Wow, that’s a 9 month dwell time…: US convenience store Wawa said on Thursday that it recently discovered malware that skimmed customers’ payment card data at just about all of […]
An example of effective incident response. Have you practised yours recently?…: Frankfurt, one of the largest financial hubs in the world and the home of the European Central Bank, has […]
This looks like something every country should do…: Russia on will carry out tests on Monday on the reliability of its domestic internet infrastructure in the event that the country […]
Take a look at these password guidelines, then see if your own passwords measure up. One additional check is to run a cracker (John, hashcat…) against them with a decent […]
If you’re selling a phone (maybe Santa is bringing a new one?), make sure you clean it first. Here’s a link to Apple’s guidelines…: One in five secondhand phones sold […]
This has been widely reported. The speculation is mostly about what the attack method was, how much was paid out, and is it covered by insurance. I’ll publish answers when […]
It looks like a lot of devices might be using insecure certificates. This is especially troubling for IoT devices which are more likely to share factors because of poor implementation […]
This is an example of a supply chain risk. Would you even know which APIs are in use in your organisation and what information transfers are made? […] Taking time […]
Just because they do good work, charities are still vulnerable…: Charities reported more than 100 data breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) during the second quarter of the year, according to latest […]
I’ve had a Yubikey for ages, but I’m an iPhone user so it’s not been much use to me. Time to take another look…: For the past couple of years, […]