Think, Talk, Hack
Organizations becoming the victim of security breaches has become a well known fact. In the past month three high standing organisations: FriendFinder, NHS and Three, have all fallen victim to a data breach. The...
Yesterday Dr Jessica Barker, a security consultant and sociology expert, performed a talk at BSides London. Her talk, called ‘Cyber by any other name would smell as insecure’, was designed to focus on the terminology...
TalkTalk, a company with over £1.7b in assets, was breached by a 15 year old schoolboy with nothing less than an automated tool. Looking at this you have to think, why did this happen?...
Yesterday the US army had ‘temporarily’ taken down their website (army.mil ) after a hacking attempt supposedly performed by the Syrian Electronic Army. Brig Gen Malcolm Frost, the chief of the army public affairs, had...
Ken Munro, a partner at Pen Test Partners has recently discovered a flaw in the most recent GoPro cameras. This flaw would allow for attackers to not only record via the camera but to also wake...
It has been reported that hundreds of passwords belonging to Dropbox users have been leaked online. This coming with hackers threatening to release millions more accounts in exchange for bitcoins. In response to these...
Don’t use Common Passwords: It may seem like common sense but don’t choose a password that is simple, but what’s simple? Well as a rule I recommend staying away from the top 25 passwords...
