It’s easy to take the internet for granted. Sure, we might sometimes forget just how important a role it plays in society. Not all of the internet is serious and that’s part of its charm. The silly side of the internet, embodied by memes and cat videos, means we don’t always appreciate the remarkable importance …
You might not know it but due to a lack of technical security testing, some industrial systems are at risk of severe cyber attacks. Industrial Control Systems, commonly known as ICS, can cover everything from transport and water to nuclear reactors. It’s no surprise then, that potential vulnerabilities are cause for serious concern. According to …
It is midday on a Tuesday and I am sat sipping a latte in my work clothes, with my MacBook on the table in front of me. I’m working from a coffee shop located in the centre of Leeds, which is surrounded by busy offices filled with solicitors, bankers, ecommerce companies and public sector organisations. …
On October 21st (2016) we witnessed one of the largest online DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks ever. Hackers targeted Dyn, a US-based company that hosts domain name systems. This in turn affected a large number of popular websites and services, including Spotify, Twitter, Survey Monkey, Netflix, and Eve Online. It’s thought that hackers were …
Your connection to this site is not secure, is perhaps one of the scariest messages a normal internet user can see right before they close their tab and move on. What does this mean to an online business? Lost client, customer or user. For years sites have been serving their non-sensitive content over open protocols but in the recent years this has …
In this study we look at how to protect your SEO rankings from dropping when moving onto CloudFlare while having your website protected by the advanced features and protection that the CloudFlare platform offers.
A few months ago, I discovered a security loophole in Facebook that allows hackers to decrypt and sniff out Facebook user IDs using one of Facebook’s APIs in bulk – therefore allowing them to gather millions of users’ personal data (name, telephone number, location, images, and more). This post is an attempt to catch Facebook’s attention to get this issue …