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Articles and Comments By Brian Higgins

Expert Commentary
Another Healthcare Organisation Hit By Suspected Ransomware, Experts Weigh In
October 06 , 2022 by Brian Higgins
Healthcare is a favourite sector for a cyber attack, because the fear, uncertainty and doubt felt by...
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Is Uber's 'Security Incident' Just A Smoke Screen? Experts Weigh In
September 20 , 2022 by Brian Higgins
Initial information, none of which comes from Uber, would indicate that this is a serious breach and...
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Experts Insight On Holiday Inn Hack
September 07 , 2022 by Brian Higgins
Hospitality platforms are always a firm target for Cyber attacks because they own all kinds of lucra...
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Wiltshire Farm Foods Cyberattack
June 28 , 2022 by Brian Higgins
"It’s refreshing to see an honest declaration like this from a victim of cybercrime instead of the...
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FBI Warning On Ransomware Attacks Against The Agriculture Sector
April 24 , 2022 by Brian Higgins
Farmers and food production have been on the cyber criminal radar for some time now. The UK National...
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Apple And Meta Shared Data With Hackers - Experts Reactioins
April 01 , 2022 by Brian Higgins
Emergency data requests from law enforcement are often vital in live ‘crime in action’ and vulne...
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Metaverse App Allows Kids Into Virtual Strip Clubs, Experts Advice
February 24 , 2022 by Brian Higgins
Unfortunately this is just one of the plentiful ways in which children are able to access inappropri...
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Gov Tighten Online Safety Laws
February 09 , 2022 by Brian Higgins
The Online Safety Bill is certainly more impactful in its language and intention than anything that...
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Red Cross Hack Leaks Data Of 515,000 Vulnerable People
January 20 , 2022 by Brian Higgins
Egregious attacks such as this are unfortunately becoming an occupational hazard for charity and rel...
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VoIP Services Experience “Unprecedented" Cyber-attack In UK
October 28 , 2021 by Brian Higgins
It’s very naive to dismiss DDoS as an unsophisticated attack vector. Like most criminal methodolog...
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Expert On Revealed: Leak Uncovers Global Abuse Of Cyber-surveillance Weapon
July 19 , 2021 by Brian Higgins
Pegasus has been around for some time now and there have been a number of stories related to abuses...
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Experts Insight On Iranian Hackers Posed As British-based Academic
July 13 , 2021 by Brian Higgins
It’s unusual but not unheard of for malicious actors to contact individuals as part of their attac...
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Experts Reaction On Home Office Tests Web-Spying Powers With Help Of UK Internet Firms
March 12 , 2021 by Brian Higgins
UK Law enforcement agencies and other authorities have long been able to legally request Communicat...
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Cybersecurity Expert Insight: SITA Data Breach
March 10 , 2021 by Brian Higgins
Thankfully the perpetrators of this breach don’t seem to have accessed any personal data other tha...
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Hacker Breached Florida Treatment Plant To Poison The Water Supply
February 09 , 2021 by Brian Higgins
A similar attack was reported by Verizon in 2016. Back then it was a water filtration plant in Syria...
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Cyber Criminals Left Stolen Phishing Credentials Exposed To Google Searches
January 22 , 2021 by Brian Higgins
There are many local and national schemes which have been implemented to try and provide devices for...
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More Than 45 Million Medical Images Openly Accessible Online
December 16 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
The Cyber criminal spotlight has fallen quite firmly on the global Health and Social Care sector in...
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Expert Reaction On News: Among Us App Used To Distribute Malware
November 28 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
Trending, multi-platform games are a goldmine for Cyber criminal organisations, especially those mor...
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Ransomware Gang Hacks Facebook Account To Run Extortion Ads - Expert Comments
November 12 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
I’m not surprised to see activity like this from Ragnar Locker and would expect more of the same f...
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Experts On News: Cyber Attack On Nando's Customers
October 26 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
This type of fraud is becoming far more common during the various stages of lockdown across the coun...
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Cybersecurity Experts Reacted On Hackney Council Cyber Attack
October 14 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
Any attack on Public Services, especially during what is shaping up to be a COVID second wave, is pa...
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Expert On News That Welsh Coronavirus Patient Details Leaked Online
September 16 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
Despite the unfortunate nature of this event and the obvious worry and the potential harm it will un...
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Funding boost to help healthcare suppliers improve cyber security: Expert Commentary
September 10 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
This is very welcome news from the Minister and the NCSC. As we navigate our way through the COVID p...
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Jack Daniel’s-Maker Suffers Ransomware Breach - Expert Comments
August 18 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
It sounds like Brown-Forman have managed to avoid the full brunt of this attack and the integrity of...
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Experts Reaction Om OkCupid App & Web Security Flaws Discovered
July 30 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
This story is rather alarmist as the vulnerabilities described have been fixed by OkCupid. In fact,...
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Experts On The News: Tesco ‘Free 4K TV’ Phishing Scam Targets UK Shoppers
July 21 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
This is a bog-standard opportunistic cybercrime. It should ring alarm bells immediately, even if peo...
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Expert Advise on Zoom Zero Day Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Target Windows 7 PCs
July 13 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft and users don’t receive any security updates. I’m...
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Babylon Online GP Service Suffers Data Breach
June 10 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
The NHS operate their own App Store and any platforms offered by NHS services including GPS etc. are...
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Experts On San Francisco Retirement Program Suffers Data Breach
June 04 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
This incident highlights the vital importance of data ownership and supply chain security. An organ...
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Warwick University Hides Hack From Students And Staff - Experts Comments
April 29 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
This is a very alarming set of circumstances. Insider Threat has long been one of the most dangerous...
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Experts Insight On News: Virgin Media Data Breach Affects 900,000 People
March 06 , 2020 by Brian Higgins
The moment a breach like this is made public is the most dangerous time for any customers of the bus...
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LifeLabs Reveals Data Breach, Pays Ransom To Secure Personal Info Of 15M People
December 18 , 2019 by Brian Higgins
This appears to be a successful extortion attack upon LifeLabs given that they have paid their crimi...
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Security And Privacy Experts On Controversial Court Ruling Allows Police To Plunder DNA Database For Investigations
November 08 , 2019 by Brian Higgins
It might be reassuring for those using similar services in the UK to know that it would be highly un...
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BBC News Launches 'Dark Web' Tor Mirror
October 25 , 2019 by Brian Higgins
It’s a nice idea but will have limited impact on accessibility in the jurisdictions where it is de...