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Meltdown and Spectre are a family of security attacks that operate at the hardware-level of modern processors. Some of the attack variants have supposedly been mitigated by microcode and BIOS patches issued by the processor vendors; however, new research published by Cornell University reveals several new attack vectors and the report suggests that the previously-issuedRead more

The Mirai malware which infects Linux-based IoT devices to form large-scale DDoS botnets has recently been discovered infecting commercial-grade Linux servers, according to a recent report from Netscout. Commercially-hosted linux servers have significantly more network bandwidth and could be used to launch far more damaging Denial-of-Service (Dos) attacks against other Internet-based hosts. Exploiting a vulnerabilityRead more

Session Fixation is a type of attack on web application users where an attacker is able to trick a victim into using a Session ID which is previously known to them. When the victim makes use of the known Session ID in their requests to a vulnerable application, the attacker is able to exploit thisRead more

We think that it’s well worth talking about GDPR in the context of the last twelve months worth of data breaches that we have seen in the UK and believe that GDPR may help reduce at least some of your exposure.  You may already know that GDPR gives you the right to request companies deleteRead more