What is a man-in-the-middle attack? How MitM attacks work and how to prevent them

MitM attacks are one of the oldest forms of cyber attack. Computer scientists have been looking at ways to prevent threat actors tampering or eavesdropping on communications since the early 1980s. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 13th February 2019
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Airbus suffers security breach with personal information stolen

International aerospace juggernaut Airbus that it suffered a security breach which affected its commercial aircraft business. The breach “resulted in unauthorised access of data”, according to Airbus, which included some personal information that was mostly [contained to] professional contact and IT identification details of some Airbus employees in Europe. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 31st January 2019
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Newcastle school targeted in fees phishing scam

Fee-paying schools were targeted in a cyber attack which accessed parents’ email addresses, it has emerged. Fraudulent emails sent from school accounts offered a 25% discount on fees for paying quickly via the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 21st January 2019
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British man imprisoned for taking Liberia offline in commercial cyber-attack

Hacker-for-hire Daniel Kaye has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison for a campaign of cyber-attacks against a Liberian telecoms company that took the entire country offline. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 15th January 2019
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Cyber resilience lacking due to apathy of UK leaders

Organisations typically need to rethink what they think they already know about cyber security in shaping their future strategies for protecting critical national infrastructure (CNI), according to Mike Gillespie, managing director and co-founder of security consultancy Advent IM. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 29th November 2018
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Holiday Season Attacks Expected to Increase by 60%

‘Tis the season for cyber-scams, according to the new Holiday Threat Report from Carbon Black. The report compared cyber-attack data over the last two years and found that once cyber-attacks spike on Cyber Monday, they will likely remain elevated throughout the holiday season. The holiday season of 2016 saw a 20.5% surge in attempted attacks, […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 27th November 2018
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The newest iteration of the UK Government Marketplace, Digital Outcomes and Specialists Framework will include Advent IM

**Press Release** Media Contact: Ellie Hurst +44 (0) 121 559 6699, bestpractice@advent-im.co.uk Date : 03.10.18 The UK’s leading independent, holistic security consultancy announced on Monday 1st October 2018 that they will be offering their services from the new iteration Digital Outcomes and Specialists Framework 3. This framework is for public bodies and agencies to […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 3rd October 2018
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Mike is in the first edition of The Professional Security Officer Magazine

The first edition of The Professional Security Officer Magazine has been published, this magazine is to help improve the working life for Front Line Security Professionals and create a loud and unified voice for them. Mike Gillespie was delighted to have contributed to this magazine, to read his article ‘Threat Convergence – Gone, but […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 10th September 2018
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Mike Gillespie – The Professional Security Magazine: Threat Convergence – Gone, but not forgotten

Mike Gillespie is discussing threat convergence in the first edition of The Professional Security Officer magazine, read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 10th September 2018
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Mike Gillespie – Security Think Tank: Reduce attacker dwell time with defence in depth

Mike Gillespie in Computer Weekly – Why is reducing cyber attacker dwell time important and how should this be tackled? Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 27th April 2018
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