Year: 2023

Yesterday saw the final step in a long campaign by global law-enforcement agencies to take down a RaaS (Ransomware as a Service) network called Hive. Operation Dawnbreaker Europol (The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation) said that thirteen nations were involved in the complex case which saw multiple servers […]

A new Rat (Remote Access Trojan) has been identified which is infecting various machines and allows the attackers full control over a compromised device. Identified by threat analysis company Securonix, the RAT – named PY#RATION uses a standard HTTP websocket to both communicate with the C2 servers and exfiltrate data […]

Back in December last year – between December 6th and 8th to be more precise, PayPal discovered that they had been on the receiving end of a cyber attack. After conducting their internal investigations, it appears that approx. 35,000 users had had their accounts compromised and in the 2 day […]

For many years, many cyber security professionals (myself included) have droned on about the need for people to change their default passwords to something only they know. You know the ones: But what about your voicemail PIN? Have you changed that one? WhatsAPP hack In recent months WhatsApp accounts have […]

A large-scale advertising fraud operation dubbed ‘Vastflux’ which has been predominantly targeting iOS users has been disrupted by security researchers at cyber-security company HUMAN. The operation’s name was derived from the VAST ad-serving template and the “fast flux DNS” evasion technique,and was used to spoof more than 1,700 applications from […]

In an attempt to further secure our online browsing activities, Google has started rolling out a new approach to DNS (Domain Name System) queries & responses. For those who are unsure about how DNS works – Check out my DNS primer before reading any further. For those familiar with DNS […]

It’s always been a bit tricky when you are looking for a new app to solve a problem. You do a Google search, you find a bunch of links, but which one is the right one? It’s always been a bit like playing Russian roulette – Are you getting the […]

Look anywhere online and you will see many posts on the subject of TikTok = Evil. However, if you actually take time to read these posts, they rarely take the time to explain in any depth why they think TikTok is the modern spawn of Satan, and I think that’s […]

“I can’t remember anythingCan’t tell if this is true or a dreamDeep down inside I feel to screamThis terrible silence stops me” One – Metallica (1998) As a metal-head, the track “one” by Metallica is one of the finest songs ever written. It’s evocative, harrowing, and beautiful all at once. […]

A year or so ago, whilst in a hotel bar, I had a beer or three with a work colleague and mentioned to him that I’d seen an advert for e-paper displays for the Raspberry-pi, and that I thought it would be cool to build an electronic car registration plate […]