Brilliant. helping give young hackers a second chance, is the way it should be. With legit bug bounty hunters earning millions, it gives these kids a chance to use their obvious expertise in the right way. They have more chance…
100% pen test success rate, with ‘disastrous’ consequencies. Following friendly network testing of 50 of the UKs top universities. Gaining access to personal, financial and competitive information and intellectual property. View Original Post
The supply chain is a major cyber issue for many companies. Wanacry amoungst there incidents proved this…… But for banks it’s a real concern. The depth, breadth and dependence on third parties is probably greater across this sector than any…
US congressman John Garamendi has challenged the US coast guard and maritime industry understand cyber security and risk management. It has a high impact on ship safety. Subsequently impacting logistics and supply. View Original Post
Earl Enterprises, a large US retail group which includes Planet Holywood loses over 2Mn the credit and debit card details between 2018 and 2019. Which raises many questions. It appears that PoS terminals were compromised. I hope the card details…
The openness from the leadership team at Norsk Hydro clarifies the global impact of the attack and the actions taken to get things back up and running. It often takes an incident for management to focus on cyber risk management.…
The financial impact following last weeks ransomware attack at Norsk Hydro estimated at $41Mn. With some operations still impacted and a likely full recovery taking weeks. There are also concerns raised about the insurance coverage and longer term reputational damage.…
The Huawei debate continues, the latest NCSC report casts doubts around the long term security risks associated with the manufacturer. Whose right, who will take the risk? It’s surely got to be damaging the credibility of the company. Especially given…
Asus pushed out malicious code to +500,000 servers. It was found by Kaspersky, when it noticed unusual activity follow an update. What’s worrying is that as it was signed with an authentic certificate, it wasn’t picked up nor was it…
A great analogy and set of observations about board responses to cyber risk management. From an often underplayed, yet hugely important sector, maritime. View Original Post
