actions, almost certainly. Will this create more global tension, very likely it will. View Original Post
I reported back in June that the New York State Senate was aiming to pass the ‘stop hacking and improve data (SHIELD)’ security act. Well it looks like it passed the Senate and is now on its way to the…
It looks like the EuroFins cyber issue reported last month was a ransomware (21.06)(). Compounding the problems for law enforcement forensics in the UK. It follows on from issues related to 2 other forensics services used by UK law enforcement.…
US Cyber command has issued a warning to fix a known vulnerability in Outlook 2017. Following an active hacking campaign and a favored exploit of hackers, bought to light following the recent US, Iranian hacking exchange. The exploit uses Outlook…
A little out of date (June 19), a large US cloud provider PCM has reported that it was hacked. Highlighting the growing focus on targeting cloud providers. It was not particular good timing as PCM announced that it was in…
