Third party assurance
Third parties can provide an invaluable resource and service for your organisation. But how far should you go when validating a third party supplier? What does the third party need to be validated against? How can you be confident that the validation process is effective? Is the validating process detrimental to the aspirations and requirements […]
Technical Advisory: Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution through Multiple Vulnerabilities in Virgin Media Hub 3.0
Vendor: Virgin MediaVendor URL: https://www.virginmedia.com/Versions affected: products before Aug 2018 rollout / 9.1.116V and 9.1.885JSystems Affected: Hub 3.0Author: Balazs Bucsay (@xoreipeip)Advisory URL / CVE Identifier: NoneRisk: Critical Summary Multiple security vulnerabilities were found in the device’s firmware that could be chained and led to unauthenticated remote command execution. Location Multiple parts of the firmware including […]
How to protect yourself & your organisation from phishing attacks
With one click, his entire business was in the hands of someone else. Sensitive company information, bank account details, social media profiles, various other usernames and passwords. All stolen by a cyber criminal in a convincing phishing attempt. The email he’d received looked legitimate. It was just a simple request to log in to a […]
General Data Protection Regulation: Knowing your data
“GDPR is about giving people back control of their personal data.” The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force across all member states, including the UK, on 25 May 2018. It will provide a common baseline for data protection across all of the member states and its consistent approach and requirements will benefit organisations with operations in multiple […]
Elephant in the Boardroom Survey 2016
UK plc wants tougher cyber regulation and more punishment for failings 71% of UK board directors want companies to be penalised for failing to meet basic cyber security requirements, according to new research from global cyber security and risk mitigation expert NCC Group. In what appears to be a sea change in business opinion, over […]
How will GDPR impact your communications?
We’ve published a short eBook about the potential impact General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may have on your marketing activity. Regardless of when or how the various negotiations develop with the EU, the UK’s data protection standards will have to be equivalent to the EU’s GDPR. The eBook is designed to provide a brief overview […]