There are reports of customers being angry with the response of Booking.com to a cyber-attack that has compromised their systems and has resulted in the theft of money from customers by the hackers. Booking.com users angry at firm’s response to hacks – BBC News How a company responds to its …
Padlock?
This week we will start off with something that everyone using a web browser should be aware of, but it appears that is not the case. The vast majority of us have no idea what the padlock icon on our internet browser is – and it’s putting us at risk …
Russian offensive malware spreads outside Ukraine
We have not heard much recently about the cyber war between Ukraine and Russia but here is a story that illustrates what I have been saying about malware creep and collateral damage from deployed malware weapons. By the very nature of online commerce and communications these cyber-weapons will spread outside …
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Back-to-Basics MFA
I have published another part in my Back-to-Basics MFA Mini-series over on CyberAwake. What’s Wrong with MFA – CyberAwake
We have done passwords, now let’s do MFA
Following on from the Back-to-Basics Password Primer mini-series – my latest article on CyberAwake is discussing the basics of multi-factor authentication (MFA): Back to Basics – MFA – CyberAwake In the next part I am going to discuss some of the weaknesses in MFA as a cyber security tool. Back …
