A port scan is the cyber equivalent to using a sniffer dog. It involves sending out carefully-prepared packets of data to a computer or network in order to detect any open ports and possible vulnerabilities. The technique is a very useful part of the
I thought I would publish the phishing and other scam emails we get so that if anyone searches the content of the emails they will find this page and know its a scam. I'll add more as we get them. Usually our security blocks them but sometimes they get
Since the pandemic, one in five organizations has faced a security breach linked to remote workers. That’s according to new research from Internet security giant, Malwarebytes. It might have been forced upon us, but, in terms of productivity, it seems that
Microsoft’s threat protection portal has recently been enhanced with a potentially useful scorecard function. Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) now contains a feature known as Microsoft Secure Score for Devices. This tool has the ability
For years, upgrading your smartphone meant physically switching your SIM. These days, phone manufacturers and a growing number of carriers are pushing a virtual alternative. Enter the eSIM, touted as the smarter, hassle-free alternative to that fiddly little
A Chinese team has just succeeded in the satellite transmission of a “secret” encryption key between two ground situations located roughly 700 miles apart. So why, you may ask, is this big news? It’s down to a concept physicists call quantum
For an overview of the current cybersecurity landscape, the annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is always worth reading. The 2020 version has just been released and is available here. 2020 DBIR is based on information from across the
Are your login details out in the wild? Have you opened an account on a website that’s probably been hacked? Mozilla wants to let you know. The latest version of Firefox includes a useful batch of new features designed to beef up password management and
It’s accessible, easy to use - and the free version gives you 40-minute group meetings with up to 100 people. So what’s not to like about Zoom? Between December and March, Zoom’s daily meeting participants surged from 10 million to 200 million. The lockdown
As steps to counter the coronavirus outbreak take effect, millions of workers across the globe have been sent home with their laptops for the first time. If you’re one of them, or if you’ve recently been tasked with the job of setting up remote users from
Ever get the feeling that you are being tracked by online brands, even though you diligently disable cookies on the sites you visit? So-called fingerprinting enables companies to track your browsing habits in a way that bypasses standard cookie opt-ins. Now
New research from Sophos suggests that two thirds of organisations were hit by a cyberattack last year. The report lists the three biggest reasons why organisations are still struggling to reduce their risk: Attacks are coming in from multiple
If you haven’t been sold on Windows 10, you’re not alone. To this day, Windows 7 remains the 2nd most popular Windows desktop operating system, with almost 34 percent of computer users using it globally. Despite mainstream support for Windows 7 ending in
When it comes to password hygiene, many of us are still ignoring the basics. Password management specialist, SplashData has released its eighth ‘Worst Passwords of the Year’ list: a roundup of the most commonly used and easily guessable passwords. The list
The value of encryption is hard to overestimate. When it works, it means that even if your data is accessed without authorisation, it cannot be read (and by extension, cannot be exploited) by the attacker; something that makes encryption an essential layer of
Antivirus (AV) is a commonly relied upon security control. But it’s worth remembering that there’s nothing inherently “hack-proof” about this type of software. After all, no program (AV included) is immune to outside attack! That said, if you can run your
It’s versatile, it works on a minimum of code - and it’s also relatively easy to put to work: three factors which go a long way in explaining why Python is currently being touted as the “world’s most popular coding language”. Black hat hackers are drawn to
We’ve been reminded that when it comes to malware delivery, threat actors tend to prefer tried and tested methods. A recent roundup from Cofense Intelligence included a breakdown of malware loaders analysed by volume for the month of August 2018. It found