Antivirus (AV) has been around for decades now and this is both a good and bad thing. On one hand, AV is so well known most people already understand that…
Passwords are in the news again, with yet another headline crying out for the death of the password and claiming that everyone should move to two factor authentication (2FA) for…
As most people will be aware, several high profile websites have suffered security breaches, resulting in millions of user account passwords being compromised. These sites have included business social networking…
Halkyn Consulting would like to wish a Happy New year to all our readers, customers (past, present and future) and anyone else interested enough to visit this blog. We will…
As reported on the BBC news today, the head of the UK signals intelligence organisation - GCHQ - is concerned over the rising number of attacks on UK businesses. From…
Most businesses understand that security is important but, as we discussed in a previous post (How do you measure the value of Information Security?) there is a tendency for owners…
One of the most overlooked risks of using the internet is the fact that most of the time your data is as private as the writing on the back of…
Research carried out by two security companies has provided information that most people will have already recognised - in the last week there has been a significant increase in spam…
It was recently reported that nearly ever member (approximately 35 Million people) of a South Korean social networking site had their personal data exposed as the result of a hack…
A report in New Scientist magazine this week identifies a new threat to your information security, although it is unclear if this is in the wild yet. In the article,…
According to a tweet by "AnonymouSabu" - apparently a hacker collective on twitter - the website of the Sun news paper has been hacked. The slightly more famous hacker collective…
Phishing is an on-going threat to most businesses and home users. It is safe to assume that there will be a constant stream of phishing emails sent to pretty much…
Previously we mentioned a news item that claimed the International Monetary Fund had been the victim of a "spear phishing" security breach. It seems that this is far from an…
For anyone interested in carrying out penetration testing, security audits or other forms of network security self assessment, Backtrack has long been the operating system of choice. Backtrack is a…
Another day and another round of news headlines about the hacker collective calling itself LulzSec. Today there were two main headlines relating to the UK. The first, and possibly most…