As we come to the end of 2020, is is customary to review what has happened in the previous 12 months and learn from any events that happened. At the beginning of 2020, no one could have foreseen the chaos that the novel coronavirus COVID-19 would bring. While the start of it was in China... Continue Reading →
A lot of people think that a cyber attack is immediately launched when you click on a link, or a hacker exploits a zero day vulnerability. This is not always the case and recent evidence shows that hackers are hiding in plain sight and waiting to launch their ultimate attack. Malware can infiltrate your systems... Continue Reading →
What a difference 365 days makes. 2019 has been an eventful year for cyber security professionals with a number of new threats emerging as well as an escalation in ransomware and level of data breaches as well as all the normal threat vectors. IoT has also featured heavily in the cyber security landscape. But first... Continue Reading →
A Cyber attack is any attempt to expose, alter, disable, destroy, steal or gain unauthorized access to, or make unauthorized use of, a computer system. This can be anything from big servers to your smartphone and anything in between. There are various forms of Cyber Attack. The following list are just examples: Brute Force Attack/Dictionary... Continue Reading →
This post is a general round up of the various types of malware that is in circulation today. Typical types of malware are: BackdoorsFile-less MalwareKey Loggers Ransom Ware Root Kits Trojan HorsesViruses WipersWorms. This can also include social engineering methods, which are often used to get the first foothold in installing some form of malware.... Continue Reading →
Defending against Malware is something we all need to do. This post will discuss a particular form of malware called Ransomware and how to put some defences in place to mitigate its effects. What is Ransomware? Ransomware is a form of malware that when it infects a system will encrypt files making then inaccessible to... Continue Reading →
