CD Projekt Red

CD Projekt Red Hacked

Popular video game developer company CD Projekt Red has announced that they have fallen victim to a very serious ransomware attack. CD Projekt Red are a very well respected Polish game development company who have recently released one of the most anticipated games of the last decade; Cyberpunk 2077. The company have also developed the[…]

tik tok

Tik Tok Bug

Last week a now patched security bug was found in the popular social media platform Tik Tok. This bug could have enabled hackers to build a database of users and their associated phone numbers. This flaw only affected users who linked their mobile phone number with their Tik Tok account or if they logged in[…]

Cyber Security

How to build cyber security resilience in 2021

A 2020 recap on cyber security and how to build resilience in 2021 2020 was a difficult and unprecedented year that affected families, individuals, and businesses in multiple ways in all corners of the world. Due to the coronavirus, businesses and their employees had to adapt to remote working or spending more time at home.[…]

Job

Job Scams

Job scams have seen a 300% rise in the last two years according to ActionFraud. This has resulted in over 700,000 jobseekers losing upwards of £500,000 through these scams. These job scams are being carried out by scammers creating fake job advertisements and web pages where they aim to steal personal information and money. Unfortunately,[…]

bugs

Critical Android Bugs

Google’s January Android Security bulletin has addressed 43  critical software bugs that have been affecting Android handsets including big brands such as Samsung. Within the 43 bugs, Google has fixed 2 critical bugs that affected all android devices. These critical bugs allowed remote hackers to execute arbitrary code. Among these critical flaws included a remote[…]

SolarWinds

SolarWinds Hacked

The US Treasury and Commerce issued a warning to employees to disconnect from SolarWinds Orion products. Major software provider SolarWinds confirmed themselves that they had been targeted by a highly sophisticated cyber-attack. This has led to US companies and government networks being infected. The manual attack is believed to have been conducted by an outside nation[…]

Subway

Subway Hacked

A few weeks ago, customers of one the UK’s top fast-food brands, Subway, took to social media to complain about suspicious emails they have been receiving from them. Users have stated they have received an email from the fast-food chain which claims to be an order confirmation email. Links within these emails have been reported[…]