Stand And Deliver, Your Bandwidth And Our Bitcoins
Ransomware is a fairly new phenomenon but one that is becoming increasingly prevalent. Just this morning Brian wrote about how some companies are being held to ransom, leading to loss of business data or payment of monies for the return of their lost bytes. But the criminals who write this particular type of malware use […]
Vince Cable: Britain's Essential Services Vulnerable To Cyber Attack
The UK’s business secretary, Vince Cable, has warned a summit of intelligence chiefs and regulators that the country’s essential services are vulnerable to a cyber attack. He told summit participants that more needs to be done to protect critical infrastructure from the new breed of threat posed by terrorists and criminals alike, saying that gas […]
Irish Data Protection Survey Shows More Awareness But Less Concern Over Privacy Issues
A new Data Protection Public Awareness Survey, conducted during May last year and published Monday, has discovered that Irish citizens are becoming increasingly aware of data protection and privacy issues but, perhaps, are not as concerned about them as they should be. The questionnaire, part of a Millward Brown omnibus survey, recorded the responses of […]
Israeli Prime Minister Calls for UN for the Internet
Following on from the recent breach at the Israeli Defence Ministry, IT Security Guru ran an article called “Israeli PM calls for internet United Nations“. I was asked to provide some commentary on the proposal. I commented on how I disagree with the idea that was proposed by Mr Netanyahu. In the article I said […]
GCHQ Chief Resignation Due To Snowden Leaks?
Not according to officials at the Foreign Office who have denied that the resignation of Sir Iain Lobban has anything to do with public sentiment following a string of revelations made by ex-NSA and whistle blowing contractor Edward Snowden. Fifty-three-year-old Lobban is stepping down as director of the British intelligence agency after a five and […]
Israeli Defense Ministry Staff Duped By Malicious Email Attachment
One of the simplest pieces of advice that is often dished out to non-security personnel who work with computers is to be careful with email, paying particular attention to attached files. The reasoning behind that is simple – attached files can easily be malicious in intent, something the Israeli defense ministry now appear to know […]
Security Stands Still For No-One
One of the most exciting things about the world of computers is the fact that it is an area that is evolving all the time. In fact the only constant law that can be applied to computing is the fact that it is always changing. Being human, we have a constant need to progress in […]
UK Cyber Security Chief: The A-B-C and 1-2-3 Of Password Security
I would like to think that everyone reading this article is clued up about password security, using hard to guess combinations of numbers, letters and symbols, and choosing something different for every account and device under their control. But not everyone is so savvy when it comes to security. In fact the lackadaisical approach some […]
Wanted: Latest Cyber Attacker – White, Three Feet Tall And Full Of Milk
When you think of data breaches and other types of cyber attack you may try to form a picture of the attacker, or attackers, in your mind. It may be a stereotype but I would guess many people would still conjure up an image of a spotty teenager in their bedroom, pale of skin from […]
60% Of IT Pros See Employee Carelessness As Biggest Risk To Organisational Security
I wrote recently about how the threat from within your organisation is one that you need to take seriously and now, according to a new survey from service provider SecureData, some 60% of IT professionals view employee carelessness as the single biggest risk to an organisation’s security. Thats quite a staggering figure given all the […]