“Shadow IT” (also known as “Stealth IT”, “Client IT” or “What have those eejits in marketing done now?”) is the term used to describe IT systems which are developed and owned by business teams outside of the control or jurisdiction of an organisation’s IT department. Usually initiated with pure intentions, these systems can pose a […]
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Formjacking is a type of cyber attack that can be used by an attacker to steal sensitive information that is entered by website users through forms. Most usually this type of attack targets ecommerce sites to obtain payment card details and personal information that are entered by customers; however, Formjacking attacks can target any website which
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Security updates and patches can literally be thing of nightmares for many Systems Administrators. To patch or not to patch – that is always the question. From a security perspective, security patches should always be applied to increase the organisation’s resilience to hackers and malware, but with many organisations lacking IT resources and having ever-decreasing
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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 this
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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 delete
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If you are responsible for managing the IT of a small business, then you probably already know that it’s a jungle out there, one with cybercriminals hiding behind every bush. According to the recent Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, over the last two years small businesses have become the top targets of cybercriminals and are
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The Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) — the body responsible for creating the encryption standard used by billions of wireless Wi-Fi products worldwide — announced in January 2018 some significant improvements to its security protocol Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2). In a much-anticipated move, the Wi-Fi Alliance also announced WPA3. The new protocol is designed to work alongside
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Email-based phishing attacks continue to soar at an all-time high. According to the State of the Phish™ Report 2018 by Wombat Security, it was reported that 76% of information security professionals had experienced phishing attacks against their organisations in 2017. As businesses and individuals, we continue to be plagued by phishing emails, which in some
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When penetration testing is conducted within the UK, there are a number of laws that govern the activities that form part of a penetration test. For the majority of tests, these laws include the following: UK Computer Misuse Act 1990 UK Data Protection Act 1998 Human Rights Act 1998 Police and Justice Act 2006 In
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Browser cookies play an important role in nearly all modern websites and applications. From tracking user-interaction through services like Google Analytics, through to maintaining the state of customer shopping carts in eCommerce applications. Cookies can also contain session tokens for web applications to ensure that user sessions are maintained between browser page refreshes. Although security
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