TalkTalk today finally revealed that 157,000 customers had details stolen in the recent hack. That's less than originally feared, but is still far from good. There is also some further information from Channel 4 about how the breach unfolded. If that story is accurate, and...
On November 4th the UK government issued a draft of its new Investigative Powers Bill (IBP). Broadly, this proposed legislation lays out the ways and means that UK intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies will have to access their targets' (i.e. people) internet usage. The full...
If you follow cyber security news even vaguely, you'll be aware of the recent news stories about hacking a Chrysler Jeep. This is good, solid security research, conducted over a number of years which on the face of it seems entirely valid. In other words,...
In todays post we're going to delve into the world of open source intelligence, and see how you can use this to defend your organisation. So what is open source intelligence? Without wanting to delve too deeply into what is and what isn't 'intelligence', open source intelligence...
Post the excitement of the UK general election, and the unexpected Conservative victory, David Cameron has been assigning roles in his new Lib-Dem free Cabinet. Francis Maude, who had responsibility for cyber security as part of his ministerial role in the Cabinet Office has been...
Logjam is the latest high profile security vulnerability to be given its own name (a la shellshock and heartbleed). You can read about it here. Now, whilst this certainly isn’t good I don’t think it quite as terrible as the headline makes out. In essence this...
On a fine and sunny day, what better way to pass the time than thinking about the security of your website. Here at The Cyber Security Expert we think of little else, even at the weekends. It makes us popular at parties. In todays post...
At The Cyber Security Expert we're often asked about incident response - what to do when things go wrong, and how to work out if a particular computer is compromised. Obviously we are here to help you if needed, but there is quite a lot...
A few weeks ago The Cyber Security Expert explained how you can spot suspicious email. Dealing with suspicious emails, which may have attachments or embedded links is something anyone working in security does everyday. We dragged The Cyber Security Expert from his Buffy Fan Fiction writing group,...
Shellshock is the latest and greatest computer bug. It is big news, turning up on the BBC and in other non tech media outlets. How bad is it? Will civilisation be plunged into chaos? Should you start the looting now? We dragged the Cyber Security Expert away from...