Nick Thomas
YouTube Security Warning as “Massive” Hack Attack Confirmed
High-profile YouTubers also known as “influencers” have been targeted by cybercriminals using deceptive and targeted phishing emails over...
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Nick Thomas
- Oct 31, 2019
- 3 min
Sextortion - Can we avoid it?
Sextortion is a type of online phishing that is targeting people around the world and preying on digital-age fears. With Aquilai we are...
Nick Thomas
- Oct 30, 2019
- 2 min
New Phishing Attack Targets Bank Customers
A new phishing scam is emerging to trick consumers into handing over their sensitive financial details, according to Which? Cyber...
Nick Thomas
- Oct 29, 2019
- 5 min
Scams Training Is Not The Answer In The World Of Phishing
Phishing is acknowledged as the foremost threat in cyber security and so, quite rightly, organisations want to protect themselves against...
Nick Thomas
- Mar 1, 2019
- 4 min
Why Spear Phishing Campaigns Against UK Universities Are Fruitful For State Actors
The UK’s NCSC has recently warned that hackers and state sponsored cyber actors have stepped up their attacks against the world’s leading...
Nick Thomas
- Feb 7, 2019
- 5 min
SME’s Can Have Enterprise Class Solutions.
One of the constant complaints heard in cyber security is that most security solutions are built for the Enterprise, with very little...
Nick Thomas
- Feb 6, 2019
- 2 min
Are phishing stats real?
Everywhere you turn on the Internet, you can find cyber security statistics – and they’re all very scary. I figured I’d pen a few quick...
Nick Thomas
- Jan 30, 2019
- 3 min
Successful Phishing Campaigns On Office 365 Users In 2018
Cyber criminals are persistent if nothing else. Every time one of their deceptions gets discovered, they launch a new one to bypass...
Nick Thomas
- Jan 24, 2019
- 6 min
Cordery share their take on French Data Protection Authority fining Google €50m for violations
Introduction Yesterday’s €50m GDPR fine from the French Data Protection Authority shows that GDPR isn’t just about data security. The...
Nick Thomas
- Jan 15, 2019
- 3 min
BEC – why the fuss?
BEC is perhaps the latest, or maybe hottest, security scare acronym – Business Email Compromise. It’s a catchall term which reflects the...
Nick Thomas
- Jan 14, 2019
- 4 min
Can Artificial Intelligence Help People From Being Phished?
Security is a complex, sociotechnical system. It’s an interaction between technology, process and people. In the early days of...
Nick Thomas
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
January 2019 Patch Tuesday – 47 Vulns, 7 Critical, Adobe Vulns
This month’s Patch Tuesday is medium in size, with 47 vulns covered and only 7 labeled as Critical. Twenty-six of the vulns apply to...
Nick Thomas
- Dec 12, 2018
- 3 min
Application Vulnerability Management Requires a Risk-based Approach
Application security teams face unique and often daunting challenges. It’s their job to protect the organization from application...
Nick Thomas
- Dec 11, 2018
- 1 min
December 2018 Patch Tuesday – 39 Vulns, Workstation Patches, Adobe Vulns
This month’s Patch Tuesday addresses 39 vulnerabilities, with 9 of them labeled as Critical. Out of the Criticals, most are...
Nick Thomas
- Dec 3, 2018
- 2 min
Leaders – 10 quick tips for your email security
For more than four years, IDECSI has built a solid reputation by protecting email and Office 365 accounts for executives and employees of...
Nick Thomas
- Nov 13, 2018
- 2 min
November 2018 Patch Tuesday – 62 Vulns, TFTP Server RCE, Adobe PoC
This month’s Patch Tuesday addresses 62 vulnerabilities, with 12 of them labeled as Critical. Out of the Criticals, 8 are for the Chakra...
Nick Thomas
- Nov 13, 2018
- 2 min
Who Would Steal from a Charity? Cybercriminals
I’ve been around technology in the professional sense for about 20 years. As a wee nipper I wrote my first program on my tape drive...
Nick Thomas
- Oct 9, 2018
- 1 min
October 2018 Patch Tuesday – 49 Vulns, Critical browser patches, Hyper-V, Adobe vulns
In this month’s Patch Tuesday release there are 49 vulnerabilities patched with 12 Criticals. Out of the criticals, over half are...
Nick Thomas
- Sep 29, 2018
- 1 min
Join us at the Qualys Security Conference.
We wouldn't miss this great opportunity to learn about the latest and greatest developments in the Qualys suite of services and we hope...
Nick Thomas
- Sep 13, 2018
- 2 min
Breach detection - do you have what it takes?
Is your detection and response technology 100% accurate, 100% of the time? If not, it’s time to turn the table on attackers! For no...
Nick Thomas
- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
September 2018 Patch Tuesday – 61 Vulns, FragmentSmack, Hyper-V Escape
In this month’s Patch Tuesday release there are 61 vulnerabilities patched with 17 Criticals. Out of the criticals, most are...
Nick Thomas
- Aug 16, 2018
- 2 min
Assessing the Security Configurations of Your IT Systems to streamline GDPR Compliance.
With Qualys Policy Compliance (PC), organisations can validate and track access to the files and databases on the systems involved in the...
Nick Thomas
- Aug 15, 2018
- 2 min
August Patch Tuesday – 63 Vulns, L1TF (Foreshadow), Exchange, SQL, Active Attacks on IE flaw
In this month’s Patch Tuesday release there are 63 vulnerabilities patched with 20 Criticals. Out of the criticals, over half are...
Nick Thomas
- Aug 14, 2018
- 2 min
Streamlining GDPR compliance with Security Assessment Questionnaire
Cyber Business Support helps organisations find and implement ways to reduce the burden of achieving and maintaining compliance to...
Nick Thomas
- Jul 27, 2018
- 1 min
Talk about GDPR challenges with the Cyber Business Support team.
The ISSA UK Chapter hold their next meeting on September 27th, 2018 and the Cyber Business Support team will be present to talk with...
Nick Thomas
- Jul 16, 2018
- 1 min
Take an insight to our services
Cyber Business Support are recognised leaders in the provision of technology and services to help solve the security and / or compliance...
Nick Thomas
- Jul 10, 2018
- 1 min
July Patch Tuesday – Critical browser patches, Lazy FP, Exchange, Adobe vulns
This month’s Patch Tuesday is medium in weight, with 54 CVEs containing 17 Criticals. All but two of the Critical vulnerabilities are in...
Nick Thomas
- Jun 13, 2018
- 1 min
"All aboard" Join the team on deck of HQS Wellington
The Cyber Business Support team will be supporting the UK Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) on 5th July...
Nick Thomas
- Jun 12, 2018
- 1 min
June Patch Tuesday – New Speculative Store Bypass Fixes, Adobe Vulns
June’s Patch Tuesday is lighter weight compared to previous months. In all, 51 unique CVEs are addressed, with 11 CVEs marked as...
Nick Thomas
- May 24, 2018
- 1 min
Learn why Ofgem chose Qualys to meet their security and compliance needs.
In the case of Ofgem, Qualys had developed and deployed a suite of security solutions with the assistance of specialists at Cyber...
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