Articles and Comments By Lewis Jones
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Senate/DHS Find Substantial Fed Agency Cybersec Lapses
August 05 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
Given the data they gather and functions they serve, government agencies face extraordinarily high l...
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Experts Insight On Iranian Hackers Posed As British-based Academic
July 14 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
This attack heavily relied on social engineering, and so, highlights the need for institutions to ed...
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Expert Insight On WildPressure Develops New Malware Toolset
July 08 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
Python-based multi-OS Trojan, which makes use of publicly available third-party code, is engineered...
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Expert Advice On Microsoft "PrintNightmare" Flaw
July 02 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
The new vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-34527 could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code with S...
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CISA Ransomware Assessment Tool Released
July 01 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
This is a positive step from CISA and our government must consider a similar offering for UK busines...
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Expert Commentary: Over a Billion Records Belonging to CVS Health Exposed Online
June 18 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
This is a serious breach of huge amounts of sensitive data. The fact that the database was left pass...
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Klarna Privacy Incident Was 'Self-Inflicted Bug', Experts Weigh In
May 31 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
Whilst Klarna is claiming that only non-sensitive data was compromised, reporting appears to indicat...
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VMware Discloses Severe Vulnerabilities That Need 'Immediate Attention'
May 27 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
VMWare exploits have been extremely popular recently, with sophisticated state-backed groups and int...
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Colonial Pipeline Pays $5 Million Ransom
May 20 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
Getting hit with ransomware does not mean a company has failed, the threat is an unfortunate fact of...
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Experts Insight On US Pipeline Shut After Cyberattack
May 11 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
This attack appears to be one of the most disruptive ransomware attacks ever reported, highlighting...
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Apple Attacked By REvil Ransomware - Response
April 22 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
REvil initially targeted Quanta Computer, one of Apple\'s business partners, who refused to negotiat...
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Why To Codecov Breach? Experts Weigh In
April 21 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
This incident is yet another example of development tools being targeted by attackers to conduct att...
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RAT Targets US Taxpayers - Experts Insight
March 19 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
Threat actors are clearly seizing the opportunity to target taxpayers who will be rushing to complet...
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Experts Reaction On PrismHR Hit By Ransomware Attack
March 04 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
Companies such as PrismHR hold a vast amount of sensitive data so it’s no surprise they are target...
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Comment: Aircraft Manufacturers Bombardier Hit By Ransom Attack
February 25 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
But I changed the Accellion bit in the middle. Does it make sense? “Attackers exploiting known vul...
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Expert Commentary On 30,000 Macs Infected With New Silver Sparrow Malware
February 24 , 2021 by Lewis Jones
This is an interesting development just days after researchers found the first piece of malware targ...
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