All I want for Christmas: A CISO's Wishlist!

All I want for Christmas: A CISO’s Wishlist!

As Christmas fast approaches, CISOs and cyber security experts around the world are busy putting plans in place for 2019 and reflecting on what could have been done differently this year. The high-profile data breaches have been no secret - from British Airways to Dixons Carphone to Ticketmaster - and ... Read More
Why other Hotel Chains could Fall Victim to a ‘Marriott-style’ Data Breach

Why other Hotel Chains could Fall Victim to a ‘Marriott-style’ Data Breach

A guest article authored by Bernard Parsons, CEO, BecryptWhilst I am sure more details behind the Marriott data breach will slowly come to light over the coming months, there is already plenty to reflect on given the initial disclosures and accompanying hypotheses.With the prospects of regulatory fines and lawsuits looming, ... Read More

Cyber Security Roundup for November 2018

One of the largest data breaches in history was announced by Marriott Hotels at the end of November. A hack was said to have compromised up to a mind-blowing "half a Billion" hotel guests' personal information over a four year period. See my post, Marriott Hotels 4 Year Hack Impacts ... Read More
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Marriott Hotels 4 Year Hack Impacts Half a Billion Guests!

A mammoth data breach was disclosed by hotel chain Marriott International today (30 Nov 18), with a massive 500 million customer records said to have been compromised by an "unauthorized party". The world's largest hotel group launched an internal investigation in response to a system security alert on 8th September ... Read More

Complexity is the Worst Enemy of Security, Time for a New Approach with Network Security?

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Bruce Schneier summed it up best in 1999 when he said "Complexity is the Worst Enemy of Security" in an essay titled A Plea for Simplicity, correctly predicting the cybersecurity problems we encounter today. The IT industry has gone through lots of changes over the past few years, yet when ... Read More
245 million wearables will be sold in 2019

How Safe and Secure are Wearables?

The ‘wearable technology’ market has been exponentially growing in recent years and is expected to exceed 830 million devices by 2020. One of the key drivers pushing this rapid expansion are fitness trackers, namely wristband tech and smartwatch apps which monitors our daily activity and health. But as we integrate ... Read More

Cyber Security Roundup for October 2018

Aside from Brexit, Cyber Threats and Cyber Attack accusations against Russia are very much on the centre stage of UK government's international political agenda at the moment. The government publically accused Russia's military 'GRU' intelligence service of being behind four high-profile cyber-attacks, and named 12 cyber groups it said were ... Read More

Cyber Security Roundup for September 2018

September 2018 started with a data breach bang, with British Airways disclosing a significant hack and data loss. 380,000 of the airlines' website and mobile app customers had their debit and credit card details lifted via a maliciously injected script. The breach even caused BA owners, IAG, to drop in ... Read More
British Airways Hack Update: Caused by Injected Script & PCI DSS Non-Compliance is Suspected

British Airways Hack Update: Caused by Injected Script & PCI DSS Non-Compliance is Suspected

On Friday (7th September 2018), British Airways disclosed between 21st August 2018 and 5th September 2018, 380,000 BA customer's payment card transactions were compromised by a third party through its website and mobile app. This data included the customer's full name, email address, debit\credit card 16 digit number (PAN), expiry ... Read More
British Airways Customer Data Stolen in Website and Mobile App Hack

British Airways Customer Data Stolen in Website and Mobile App Hack

In a statement, British Airways stated: "From 22:58 BST August 21 2018 until 21:45 BST September 5 2018 inclusive, the personal and financial details of customers making bookings on ba.com and the airline’s app were compromised." The airline said they will be notifying affected customers, and if anyone has been ... Read More