cyberwarfare

What is cyberwarfare? The generally accepted definition of cyberwarfare is a series of cyber attacks against a nation-state, causing it significant harm. This harm could include disruption of vital computer systems up... Read more »

FACTA (Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act)

What is FACTA (Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act)? FACTA (Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act) is a federal law and amendment to the FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act). It was added... Read more »

Dutch hospitals underestimate impact of cyber attack

Pro-Russian distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attackers have recently targeted Dutch hospitals, according to Z-Cert, a partnership of hospitals for digital security. It is believed to be an attack from the group Killnet in collaboration with other attackers.   The impact... Read more »

What can security teams learn from a year of cyber warfare?

Days, weeks, even months before Russia’s armies crossed the border into Ukraine on 24 February 2022, security experts were warning of an impending cyber war the likes of which the world had... Read more »

Taking back control: Could a distributed model breed a better AI?

In his latest book, A hacker’s mind: How the powerful bend society’s rules, and how to bend them back, public interest technologist and cyber security expert Bruce Schneier describes a world a... Read more »

Podcast: 2023 compliance and storage outlook

In this podcast, we look at the global landscape for data storage compliance in 2023 with Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge. We talk about the big picture of geopolitical instability that characterises the... Read more »

Flipper Zero explained: What to know about the viral hacker tool

Wireless signals are everywhere. Phones, Wi-Fi networks and bank cards are just a few technologies that use wireless signals to communicate. Hacking them typically requires some cybersecurity knowledge, but Flipper Zero makes... Read more »

Backup testing: The why, what, when and how

Pretty much everyone knows why backups are important. More so than ever in an age of heightened ransomware threats, it’s critical to have a clean copy of data to roll back to... Read more »

Security Think Tank: Training can no longer be a compliance exercise

‘Humans are the weakest link’ has been the refrain of the IT security community for many years and, with social engineering attacks becoming ever more prominent and sophisticated, an organisation’s people will... Read more »

LastPass attack saw employee’s home computer hacked

The threat actor behind a series of compromises of credential management specialist LastPass attacked a DevOps engineer’s home computer to gain access to the organisation’s decryption keys, it has emerged. The first... Read more »