I have written about the difference between Apple iOS cyber security and Android OS security before. In my opinion, Apple has the edge for a variety of reasons: But Android is catching up… Recently Google has taken a number of steps to improve the cyber security of Android devices: A …
Marks and Spencer Cyber Attack
There are no details about the attack yet, or whether customer information has been compromised – but the attack has impacted the online shopping and “click and collect” service – which probably use customer information to function. Marks & Spencer confirms a cyberattack as customers face delayed orders No ransomware …
This is a good question…
It’s 2025… so why are obviously malicious advertising URLs still going strong? – SANS Internet Storm Center The article by Jan Kopriva makes a number of excellent points about why threat actors continue with these types of social engineering attacks – but the bottom line is that lack of training …
Because It’s Friday – Bottom
A “click bait” title for this week’s “Because It’s Friday” article. From the BBC archive comes an excellent Tomorrow’s World episode, hosted by James Burke, looking at the technology that kept people alive and working in Antartica in 1967. Every trick to either keep things warm or cold and plans …
Phishing attacks are not static
Time to add another chapter to my Phishing Email Primer: It is being reported that threat actors have been using a new targeting tactic to sort through victims who have been ensnared by their social engineering attacks. When presented with the malicious credentials Window, only those high-value victims who have …
