Generative AI – the next biggest cyber security threat?

ChatGPT is a large language model (LLM) falling under the broad definition of generative AI. The sophisticated chatbot was developed by OpenAI using the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) model to understand and... Read more »

Is cyber training all the same old? Shift your perspective and get stuck in

We all know that sitting in front of a 50-slide PowerPoint under the guise of security training is ineffective. There’s no sugar coating it. When I was at university, it was full... Read more »

Why we need advanced malware detection with AI-powered tools

Whether you’re an individual or a company, safeguarding your data is of utmost importance. One effective approach to protect sensitive information and systems is by utilising tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI).... Read more »

Lloyds Bank calls on tech companies to control social media ‘wild west’

Lloyds Banking Group is calling on tech giants to share responsibility for online scams, with the bank’s research revealing that over two-thirds of all purchase scams are reported by customers on Meta’s... Read more »

Security Think Tank: A brief history of (secure) coding

With technology progressing at an ever-increasing pace, developers are challenged more than ever to keep code secure and mitigate against the ever-increasing cyber security threats. But using examples gathered through more than... Read more »

eavesdropping

What is eavesdropping? Eavesdropping is the act of listening to, recording or intercepting private communications. It can apply to verbal conversations, such as phone calls or people talking face-to-face, or it can... Read more »

Europe’s central bank reveals drop in Euro Zone card fraud

The latest figures from the European Central Bank  (ECB) show that card fraud is at its lowest level in the Euro Zone since it began reporting data, after a 12% drop in... Read more »

Downstream breaches of Capita customers spreading

The impact of two separate cyber security incidents at Capita continues to spread as more and more of the organisations’ customers report downstream data breaches, with the data of hundreds of thousands... Read more »

Driving secure-by-design principles

It is largely recognised among the IT security community that there is a direct correlation between the quality of code – as a percentage of coding errors per thousand lines of code... Read more »

Cisco joins growing Manchester cyber security hub

Networking technology giant Cisco has become the latest supporter of Manchester’s growing Digital Security Hub (DiSH) cyber security accelerator, launching a series of initiatives to support the centre’s ambitions to be at... Read more »