Entries by Katie

Winter Olympics hacked during opening ceremony

The Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics website went down just before the opening ceremony in South Korea after it was hacked. The website was down for around 12 hours and as there was no official word forthcoming on the day, it looked as though it was not accidental. The outage left users unable to print tickets […]

Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerability Update

So, as you probably know, there’s a bit of a hoo-ha going on about two vulnerabilities called Spectre and Meltdown which basically impacts any machine with an Intel, AMD or ARM processor inside it going back to about 2007.  Yes, that’s a fair few machines! The flaws were initially identified towards the end of last […]

Government warns critical industry firms to increase cybersecurity

More information from the NIS Directive (Network and Information Systems) has been released by the government today with the aim to achieve a common level of network and information systems security across the EU. These changes set new rules and apply to Operators of Essential Services (OESs). The government has warned businesses in the most […]

Cybersecurity New Years Resolutions

Happy New Year everyone! No doubt the new year brings a new you, right?! Perhaps a new diet, new exercise regime or new skill is in order for the start of 2018?  There are plenty of New Year’s resolutions you could take up, but we’d like to suggest a few that you may be able […]

On the 12th Day of Christmas: Lessons Learned in 2017

Verizon Data Leak Welcome to the final day of Christmas and our last prediction for 2018. This time it comes from Verizon. It is unique compared to the other breaches we have reported on in the past 11 days. It may be a good time to check your cloud services.