North Wales Cyber Security Cluster – April 2016 Meeting
The North Wales Cyber Security Cluster is meeting on 21 April at Solvings Ltd, in Mold, Flintshire. Solvings provide a great... Continue reading →
Ransomware: Don’t panic – deal with it
Since Cryptolocker appeared in late 2013, it seems hardly a day can go by without some ransomware attack hitting the... Continue reading →
Cyber Essentials – Would it have saved Lincolnshire County Council?
Cyber Essentials is a UK Government driven scheme which is designed to help businesses of all size reduce the risk... Continue reading →
3 essential elements of any Infosec function
As the news often shows, Information Security (infosec) is a big part of any organisation. From the small business with... Continue reading →
Incident Response – 5 key stakeholder groups
Incident response is a vital component of every organisations security. It provides the safety net for when the inevitable happens... Continue reading →
Halkyn Consulting – Site Redesign / Cyber Security Cluster
As you may have noticed, the Halkyn Consulting website has undergone a redesign. This is aimed to improve our responsiveness... Continue reading →
AV is not dead – it just has limits
Antivirus (AV) has been around for decades now and this is both a good and bad thing. On one hand,... Continue reading →
Supplier Security – A lesson for T-Mobile
Supplier security is something most organisations are at least aware of, and lots actually realise they need to do something... Continue reading →
Phishing and Malware – FedEx missed delivery
It seems that every day, new script kiddies discover the likes of the Social Engineering Toolkit or Metasploit and launch... Continue reading →
Finphishing – 8 steps to criminal profits
FinPhishing – or financial spear phishing – is a form of social engineering attack which is becoming massively profitable for... Continue reading →
Security breaches – do you know what to do next?
One sad fact about security is that no matter what controls you put in place, you will suffer breaches and... Continue reading →
Halkyn Consulting – Vacation and Course Period
As our existing clients may be aware, Halkyn Consulting has entered into a three week period where we maximise our... Continue reading →
Security researchers demo GPU Keylogger
Reported on the Register today, security researchers have demonstrated how malicious code can be run on graphics processors (GPUs) rather... Continue reading →
Security Patches – Internet Explorer – Act Fast
For lots of enterprises, security patches are a pain to test, a pain to deploy and frequently frustrating when they... Continue reading →
Phishing attacks continue to evolve and spread malware
As most internet users know, phishing attacks are very common. The term itself dates back to 1995 (e.g. AOHell) and... Continue reading →