Weekly podcast: Honda and Flybe fined, WoW phishing, Minecraft malware, gift...
This week, we discuss companies falling foul of existing laws while attempting to comply with the GDPR, problems for Warcraft and Minecraft players, and a bot attack affecting gift cards on nearly...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: LastPass (again), NHS phishing, garage doors and Samsung...
This week, we discuss a new vulnerability in LastPass’s browser extensions, phishing at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Internet-connected garage door opener Garadget, and a new exploit that...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Wonga, prisoners and Agas
This week we discuss a data breach that may have compromised the personal information of more than 250,000 Wonga customers, the enterprising cyber crimes of four Ohio prisoners, and a series of...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Skype/Spyke, Android MilkyDoor malware and Linksys router...
This week, we discuss a Skype vulnerability called Spyke, new Android malware that gives attackers access to networks via infected devices, and vulnerabilities affecting 25 models of Linksys router....
View ArticleAuthor podcast: Managing Information Security Breaches – Studies from real life
Now in its second edition, Managing Information Security Breaches – Studies from real life details how breaches can be treated and the direction you should take if you’ve been affected. Spiced with...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Guardian Soulmates, Persirai botnet, ‘crazy bad’ Microsoft...
This week, we discuss a data breach affecting the Guardian Soulmates dating site, a new IoT botnet potentially affecting 120,000 IP cameras, and the worst Windows remote code execution vulnerability...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: WannaCry summarised, and DocuSign, Brooks Brothers and Zomato...
This week we provide an overview of the WannaCry ransomware worm, and discuss a number of recent data breaches. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 19 May 2017. Here are this...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: BT phishing, Twitter vulnerability, S8 iris recognition
This week we discuss a phishing attack targeting BT customers, a major vulnerability in Twitter, and a vulnerability in the Samsung Galaxy S8. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday,...
View ArticleAuthor podcast: ISO27001 in a Windows Environment, with Brian Honan
Now in its third edition, ISO27001 in a Windows Environment bridges the knowledge gap between ISO 27001 managers and Windows® security specialists. We recently sat down with the author, Brian Honan, to...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Basildon council, cosmetic surgery clinic hacked, WannaCry...
This week, we discuss a £150,000 fine for Basildon Borough Council, a data breach affecting a Lithuanian cosmetic surgery clinic, and news that the recent WannaCry ransomware attack may not have spread...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: EternalBlue (again), new USB compromise and widening cyber...
This week, we discuss the use of the EternalBlue exploit to distribute new payloads after WannaCry, a vulnerability that will give access to network credentials via locked computers, and news that...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Council fined for DPA breach, bumper Patch Tuesday and new...
Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 16 June 2017. Here are this week’s stories. Gloucester City Council has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Skype, the $1 million ransom and the Queen
This week, we discuss a DDoS attack on Skype, a ransomware attack on South Korean web hosting firm Nayana, and the UK government’s new Data Protection Bill Hello and welcome to the IT Governance...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: The AA, MPs’ emails and Petya/NotPetya
This week, we discuss a password reset at the AA, a cyber attack on parliamentary emails and the NotPetya malware attack. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 30 June 2017. Here...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: AA (aagaain), NotPetya decrypted? and Bithumb hacked
This week, we discuss another incident response debacle at the AA, the latest move from the NotPetya group, and the hacking of the Bithumb virtual currency exchange. Hello and welcome to a special...
View ArticleAuthor Podcast: Fundamentals of Information Risk Management Auditing, with...
Earlier this week we spoke with Christopher Wright, the author of Fundamentals of Information Risk Management Auditing. Fundamentals of Information Risk Management Auditing gives an interesting and...
View ArticleWeekly Podcast: Trump Hotels breach, Microsoft, and the GDPR Report
In this week’s podcast, we discuss another breach at Trump Hotels, a change in how Microsoft collects user data, and the GDPR Report 2017. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday the...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Newcastle City Council, Myspace and Apple
This week, we discuss a data breach affecting adoptees in Newcastle, Myspace’s account recovery process, and a security update fixing 47 iOS flaws. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Budapest bug, hackable car wash and Unicredit breach
This week, we discuss the arrest of a well-meaning Hungarian teenager, vulnerabilities in Internet-connected car washes that could cause them to physically attack users, and data breaches at Italy’s...
View ArticleWeekly podcast: Amazon Echo, Android banking malware and Cardiff billboard
This week, we discuss a vulnerability that could allow attackers to turn your Amazon Echo into a wiretap, a new strain of the Svpeng mobile banking malware and the hacking of a digital billboard to...
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