Why cyber security is the ultimate team sport
In today’s digital battlefield, cyber attacks aren’t just increasing in frequency—they’re evolving at an alarming rate. As a cyber security leader, you’re not just fighting off threats; you’re racing against time, budget constraints, and the ever-expanding attack surface of your organisation. The harsh reality? Traditional, siloed approaches to cyber security are falling short. Consider this: […]
Critical F5 BIG-IP bug
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the F5’s BIG-IP network software (BIG-IP iControl REST) authentication. Disclosed last week, the bug affects multiple versions of the network management software, which is being tracked as CVE-2022-1388. Patch ASAP! Although CVE-2022-1388 is a proof-of-concept (PoC), there is still a high chance that this vulnerability could expose thousands of users to a remote […]
Five Eyes Warn of Russian Cyber Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure
The cybersecurity agencies of the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand – which together form the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance – released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) warning organisations that Russia may be targeting Critical Infrastructure within Ukraine and beyond her borders. There has been “an increased malicious cyber activity from Russian state-sponsored […]
To survive in the age of advanced cyber threats, leadership and collaboration are key
In this blog, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Board for ITC US and Former Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff for Presidents Bush and Obama, looks #BEYOND the now in cyber security, at the importance of leadership and the need for collaboration to tackle the speed of change. When I was in uniform, […]
Russia-Ukraine Malicious Cyber Activity
The Ukrainian government confirmed yesterday afternoon that another large-scale cyber attack is taking place; this is less than a week since websites were last targeted in a similar attack. “We’ve not seen something [like this] that’s taken it to a completely different level,” an official told the BBC. This large-scale cyber attack preceded Russia’s invasion […]
Russia-Ukraine Tensions Escalate
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is encouraging increased cyber security awareness in a new “Shields Up” advisory released last week as tensions escalate between Ukraine and Russia. Russia has threatened new invasions against Ukraine as an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014. The cyber security implications of these threats have already been […]