Cryptojacking: the new malware threat.
The recent report from Fortinet on the security threat landscape in the last quarter of 2017, confirmed that cryptojacking attacks have risen sharply in the last 6 months. What is Cryptojacking? Cryptojacking is a tool used to mine digital coinage such as Bitcoin and...
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GDPR: Two Month Implementation Guide Webinar
Preparing for GDPR Webinar date: Thursday 12th April 2018 Webinar time: 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM The 2-sec data protection and privacy team is hosting a webinar on the GDPR to brief on the steps organisations can take with only two months to go. We’ll be covering the...
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Our Cyber Security Predictions for 2018
It’s that time of year again, when we ask the great and the good in the 2-sec office for their security predictions for 2018. Here are our six top cyber security forecasts for the next 12 months. PREDICTION #1 – LITTLE TOLERANCE FOR NON GDPR COMPLIANT COMPANIES Those...
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GDPR Surgery: Briefing on the latest ICO Guidance – Thu 8 February 2018
GDPR SURGERY: Briefing on the Latest Guidelines from the ICO 7.30 am to 10.00 am: Thursday 8th February 2018: FREE What’s new, what’s clarified… and what’s changed? AGENDA 7.30 Registration and Breakfast served 8.00 Welcome 8.10 Paul Gribbon, Practice Leader, Data...
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Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities – essential information
You may have read reports online of two major flaws in a large number of microprocessors: Spectre and Meltdown. Spectre and Meltdown relate to an apparent vulnerability in chips which may allow the breaking of isolation between programs and operating systems. Whilst...
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2-sec penetration tests meet OWASP 2017 testing standards
2-sec is pleased to announce that as of January 1st 2018, all of our penetration tests will be carried out against the new “OWASP Top Ten Standard for Web Applications, 2017”. Luke Vile, Cyber Security Director for 2-sec says; “This new standard means that each...
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2-sec in The Telegraph – our Cyber Security Director talking data access and data breaches
Luke Vile - our Cyber Security Operations Director has been featured in The Telegraph. He was speaking to Oliver Pickup, Telegraph journalist. The article content is included below. Do staff have too much data access and what should a company do if a breach has...
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Fearmongering and the GDPR: Why we need positivity around the new regulation.
A whitepaper by CenturyLink Emea has just reported that only 25% of legal sector IT decision-makers said their firms were GDPR ready, despite one in five having experienced an attempted cyber-attack in the past month. Why is there so much apathy surrounding the GDPR,...
read more2-sec in The Times – Our Operations Director speaking on big data, tech firms and Government regulation
If you managed to grab The Times today you will see that our Operations Director, Luke Vile, commented on an article discussing big data/tech firms and Government regulation. Full text as follows: In August, Ms Rudd was dispatched to Silicon Valley, where the biggest...
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Our advice on the KRACKS Wi-Fi vulnerability
You may have read this morning about a reported potential vulnerability in some Wi-Fi networks, known as KRACKs. Our first analysis indicates that via KRACKs, an attacker within range of a device could potentially intercept, decrypt and read data that has supposedly...
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