First Impressions
There is an old saying that goess “first impressions last”. Which means that very often when we meet someone or visit somewhere for the first time we subconciously assess and judge that person or place within the first few seconds. This means that each relationship is built upon that initial first assessment. So if the […]
Phishing Email Targeting Irish Revenue Service
Today I received an interesting email. It was a phishing email purporting to be from the Irish Revenue Service. It bore the good news that I was due a tax refund, €278 in fact. In these days of economic strife €278 could come in quite handy. However, closer examination of the email reveals that it […]
Brian Honan One of the Judges for the Tech Trailblazers Awards
I am delighted to say that I have been selected to be one of the judges for a very exciting new and innovative IT awards program, the Tech Trailblazers, aimed at technology start-ups. It promises to be an exciting project which will hopefully identify and launch some great new technologies onto the market. I am joined […]
MakeITSecure Campaign Launched
The Department of Communications recently launched its latest MakeITSecure campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to raise better awareness amongst people and businesses about the security issues they face and how to address them. I attended the launch and thought it was interesting how the Department highlighted the risks many people now face using […]
Gardai Issue Warning About Police Themed Scam
The Gardai are warning the public to be aware of a computer scam which utilises Garda logos to make it look like an official communique fron An Garda Siochana. The scam after a PC has been infected with a piece of malware. That malware detects which country the computer is located in and pops up […]
Securitywatch Blog Featured in the Sunday Times
BH Consulting‘s blog was featured in the Sunday Times at the weekend in the “Become the new kid on the blog” article which focused on the business benefits social media can bring. As you know BH Consulting has been running this blog for quite a number of years and also are active on Twitter. I tweet quite regularly as […]
LinkedIn LeaksOut
Earlier today it emerged that a large database of 6.5 million passwords belonging to users of the popular professional network, LinkedIn, was leaked onto the Internet. I was first made aware of the issue early this morning by Per Thorsheim (@thorsheim), a Norwegian security professional who specialises in password security. Once the news broke on […]
BH Consulting Wins Award at SC Magazine Awards 2012
I attended the SC Magazine Awards 2012 dinner on Tuesday night and was delighted when it was announced that BH Consulting was presented with the “Highly Commended Information Security Consultancy of the Year” SC Magazine award 2012. The award was given in recognition of the work and approach BH Consulting takes with our clients to enable them integrate information security as […]
Information Security Blogger Meet Up at Infosec Europe
As you may know Infosec Europe is on next week. There will be plenty of events and parties taking place around the show. But if you are a blogger in the information security arena then you should drop by to the Information Security Blogger Meetup. The event has been kindly organised by Alan Shimel and […]
10 Steps to Early Incident Response
Yet again I had the pleasure to work with Cindy Valladares and her team from Tripwire on developing a whitepaper to help people improve their security. This time the paper is on incident response and focuses on how we can better detect incidents. In particular, the paper focuses on ways to detect incidents as early […]