Blog
149 - The dark side of ransomware
Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun!
148 - Reading for fun and profit
It's a short newsletter this week because I've pulled together some absolutely amazing long reads for you, as well as a couple of typical news features.
147 - New platforms need new practices
As we move towards new platforms, we have to accept that currently accepted “best practice” is no longer suited.
146 - What even is a data breach?
Endless headlines about data breaches come and go every month, but I'm not sure that we're always using the words appropriately.
145 - Securing the software supply chain is going to take hard work
Now that the US has sanctioned a selection of Russian Intelligence associated individuals and organisations, we can all relax and let the whole SolarWinds thing blow over right?
144 - People are at the heart of security
The famous joke goes that the only secure computer system is one that is powered off, and preferably in a sealed box buried in a hole in the ground.
143 - A good process badly fitted is a bad process
The solarwinds hack has demonstrated just how vulnerable our software supply chain is.
142 - Is malware a weapon?
Cybersecurity has a strong militaristic tonality to it. We talk about attacks, weapons, actors, all with the cyber prefix of course.
141 - Developing cyber skills in a global world
I often try to steer away from geopolitics on here for a whole bunch of reasons, but primarily because I'm at best an armchair watcher who reads a lot, rather than an educated commentator.
140 - Patching isn’t as simple as all that
I thought that all the kerfuffle over HAFNIUM and Microsoft exchange patching would be mostly over by now, and it turns out I was wrong.
139 - APTs, Why does it always have to be APTs?
Channeling my inner Indiana Jones, but why is it always APTs?
138 - Cyberarms is a technical topic
Pelroths book looks really interesting. I'm just starting Sandworm by Andy Greenberg, but I can see that Pelroth's This is how they tell me the world ends is going to have to go on my list. Despite the criticisms, I think it's an interesting looking reading none the less.