Christmas Wishes to All
Recession has hit and times are hard, So this year there will be no Christmas card. Instead of gifts to spread Christmas glee, We Sponsored a star on Focus Ireland’s Christmas tree. May your Christmas be filled with happiness and joy, May Santa visit every good girl and boy. It looks like 2009 will be […]
Microsoft To Release Out Of Cycle Patch for IE Vulnerability
Microsoft has announced that it will release an out of band patch for the vulnerability in Internet Explorer as outlined in the Microsoft Security Advisory 961051. The patch will be released on the 17th December 2008. Microsoft will host two webcasts to address questions on the patch. The first is scheduled for 13:00 Pacific Time (US […]
Irish Cyber Crime Survey Results
While not yet published, some of the results from the 2007 Irish Crime Survey were revealed in the SiliconRepublic.com. The survey was compiled by the Irish chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and University College Dublin’s Centre for Cybercrime Investigation. The survey looks at attacks and intrusions at both public and private organisations […]
The Irish Times Reports on IRISS
John Collins from the Irish Times has a piece in today’s paper on the setting up of Ireland’s first national CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team), IRISS.
Microsoft Warn of New Attacks Against MS08-067
Microsoft are again urging PC users to apply the MS08-067 emergency patch issued last October due to an increase in attacks aimed at exploiting that vulnerability. In particular a new worm Worm:Win32/Conficker.A. has been noted as causing a rise in the number of attacks. Once a PC is infected the Worm:Win32/Conficker.A. will patch the […]
Register Now for The 4th Annual Privacy & Data Protection Ireland 2009 Seminar
The 4th Annual Privacy & Data Protection Ireland 2009 seminar is due to be held on the 18th and 19th of February 2009. I will be giving and Interactive case study on Identity Theft at the seminar. As a speaker I am happy to be able to pass on a discounted rate to those of […]
Vote Now!
One of the most respected Irish information security professionals Richard Nealon is running for re-election to the Board of Directors of ISC2. Voting is currently underway and ends on November the 30th. If you are a registered CISSP I would encourage you to vote for Richard.
Getting back to Normal
Apologies for the break in posts over the past week or so. It has been a very busy time here at BH Consulting which resulted in me having less time than I would like to devote to the blog. The good news is that there have been some significant things happening. Firstly, as per my […]
Irish E-Commerce Sites Not Secure
A recent survey by Deloitte shows that a significant portion of the 100 websites surveyed did not coply with the PCI DSS Credit Card Payments standard. In addition 2% of the sites did not encrypt cardholder data at all. The report points out that these insecure sites can lead to a greater risk of […]
Irish CERT Goes Live
Those of you who know me know that one of my crusades over the past number of years is the establishment of a Computer Emergency Response Team for Ireland. I am happy to say that today sees the end of one long chapter in that journey and the beginning of another. Today the Irish Reporting […]