Smartphones have shot up the rankings of malware targets over the years – with a 2018 McAfee Mobile Threat Report estimating that total strains of mobile malware increased from around 7.5m in 2015 to a shade over 20m by Q3 2017. This isn’t surprising given that cyber criminals follow the money (or data) like any […]
Author Archives: DSW
July
25
Blue Team Field Manual
posted by DSW
The maxim ‘use it or lose it’ applies as much to the array of operating system commands, scripting languages and toolset peculiarities as it does to the language classes many of us try to recall on vacation each year. If you forget your scan commands as quickly as your Spanish the Blue Team Field Manual […]
April
28
Attenuo RFID Blocking Card
posted by DSW
According to an Internet Crime Report recently released by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), both identity theft and card fraud were ranked among top ten reported crime types. Unfortunately, the harvesting of details from contactless cards and other personal items most of us carry around daily could help tech savvy criminals in achieving […]
April
17
Social Engineer
posted by DSW
It has been joked that only drug dealers and software developers refer to their customers ‘users’. Jesting aside, one of the points behind this quote is humans have often been an afterthought in the design of some systems (most of us can probably think of an infuriating user interface we’ve had to deal with). This […]
January
30
LaCie 6big Thunderbolt 3
posted by DSW
It’s no secret that data is the lifeblood of 21st century business. Whether that business involves video editing, bookkeeping services or web development, few things are more cringeworthy than watching someone lose their high value digital assets. Just ask anyone who has been a victim of ransomware. Larger organisations generally have (or should have) data […]
December
12
ORWL Secure PC
posted by DSW
Imagine this: you get home one day or arrive at the office one morning and your desktop computer is gone – stolen, along with a sizeable chunk of your personal data. The computer and all your other prized gadgets are covered by insurance, but the idea of all your data being taken is enough to […]
October
30
Nest Cam IQ
posted by DSW
Wireless home security cameras are nothing new these days, but the sleekly designed Nest Cam IQ offers some features that stand it apart from some of the other IP-based solutions. People often buy wireless cameras solutions to address one home or business security concern, without realising that they may be introducing another. Some cheaper sets of IP […]
August
28
Cyberphobia
posted by DSW
We are perhaps fast approaching a point where the essentials of a rounded business acumen will include a not insignificant appreciation of cyber security – just like being able to make sense of a set of financial statements or regurgitate the key tenets of Sarbanes-Oxley. Some might say this time is long overdue. Such […]
June
20
ATARA Credit Card Holder
posted by DSW
In our view, two card-carrying problems plague the modern urbanite: having a wallet compact enough that it doesn’t ruin the line of a suit, and secure enough that your card details don’t get harvested by a 21st century pickpocket as you negotiate your way through busy streets. Enter the ATARA RFID Blocking Credit Card Holder. […]
May
29
BlackBerry KEYone
posted by DSW
Do you yearn for a secure smartphone with a tactile, physical keyboard but all the functionality of a premium phablet? If so, you might want to check out the BlackBerry KEYone. We’ve just got hold of one and in a nutshell: it’s awesome. The KEYone is the fourth BlackBerry branded Android smartphone and perhaps combines some […]
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