There’s a reason why athletes simulate big match conditions when they play in a runup to a tournament and why actors do dress rehearsals before opening night. The closer you can get to what it feels like during an event, the better prepared you can be in case anything goes wrong. That’s exactly the thinking […]
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SCAMMERS AND HACKERS ARE NOT TAKING CHRISTMAS OFF, SO DON’T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. This past year has been a long, tough year for most of us. Chances are that you would like nothing more than to relax, let your guard down (and your hair), and enjoy a well-deserved break. It’s a great idea but
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The evolving threat of ransomware has been growing for some time but it really burst into people’s consciousness in early May. That’s when a small group of hackers, apparently based in Russia, but not acting on behalf of the Kremlin, shut down the biggest fuel pipeline in the US for almost a week. It
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When former US President Donald Trump dismissed the sophisticated Russian hack of the US elections by saying that it ‘could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds’ he was playing into the mistaken, but commonly-held belief about cybercriminals that they are these weird, loner outcasts who need to get outside more. Nothing
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While the cybersecurity industry was still coming to terms with the size and the sheer audacity of the Solarwinds hack, another damaging hack was brewing that is generating shockwaves all around the world. It began on the second of March when Microsoft discovered a vulnerability in its email servers which had given hackers the opportunity
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Research is drawn from 2|SEC Consulting’s Virtual CISO, Cyber Security Audit, Cyber Essentials and Penetration Test team engagements over 2019. The Top 5 Cyber Threats found: Passwords You think your password is secure? Think again. Billions of user accounts and passwords have been compromised and reused by hackers. We will look at the mechanics and
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On Friday 9thAugust 2019, it went dark across many parts of the UK. Train networks stopped and communters were facing an inability to get home due to hours of cancellations, described by Bloomberg as a ‘once-in-a-decade blackout’. The cause? A seemingly unlikely event where two power stations simultaneously went offline. Just a few minutes of
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Cyber and information security is vital for any international business traveller. If you are travelling with your mobile, smartphone, laptop or tablet, you will have wide access to company data, and will need to make sure this information is safe. Criminals do not care for any law when looking to steal your data and each
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