The recent article in Wired Magazine (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/) relating to a sophisticated attack against a specific individual that led to the closure of their GMail Account, compromise of their Twitter account, Amazon Account and Apple iCloud Service (which the attacker then used to wipe the data from the victim's iPhone, iPad and Mac), highlights the need for strong multi-factor authentication. (more…)

I had an interesting experience last week - I was asked if I could help someone figure out their wireless network key. I started thinking that I would need to crack the key (as they couldn't remember it, and didn't have it recorded anywhere), then I thought "it's probably stored in the administration interface somewhere, and that would be the best place to look", so I told them to access the admin interface and look for the key. (more…)

The more websites we sign up to, the more passwords we have to remember, this often causes us to use the same password multiple times, which can cause major problems if, for example, you use the same password for your Online Banking and Facebook accounts.

A simple way to remove the problems associated with remembering all those different passwords is to store them all in some form of database, thankfully there are programs out there to make this process painless. (more…)

SSL (Secure Socket Layer), the technology that protects everything from your online banking activities, to all your purchases on Amazon or the iTunes store has come under fire recently thanks to the actions of a small group of individuals who claim to have broken into the servers that issue the certificates that websites use to prove to you that you are indeed visiting the real one and not one set up by an identity theif. (more…)

This blog post aims to highlight the top security issues we encounter when asked to perform security tests, or just stopping by for meetings, in the case of WiFi issues. (more…)