I wrote some simple malware to steal credit card data and how that connects to a Texas data breach

OK it was part of my Master course, and it was an attack against a sand-boxed compromised server, and the malware, to be honest, would not last a moment in the real world with the current state of the art when it comes to protecting customer payment information. However the …

Google has more ways to keep you safe online from cyber threats and protect your privacy

Google published three articles yesterday, to do with privacy and cyber security, showing how one of the world’s biggest corporations, that primarily depends on processing and using your online information for profit, is going to take steps to protect you. The first promotes the feature, in Google search, where you …

Active Mass Scanning for a Movable Type Vulnerability – If you do not know if this impacts you – then your business continuity documentation is not up to date!

SANS Internet Storm Diary is reporting a dramatic increase in the scanning for a vulnerability in the CMS Movable Type – software similar in function to WordPress for the development of web sites and web content. Scans for Movable Type Vulnerability (CVE-2021-20837) – SANS Internet Storm Centre National Vulnerability Database …