This week has seen the launch of a new approach to tackling cyber crime from law enforcement agencies across the globe. Operation Endgame is the name given to a series of ongoing actions to close down...
Friday (24th May 2024) saw the online posting of the Ring video doorbell footage of the arrest of Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (A.K.A. Pompompurin) – The administrator of the online data-leak forum &...
(8th May 2024) sees OFCOM – The UK’s telecommunications regulator, set out a series of steps aimed at online content providers – predominantly Social Media operators to help protect ...
At 14:00 UTC today (7th May 2024) – Law enforcement officers working for the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and partners in the US and Europe, released updates about the LockBit ransomwa...
Ahead of the release of new data regarding LockBit – it looks like they have been pretty busy releasing details of new victims. In the last 24 hours, Lockbit have posted details of almost 60 new...
Today sees an update about the ongoing LockBit saga. Readers of my posts over the last year will know that I have written many times about the antics of this threat actor, and some of the devastating ...
In the previous post, I covered the SMB protocol and how it has become one of the most widely used protocols in modern networks in one form or another regardless of operating system used. This post co...
Server Message Block (SMB) is one of the most important protocols in computer history – it facilitates the sharing of multiple resources in IT networks – printers, computers, files, and mu...
Today (29th April 2024) sees the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (PSTI) become enforced in the UK – something that should help make consumer devices safer to use....
Mandiant – the Google-owned Cyber Security company have released an in-depth exposé on the Russian threat actor group known as APT44, more commonly known as Sandworm. The full 40-page report can...