WE speak a lot about ransomware, malware and phishing attacks – but sometimes a cyber attack is just, defeat the security and grab the data. This is what has happened to the computer game developer Rockstar. Grand Theft Auto VI footage leaked after hack, developer Rockstar confirms – BBC News …
Do not use the password Qwerty1234 – the hackers know that one!
It is being reported that the hack on the Holiday Inn was done for fun and that the hackers, from Vietnam, used the password Qwerty1234 to gain access. IHG hack: ‘Vindictive’ couple deleted hotel chain data for fun – BBC News If you want your people to have a better …
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Is Twitter a decade behind in its security practices?
This is what a recently fired, Twitter employee is claiming. It could be sour grapes, but Peiter Zatko, the former head of security at Twitter is making these claims in sworn testimony. Twitter whistleblower tells Senate of ‘egregious’ security failings by company | Twitter | The Guardian With the number …
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Advice if you must use USB portable storage
Sometimes the easiest and best storage for your workflow, is a portable USB memory stick and the one thing that gives us a headache when we are carrying out a cyber security survey is the use of portable USB memory sticks! Do you want too why? Then hop over to …
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I read this article from the BBC and I immediately sent this email…
We work hard to keep our cyber security as tight as possible, and when we see a hole in it, we act quickly. I do not want a security leak because of a passing social media fad – so when I read this post from the BBC, I stopped writing …
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