• by Connor McBean
• General Industry News

Clearview appears to have ignored demands from social media companies to stop taking images from their platforms. Clearview AI has scraped over 10 billion photographs from people’s social media profiles on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other platforms for its controversial facial-recognition tool. Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That told Wired that a larger database of photos means […]

• by Connor McBean
• General

Ofcom has laid out the measures it will require video-sharing platforms to take to better protect users. The VSPs, including TikTok, Snapchat, Vimeo and Twitch, must ensure content related to terrorism, child sexual abuse and racism does not appear. A third of users have seen hateful content on such sites, Ofcom says. And the regulator […]

• by Connor McBean
• General Industry News

According to new intelligence from Cisco Talos, Amnesty International’s branding and profile is being used as part of a new malware campaign that exploits people’s fears of the notorious Pegasus spyware app Threat actors are exploiting the reputation and branding of human rights organisation Amnesty International to target its victims with malware masquerading as an […]

• by Connor McBean
• Advent IM News General

Today is the day we re launched our youtube chanel! The first video is live and this video discusses the ICO and how to avoid becoming a number in the ICO statistics This video is part of our #CyberSecurityAwarenessMonth 8 part short video series to mark Cyber Security Awareness Month 2021 and coincide with our […]

• by Connor McBean
• General

Its been a busy 2 weeks at Advent let us catch you up! We had an amazing 2 days at The Security Event 2021. Day 1 we had Ellie Hurst presenting on Critical National Infrastructure and Ransomware Threats, followed by a panel on Major Projects & Emerging Technologies; Addressing threats with new technologies and legacy infrastructure. Day 2 […]

• by Connor McBean
• General

On average, new employees can access about six million corporate documents on their first day on the job, a new report has claimed, based on an analysis of four billion files across 50 different organizations. Problem is often further compounded by poor active directory hygiene. Read via TechRadar  

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

We have gone full circle and after 17 years, have returned to the place where it all started. In 2004, we moved into our first office space at Cradley Enterprise Centre and in less than twenty years, have gone from one information security man with a laptop, to a respected cyber security consultancy with a […]

• by Connor McBean
• General

After a week off, this week’s weekend wisdom is jam-packed because it’s been a busy week here at Advent. We are delighted to announce that James Morris, MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis, will officially open our office at the Cradley Enterprise Centre, bringing us full circle and back to where it all began after […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

You can now find us on more streaming sites than ever! Our Risk and Business Podcast, including all episodes, are now available on Spotify, Amazon, Google and Apple Podcasts.