On Monday 7th April 2014 the world woke up to what is being described as one of the most significant software bugs ever. Heartbleed, as the bug has been called (or more prosaically CVE-2014-0160), is clearly a big deal. To find out exactly how big,...
The Cyber Security Expert is always recommending people use two factor authentication for online services. It is a good idea, but what in fact is two factor authentication. After explaining about the clocks changing, British Summer Time, and coaxing him to a desk, we asked...
The BBC today (7th March) is running with a story on criminals targeting public wifi. The report on BBC Breakfast left us a bit confused. We put the kettle on, wafted the scent of Yorkshire tea up the stairs and woke The Cyber Security Expert to...
In a recent post on the truth about cyber attacks (we have a special dispensation to use that phrase). The Cyber Security Expert pointed out that people are behind hacking. So who are these people, and what is a threat actor anyway? We dragged the Cyber Security...
Its rare for Apple to release a dedicated security patch, but they have just done so. Reporting on the internet suggest it is vitally important you pay attention. We poked The Cyber Security Expert into wakefulness on a Sunday to see what he thinks. Whats the...
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...
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...
Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City, has had some of her new book leaked online after her Google account was compromised by a hacker known as Guccifer. Guccifer has claimed to be behind the hacking of email accounts belonging to other high profile...
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...
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...