The Insider Threat – it may be at the top of the company…

I wrote about the insider threat to organisations last week: And today there is a story with an insider threat twist. The president of a Japanese Sushi company, Kobi Tanabe, has been arrested and accused of accessing information from his previous employer, through contacts and sub-ordinates who still work there. …

Here is some of the open-source software I use – and it has all been targeted!

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PuTTY, KiTTY and Sumatra PDF Reader – I did my due diligence before installing these – and now they have been targeted by ZINC, a state-sponsored group operating out of North Korea. ZINC weaponizing open-source software – Microsoft Security Blog Before writing this blog post I had checked my system …

Hacking is not just data theft and ransomware – it can be reputation damage. Some advice about your WordPress website and your reputation.

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Fast Company an American magazine was hacked and abusive articles added to its news feeds, resulting in this material getting a wider audience through syndication on the Apple News app. The Apple News channel was quickly disabled and Fast Company took its site down pending a fix but the damage was …