Free Beer?
There are lots of offers being made by technology vendors at the moment. Why are they doing this? Are we talking free, as in beer? The offers tend to be […]
Information Security
US And UK Governments Issue Update Now Warning For Windows, macOS And Linux Users
Use VPN software? Update everything and consider password changes…: […] The NCSC mitigation advice is, unsurprisingly, to apply the latest updates released by the vendors concerned. The NCSC acknowledged that […]
Data breach at Russian ISP impacts 8.7 million customers
Wow. This happened 2 years ago. It’s fortunate for Beeline that these are not European ‘natural persons’ otherwise the full wrath of GDPR would be upon them…: […] Beeline, a […]
Deepfake videos ‘double in nine months’
When deepfakes were talked about last year, the speculation was that they would be used for political nefariousness. It’s ‘mostly porn’, what a surprise!…: […] The research comes from cyber-security […]
Britain’s first ‘deep fake’ fraud: Energy executive conned into handing over £200000 to thieves who …
This has been on the cards ever since the first ‘deep-fake’ videos came to light. Trust, but verify…: […] A British energy executive was tricked into paying more than £200,000 […]
Law Firms Failing To Implement Cyber Essentials
This was taken from an advert by a company that specialises in risk management in the legal sector. If only 8% of law forms have bothered with the most basic […]
Cyber security: Top 5 password mistakes people make
Use a password manager (Apple and Google have their own built-in), and Multifactor Authentication wherever possible. Don’t do these…: Professor Matt Warren’s top 5 password mistakes people make: 1. Share […]
Microsoft: MFA bypass attacks are so rare we don’t have good statistics on them
A few years ago I attempted to turn on MFA for Office 365 accounts in one business I support. Half of the users were unable to use it or, more […]
Is Google Drive HIPAA Compliant?
SAme question applies to Box, DropBox, Amazon S3… […] In short, yes Google Drive is HIPAA compliant, however, before it can be used in a HIPAA compliant manner there must […]
Cisco Webex & Zoom Bug Lets Attackers Spy on Conference Calls
The thought of joining someone else’s conference calls leaves me cold. I don’t always like joining the ones I’m supposed to be on! Make sure you, and all your users, […]