The Cyber Security Expert is often asked if Tesco was hacked. Well, ok, not usually often, but certainly a lot in the last few days. Was Tesco hacked? From this BBC headline you'd certainly think so: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26171130 Firstly, you now know my thoughts on using the word 'attack' to...
The Cyber Security Expert is often asked, somewhat unsurprisingly as he insists on walking around in t-shirt and baseball cap both emblazoned with 'The Cyber Security Expert' , about cyber attacks, hacking and threats in general. What are they, how do they work, has my...
Recently the Cyber Security Expert has been asked a lot about a new and scary cyber threat, called Cryptolocker. Should you be worried? Should you smash your computers and resort to typewriters? Run screaming to the hills? Lets see what the expert thinks. So what is...
There have been numerous high profile breaches of twitter accounts recently. Most significant was the fake tweet from the Associated Press twitter account about a bomb in the White House, which resulted in a blip in US stock market prices. Other noteworthy victims were CBS, NPR, both...
The phrase cyber attack gets used a lot, in a lot of different contexts. Any bad thing done over the internet is generally characterised by the media as a cyber attack. But does the phrase really mean anything? This week South Korea was under cyber attack...
News of a cyber attack on South Korea has made the news this morning. Details remain sketchy but press reports include outages at three broadcasters and two banks. There is little technical detail, but there does appear to have been some disruption. To quote from the...