Another go for encrypted file sharing. This time it is from Mozilla better known for Firefox, the open source browser. The service named Send thought not perfect allows you to share files ‘safely’. In the word of Mozilla blog post...
This is a good piece on process hollowing and atom bombing. If you ignore the marketing part of course.
A massive attack is underway. This has started in the Ukrain but is spreading to the rest of the world fast. Yes it is about ransomware. It is different than perhaps the one you know. Petya is the name of this ransomware and it is also leveraging...
Punycode as described in rfc 3492 “is a simple and efficient transfer encoding syntax designed for use with Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA). It uniquely and reversibly transforms a Unicode string into an ASCII string...
The UK Parliament has suffered what it is said to be a cyber attack. The MP are not able to access their parliamentary email account remotely although this could be due as part of the measure to limit the attack. “The Houses of Parliament have...
What appears to be an a major IT related incident has forced British Airways to cancel all flights from Britain’s two biggest airports Heathrow and Gatwick. At this time the company stated this is not related to Cyber security. ...
A massive ransomware attack is under way and has hit major orgonisations. So far I am aware of the UK being hit particularly bad. It is a ransomware with the ability to propergate with the vixtim’s help and this means once a machines is infected the...
Security researchers from the Switzerland discovered HP shipped some laptops with a keylogger. The code is part of the audio driver software which allows playback of audio sounds. Unfortunately this captures every keypress you make and saves it...
A look into why we choose the password we choose and what this reveals about us. A lot than you might think. If you ignore password managers – which combat linking the password to the individual by randomizing it, a password is more than...
A good read about the status of Anti-Virus testing market. My take on this is test what you are buying. After all that is why products come mostly with a month worth of trial. Do take advantage of the trial and most importantly conduct your own...
