The Week In Review 25/01 – 29/01 This week saw some large wins for law enforcement in the constant battle against cyber criminals. Emotet, dubbed the worlds most prolific and dangerous malware botnet, was taken offline as the result of a two-year-long global law enforcement operation. The FBI, Europol, and the UK’s NCA, were amongst the group […]
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The Week In Review 18/01-22/01
The Week In Review 18/01 – 22/01 Ransomware continues to dominate cyber headlines as we move further into 2021. Last year numerous multi-national companies fell victim to the cyber attack where the criminals attempt to sell companies back their own data that was stolen and encrypted during the attacks. However, it is not just large conglomerates that […]
The Week In Review 11/01-15/01
The Week In Review 11/01 – 15/01 2020 was a good year for SaaS, but perhaps not the SaaS you are thinking of. A Scam-as-a-Service operation, codenamed Classiscam, uncovered in Russia has been helping classified ads scammers take more than $6.5m from buyers across multiple continents. The scammers used an organised model, deployed across various sites listing items such […]
The Week In Review 4/01-8/01
The Week In Review 04/01 – 08/01 Happy New Year and with promising news about the vaccine rollout, it is already looking like a more promising one. However, when does the world of cyber security ever slow down? Customers of Check Point immediately discovered this on New Year’s Day, peak hangover, that an absence of proper patching […]
The Week In Review 14/12-18/12
The Week In Review 14/12 – 18/12 Insider risk has become increasingly prominent since the pandemic began, largely due to the rise in remote working. A study by the Ponemon Institute has found that both business and security leaders are allowing significant insider risk problems to fester with 54% saying they have no plan in place […]
The Week In Review 07/12-11/12
The Week In Review 07/12 – 11/12 This week saw yet another global electronics giant, Foxconn, hit by a ransomware attack at a facility in Mexico. Taking place over Thanksgiving weekend and reported this week, the attackers are demanding one of the largest ransoms we can remember at a staggering $34m (roughly 1084 BTC). Also breaking […]
The Week In Review 30/11-04/12
The Week In Review 30/11 – 04/12 As the year comes to an end Dionach’s Week In Review begins. Indifferent to previous weeks, the news has been dominated by COVID-19 headlines although with the addition of some positive news with regulators approving Pfizer’s vaccine for use in the UK. However, no sooner than the vaccination news […]
COVID-19 Cyber Security Challenges
Author: Raymond Rizk – Senior ConsultantThe COVID-19 global pandemic has touched every corner of the world. In order to combat the spread of the virus just over a quarter of the world’s population has been put on lockdown with many more told to avoid large gatherings and to only leave their homes where absolutely necessary.Business and […]
Why A Red Team Exercise Delivers Results
Why a red team exercise delivers results Technology has changed the way businesses fundamentally operate and work in an interconnected world which has enabled organisations to be more productive, efficient and provide a wider range of services. Whilst overall this is a good thing, it has created a significant number of threats and increased risks […]
Security Testing – How to Choose the Right Provider
For most companies, it simply isn’t possible – or desirable – to rely solely on an in-house security team to conduct all testing exercises to provide the information security assurance your business needs. Building up and retaining the team can be costly and time-consuming, and in reality it’s often a better option to bring in […]