On June 6th, 2012, LinkedIn responded to a seemingly harmless data breach that had occurred the day before. It appeared as though Russian hackers had stolen over 6 million encrypted passwords. That sounds like bad news until you learn that they didn’t appear to have stolen the corresponding email addresses. …

Cyber security instils images of Matrix-like hackers, trying to gain access to protected systems, while organisations are trying to prevent them. It looks very stylised and appears overly complex, but the same type of methodology of protecting anything really applies to cybersecurity as well. You Need to Know What to Protect You can’t even begin setting up…

In June 2018, a threat intelligence analyst from Vertek Corporation unearthed a huge database. It contained 43 million email addresses. The analyst discovered the leak on a server of what’s known as the Trik spam botnet. A botnet is a network of computers that contain viruses and are controlled remotely…

In the digital age, it’s pretty hard to keep up with the many devices that we use daily. Most companies have embraced the digital push, yet, they fail to put the best practices to protect these assets. …

Over the last two months, four businesses have approached me for support in managing their security breaches. In each case, common themes have prevailed: Each company had a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or other individuals with ownership of information security. Each security breach was not spotted until clients reported…

Countless businesses use CIS Security Controls as their security framework, and here at Fresh Security, we’re one of them. The Center for Internet Security (CIS) is a non-profit dedicated to internet security. …

2020 was when the world went remote, and since then, there has been no looking back. With more and more businesses relying on the internet for their daily activities, data breaches have risen due to inadequate measures. During that time, it has been estimated that the average cost of data…

In 2021, if you’re running a business or project on any scale, your security efforts can only be effective if they are systematic and carefully controlled. Following a cyber security framework won’t just protect sensitive customer information. …

On a sunny Thursday morning in late 2008, I was sat in a top floor office overlooking Canary Wharf in London’s Docklands. How? What was this? Staring at a screen of characters, it looked like noise. Like a 2-year-old had randomly been pressing keys on the keyboard. I was staring…