Ancient seafarers and accountants are not normally the subjects of cyber security related articles. This post will seek to address this oversight by considering how these two communities made use of the virtual environment to go about their business. …

Cyber security can be confusing particularly if you are engaging with the area for the first time. One of the sources of confusion is the variety of products and services on offer that all seem the same or at least very similar. Penetration testing (aka pentesting), red teaming and cyber…

There have been a number of large fines handed out in recent weeks to businesses that suffered a cyber breach. British Airways and Marriott International are due to be fined £183m and £99m respectively by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office while Equifax has agreed to pay between $575m and $700m…

The NCSC’s Exercise in a Box has a simulator that allows you to mimic a common malware command and control technique. The simulator is just one of several exercises that make up the “Exercise in a Box” that can be downloaded and used for free from the NCSC. …

The multi-billion dollar Dutch provider of accountancy software, Wolters Kluwer, has been experiencing a cyber incident since the 6th of May. Since then they have confirmed that malware was on their system but there has been a significant failure to effectively communicate much more than that to their customers and…