Security
UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill Policy Statement
The UK government chose 1st April 2025 to release details of its upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. The Bill is due to introduced …
UK Government Ransomware Payment Proposals
A UK government open consultation is running from 14th January to 8th April 2025. Its aim is to gather possible reactions to legislation preventing …
Windows 10 Support To End
Microsoft has announced that support for Windows 10 will end on 14th October 2025. Microsoft want their users to move to their latest Operating …
Smart Ring Security
Smart Rings are following up on Smart Watches as an attractive consumer wearable. Costs and services offered vary widely but typically include health and …
Scam Promotions on Facebook
Web adverts promoting questionable offers and schemes are old hat. Facebook is no exception but unlike wholly dubious hosts or otherwise reliable sites depending …
Sitting Duck Attacks
The Sitting Duck attack revolves around taking control of a domain and then using it to distribute malware or as a source for phishing …
Developers Hit By Compromised Software Packages
A Typosquat campaign uses slight variations on well-known names to mislead a user to access a rogue rather than genuine asset. It is well …
UK Data (Use and Access) Bill
The Data (Use and Access) Bill had its first reading in the Lords on 23 October 2024. This step is merely a formal introduction …
Zero-Day Attacks
In October 2024 Google Mandiant reported on 138 exploited vulnerabilities since 2023. They concluded there had been an increase in the number and speed …
SSL Certificate Renewal
SSL/TLS authentication is part of the encryption suite to ensure that a requester is who they say they are and to grant or refuse …
The SPAM Bomb
The symptoms of a SPAM, email or subscription bomb attack are almost impossible to miss. The victim will suddenly receive a very large volume …
OFCOM vs Scam Callers
OFCOM is the UK regulator of phone and Internet services. They are responsible for ensuring these services are safe and effective. Part of their …
Google and Facebook Single Sign On (SSO)
Single Sign On (SSO) options are commonly seen through providers such as Google, Facebook and to a lesser extent Apple. There are also less …
Ransomware in Healthcare
The ThreatLabz 2024 Ransomware Report highlights the relative susceptibility of the healthcare industry to ransomware attacks. 312 attacks on the Healthcare industry were reported …
Bad Bots
Kindus has discussed the role of bots on the Internet and how webmasters can use ‘robots.txt’ to control them. Unfortunately many bots do not …
Lessons from the Cloudstrike Outage
On July 19, 2024 at 04:09 UTC, CrowdStrike released an update for ‘Falcon Sensor 7.11’ or above to Windows systems. This caused a system …
eCommerce Shop Scams
Data from Security Research Labs has revealed a China based fake shopping network that they have named ‘BogusBazaar.’ They claim that: ‘As of April …
Lockbit Ransomware Takedown
In February 2024 the UK National Crime Agency released details of how the NCA and other international policing agencies had disrupted the actions of …
UK Cyber security breaches survey 2024
Lies, damned lies, and statistics (attributed to Disraeli) The UK Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2024 was published on 9th April 2024. Not surprisingly it …
Digital Gift Card Issues
Both Apple and Google offer gift card services for use on their App stores. Just as it states on the tin the card can …
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