Weekly podcast: CryptXXX evolution, PerezHilton, Kiddicare, and Bangladesh...
This week, we discuss the evolution of the CryptXXX malware, two malvertising attacks at PerezHilton.com, a data breach at Kiddicare, and evidence that the criminals who stole $81 million from...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Instagram vulnerabilities, Mumsnet attacker charged, phishing...
This week, we discuss two vulnerabilities in Instagram’s Android app and website, a teenager charged with attacking parenting forum Mumsnet, and a massive increase in phishing attacks. We also ask what...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Windows zero-day vulnerability and MySpace account details...
This week, we discuss a Windows zero-day vulnerability on sale for $90,000, hundreds of millions of MySpace, Tumblr and LinkedIn account details on the dark web, and consider the implications of the...
View ArticleNine steps to ISO 27001 implementation success with Alan Calder
June’s book of the month is Nine Steps to Success – An ISO 27001 Implementation Overview, Third edition. This book, written by ISO 27001 expert Alan Calder, provides step-by-step guidance on how to...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Facebook and Netflix reset passwords, university ransomware,...
This week, we discuss the password security repercussions of the recent mega breaches and a ransomware attack on the University of Calgary, and give cyber security advice to SMEs. Hello and welcome to...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: £1 billion of online crime, critical Microsoft...
This week, we discuss new online crime figures and critical Microsoft vulnerabilities, and answer listeners’ questions on third-party security and GDPR compliance. Hello and welcome to the IT...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: University data breach, US voter database compromised, and...
This week, we discuss a disgruntled former student hacking Greenwich University, the exposure of 154 million American voters’ unprotected personal information, and answer listeners’ questions on data...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Hard Rock breached, Plymouth teen in court, terrorist...
This week, we discuss the second breach to hit Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in just over a year, a Plymouth teenager in court for carrying out DDoS attacks, a database of terrorists exposed to the...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Police and healthcare breaches, post-Brexit phishing, and...
This week, we discuss new analysis of police data breach information, the rise of phishing campaigns capitalising on post-referendum uncertainty, data security incidents in the health sector, and...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: UK rail cyber attacks, hotel malware, Datadog breach and your...
This week, we discuss a series of major cyber attacks on the UK rail network, a malware attack at Omni Hotels & Resorts affecting 50,000 cards and a data breach at SaaS platform Datadog, and answer...
View ArticlePodcast: Beginning your EU GDPR compliance project, with Alan Calder
Organisations that must comply with the GDPR should start their compliance journey now. Those that aren’t compliant by 25 May 2018 will face fines of up to €20 million or 4% of global annual turnover –...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Congress, Steemit and Kickass Torrents
This week, we discuss a DDoS attack on the US Library of Congress, a cyber attack that cost Steemit users $85,000, and the arrest of the alleged founder of the world’s most visited illegal file-sharing...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: O2 customer data, ransomware, and this month’s breaches
This week, we discuss O2 customer data appearing on the dark net, a new affiliate programme for ransomware, and this month’s list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Hello and welcome to the IT...
View ArticleWeekly Podcast: Bug bounty programmes and vulnerable Volkswagen
In this week’s podcast, we look at Apple’s bug bounty programme, two vulnerabilities in cars and a 19-year-old’s recent bug bounty success. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday 12...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Epic Games, Ashley Madison and Jimmy Wales
This week we discuss the Epic Games data breach, Ashley Madison’s woeful security, and an exaggerated report about Jimmy Wales’s death. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 26th...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Dropbox, G20 and financial cyber crime, and electoral fraud
This week we discuss the compromise of 68 million Dropbox accounts, cyber security in the international financial sector, and the illegal hacking of voter registration systems in the US Hello and...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Brazzers, 98 million Russians, and Owen Smith MP
In this week’s podcast, we take a look at two incidents in which credentials from historic data breaches have appeared on the web, and a password mistake by Owen Smith MP. Hello, and welcome to the IT...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Solid-gold cyber crime, the Great British Firewall, and the...
This week, we discuss the theft of £88,000 worth of gold by criminal hackers, ambitious plans from the NCSC’s new CEO, and the appointment of the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer. Hello...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Cisco, Tesla and cyber insurance
This week, we discuss a new Cisco vulnerability, a remote attack on Tesla cars, and the implications of the new Insurance Act on cyber security insurance policies. Hello and welcome to the IT...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: i-Dressup breach, Yahoo aftermath and cyber security awareness
This week, we discuss the compromise of 2.2 million teens’ i-Dressup accounts, the aftermath of the massive 2014 Yahoo breach, and cyber security advocacy campaigns ECSM and NCSAM. Hello and welcome to...
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