Crisis As Updated Google Chrome ‘Threatens’ Child Safety And Cybersecurity
The issues raised by DNS over HTTPS (DOH) have been around for a while. For example, you’ve been able to use private DNS with Cloudflare since last year on Android […]
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For the sake of your cyber security, please stop using band names as passwords
I use randomised, strong passwords and two factor authentication (wherever possible). I don’t use the name of my dog, football teams, or anything else likely to be on a dictionary […]
Cyber crime attacks and losses surge in 2018
Infosec professionals shaking their heads at this one… The number of cyber attacks against businesses surged last year, with more than 60% of companies reporting at least one attack in […]
New Details Emerge on Windows Zero Day
Make sure you’re patched. These vulnerabilities are being actively exploited…: […] Kaspersky Lab found CVE-2019-0859 last month when their automatic exploit prevention systems detected an attempt to abuse a Windows […]
Microsoft Downplays Scope of Email Attack
I subscribe to HackNotice and got an alert about this hack. I’ve seen conflicting reports about the severity of the breach so keep your eyes peeled if you have a […]
Game of Thrones streams and torrents host dangerous malware for people who watch for free …
Just in case you were thinking of downloading/streaming…: […] “These risks from illegally streaming or downloading Game of Thrones are the same as downloading any other illegal file – it could […]
Microsoft publishes SECCON framework for securing Windows 10
When it comes to securing Windows endpoints, if you don’t know where to start, this is as good a place as any…: Microsoft published today a generic “security configuration framework” […]
GDPR: How the definition of personal data has changed
This is an update of a blog post from 2017. Just in case you were wondering, personal data isn’t just name, rank , and serial number…: On 25 May 2018, […]
Researchers Find New Victim of ‘Triton’ Malware, Which Can Physically Damage Critical Infrastructure
Working at a refinery? Time to check your systems for Triton…: Security researchers say they have found a new victim of the destructive malware, which targets critical infrastructure, known as […]
How can companies defend themselves against transnational threats?
Interesting interview with the head of F-Secure about threats coming from outside in the context of protecting Singapore…: […] Over the past year there has been an ongoing discussion on […]