Category: 365 days of blogs

Well – that’s it. That’s the end of 2023, and the end of my 365 days of blogs challenge. When I decided to write a post every day for the entire year, I had no idea if I would keep it up or not – I hoped that I would […]

The German hospital network atholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen (KHO) has confirmed that it has been the victim of a ransomware attack – allegedly by the Lockbit gang. The attack started in the early hours of Saturday December 24th, and severely impacted the systems that support the operations of three of the […]

As the latest space race hots up, NASA has published its first Space Security Best Practices guide for organisations who want to be a part of this exciting industry. The 56-page guide was released to a select audience earlier this year, but has now been released for public consumption. The […]

Member states of the European union have reached a common position with regards to the formation of a Cyber Solidarity Act which aims to strengthen the EU’s solidarity and capacities to detect, prepare for and respond to cyber security threats and incidents. The agreement was announced in a press release […]

EasyPark group who own parking apps RingGo and ParkMobile says an unknown threat actor compromised its systems and stole customer data. The data stolen contains names, phone numbers, address data, email addresses, and partial payment data. So far, tge company had not divulged the number of affected customers, but the […]

Ben Barnea – a security researcher working for Akamai has discovered a novel way of being able to compromise a Microsoft system via a malicious .wav file used by Outlook. Two vulnerabilities were discovered – one is a Windows HTML security feature bypass vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2023-35384). This allows an […]

The Flipper zero is a very well known device in the world of Hacking / Pentesting and mischief. Initially developed as a Kickstarter project back in 2019 – 2020 the device received nearly 23,000 backers and raised a staggering sum of $4, 882,000. Since then the device has gone on […]

The recent take-down of the AlphaV Command and Control network has dealt a major blow to the ransomware industry, and has send a wave of panic through the remaining gangs. In my 20th December post about the take-down, I noted that the LockBit gang was worried that they would be […]

As 2023 draws to a close, it’s a given that 2024 will bring a whole new world of cyber security issues. As soon as manufacturers develop new technologies, or fix broken ones, cyber criminals develop counter techniques to break those technologies – and the motor industry is no exception. For […]

Arion Kurtaj, the 18 year old hacker who compromised Nvidia, Uber, Revolut, and Rockstar games has been sentenced to life in a secure hospital after his arrest and subsequent court case. I have posted a number of times about this saga, covering the initial cyber attacks, the arrest of Kurtaj, […]