A recent news report about a travel services company who has been fined £150,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for a breach of an 'internal' system, hosted on the same server as their main e-commerce website (that lead to the compromise of over 1.1 million credit/debit card details) has driven me to write this post, […]
In light of the recent news reports of the take over of the Command and Control servers for the Gameover Zeus botnet - and the potential resurgence of CryptoLocker. I thought it may be a good idea to publish this case study about just how devastating it can be if you find yourself a victim […]
eBay announced on Wednesday 21st May 2014 that they had suffered a significant breach of their user details database, which resulted in the personal details and hashed passwords of eBay users being compromised. It has since been revealed that the breach occurred between February and March 2014.
Like it or not, the so called Internet of Things is here, and it's only just beginning. You can now buy Internet-connected versions of many major household appliances including your kettle, refrigerator, smoke alarm, thermostat and (if you've got the money to spare) systems for controlling your entire house.