The threat actor Roaming Mantis has been detected since February, targeting victims across Europe and the Far East. Their attacks are based around phishing text messages, Android users are directed to download a malicious app, whilst Apple users (as the Apple “walled garden” Apps store does an effective job of …
Air-gapped systems used to be among the most secure IT systems – but they may be not anymore…
An air-gapped system is designed to be very secure. It is not connected to any other system, network or internet – literally a physical gap between it and the rest of the IT world. If it is not connected, then threat actors cannot connect to it. Mordechai Guri, from Ben-Gurion …
More warnings about the possible spread of the Russian Ukraine cyber-conflict and NATO members are targets.
The European Union (EU) has issued a warning about the measurably increase in the volume of Russian cyber-attacks associated with the Russia Ukraine conflict and how these attacks can easily spread to other regions. Nations that actively support Ukraine, with whatever resources, are likely to be “at risk” of this …
How secure is your WordPress website and blog? Do you even know if your organisation’s website is built on WordPress?
There has been a flurry of WordPress security and vulnerability articles over the past week or so. It is no surprise that the world’s most popular website builder is a target for threat actors, especially as Automatic’s core code can be added to with third-party, open-source or even self-written plugins, …
Tor browser can now give privacy and evade censorship barriers
I am a great fan of the Tor browser – I use it when carrying out research and when added to a VPN, it gives me a high level of privacy – particularly useful when travelling or working away from the office. Now the latest release includes functionality to assist …
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