Tag: cybercrime
News and information from the Advent IM team.
British spooks expose Russian-based cyber hacking gang masquerading as Iranian crooks after they targeted a UK academic organisation
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
British spooks have exposed a Russian-based cyber hacking gang masquerading as Iranian crooks after they targeted an academic organisation in the UK. Read via Mail Online
Read MoreMike will be speaking at the Executive Security & CP Technology Forum January 31st
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM News
Vehicle hacking and other vehicle cybercrime will be on the menu…
Read MoreJulia’s #Rules to Ransomware Safety
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
From Advent IM Director, Julia McCarron For those of you who read my irregular blogs, you’ll know I have a passion for the TV series NCIS. When I say passion more of an obsession really. So imagine the irony when they air an episode in the UK about Ransomware, in the wake of the world’s […]
Read More2017 Security Predictions from the Advent IM Team
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
At this time of year we like to make security predictions for the year to come. Ho Ho Oh dear… Mike Gillespie – Director I predict – further growth and sophistication in phishing attacks, and as a result of these successful attacks and continuing low quality user awareness and education, an increase in the […]
Read MoreAviva 2nd Data Breach
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Advent IM Security Consultant Del Brazil, gives us his thoughts on the Aviva data breach. For the second time in less than two years Aviva have reported a data breach in which customer data has been released to person(s) unknown. It is unclear at this time as to whether it a procedural issue, a technical misconfiguration […]
Read MoreCRIME OF OUR GENERATION – A Look at the TalkTalk Breach
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
A review from Advent IM Security Consultant, Chris Cope. The TalkTalk hack has left another major UK business reeling from a cyber attack and customers angry as, once again, there is a possibility that sensitive information is now in the public domain. The telecommunications company decided to take its own website offline on Wednesday following […]
Read MoreWatch out for those iPhone/iPad phishing emails
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
For reasons far too dull to expand upon, there were no Apple products in my stocking this year. I have however, had a mountain of email telling me to click through various links in order to re-register my iPad, to download a free app or piece of music, and a variety of other things. Also for […]
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