Jan 4, 2017 | CyberSecurity
Every so often we revisit the topic of Phishing – which is defined as: Phishing is the attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by masquerading...
Dec 30, 2016 | General Security
‘I would rather know my govt is doing something illegal than not know’ – McAfee
Dec 30, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, CyberSecurity
I was recently asked why it seems the Russians Cyber-Intelligence agencies seemingly have the jump on the US in the Cyber Espionage Departments. This is a pretty serious question – but before we answer that, we really we need to ask – do they? First off...
Dec 30, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches
A cyber-espionage group linked to the Russian military has developed Android malware which it used to infect the smartphones of Ukrainian soldiers and track Ukrainian field artillery units, according to a report released today by Crowdstrike. The report comes from the...
Dec 28, 2016 | Data Breaches
The British hotel chain InterContinental Hotel Group (known as IHG) has hired a computer security firm to investigate patterns of possible credit and debit card fraud as it continues to work with payment card networks for additional support, an InterContinental...
