
The enthusiastic law student
This case involves a law firm based in the south of England. The firm was of a reasonable size and, like most law firms, held a lot of very sensitive customer data.

Criminal Justice Evolution podcast
Patrick Fitzgibbons was kind enough to invite me on to his US based Criminal Justice Evolution podcast. We talked about the social engineering threats facing […]

The not-so-secret life of boarding passes
Have you ever thought about what your boarding pass might say about you? I don’t mean “oh look at me, I’m flying in Emirates Business Class”, but what data you might be leaking publicly on that anachronistic piece of paper you discard in the seat in front of you. Turns out it is an awful lot more than you think…

The Prisoners Dilemma and Intelligence sharing
Cybercrime is increasing year on year. The 2017 cyber breaches survey shows that almost half of UK firms have been hit by cyber breach or […]

Equifax Leak
In the latest in a truly blockbuster year for data leaks, American credit reporting company Equifax has announced the loss of highly sensitive data belonging […]

Leak of the week: 711m email addresses
A French malware researcher has found an online database of 711 million email addresses, in some cases with the associated passwords for that account. The list […]

South Korea 2 : Trust, Cyber-Security and Wannacry
In my first article on South Korea I looked at some unique solutions to protecting citizens and businesses from the cyber threat. In this second article on […]

South Korea 1: On The Alert
In the first of two blog articles on cyber security and tech in South Korea, I am looking at the pervasive use of technology in […]