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...
On the 28 of March the US House of representative gave the green light to the Internet Service Providers to monetise your browsing habits. Obviously this is not a good news for most of people and angered the security community. This has forced...
Encryption is in the news again. The UK Home Secretary expressed her frustration over encryption and in particular End To End encryption when it was revealed the man who carried out the terror attack at Westminster last used WhatsApp. ...
Google has been working on the possibility of hash collision for a while. Their work focused on SHA1. They have just released the below blog post announcing the first SHA1 collision. Of course the security community has seen this coming for a number...
This is interesting but certainly not surprising seeing how much data we are willing to leave behind everwhere we go.
The African continent isn’t immune to the onslaughts of cybercriminals. The Eastern region in particular has seen a rise in cyber enabled crimes in recent years targeting its infrastructure and telecom industry. Kenya has opened a Center...
I am sure this has been written a lot about and arguments are plentiful but it boils down to these points. Running two anti-malware products on the same machine does more harm than good. It can result in unexpected behaviour including but not...
