The internet has undoubtedly simplified our lives, of course, the reason we use things like Facebook Login is the convenience, both for the site developer and the end user.
The internet has undoubtedly simplified our lives, of course, the reason we use things like Facebook Login is the convenience, both for the site developer and the end user.

What is Social Engineering? Social engineering is a non-technical strategy cyber attackers use that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves tricking people into breaking standard security practices. The success of social engineering techniques depends on attackers’ ability to manipulate victims into performing certain actions or providing confidential information. Today, social engineering is recognized...
Facebook is grappling with another embarrassing data leak with 540 million records found in plain sight on a public Amazon server. Security researchers from UpGuard found Mexico-based digital media company Cultura Colectiva left more than 540 million records — including comments, likes, reactions, account names and more — stored on the Amazon S3 storage server...

CLTRe, a Norwegian security culture research company, recently released its Security Culture Report, which studied more than 10,000 employees across five verticals in two countries within the Nordics to determine how risk and security is understood and actioned. The more than 200-page report, which focuses on “insights into the human factor” and how attributes of security...

There is no question that the web has changed the way we do business and conduct our personal online presence . The power of high speed data calculations and instant communication have enabled incredible developments. The technical landscape has also developed the conditions for advanced means of sabotaging, stealing or otherwise exploiting others’ work. Information...

One of the most common network security solutions is the branch firewall. Branch firewall appliances can pack into a single device a wide range of security capabilities including a stateful or next-generation firewall, anti-virus, URL filtering, and IDS/IPS. But the reality is that most of these edge devices lack the processing power to apply the...

2016 has been a busy year for cyber criminals,with indications that there have been over 500 data breaches and more than 500 million records exposed up to today. This includes the disclosure of 500 million Yahoo accounts, 68 million Dropbox User records and 117 million user emails and password details at LinkedIn. Businesses have moral...

Targeted phishing emails and other online scams are increasing both in number and complexity. With the imminent arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation in May 2018, spotting the warning signs is more imperative than ever – and non-compliance is simply not an option. Criminals are now attempting cyberattacks through many different channels – phone,...

At Insta.Digital we have identified a high number of PHISHING emails purporting to be from the DVLA, in which a very realistic looking email claims that individuals have Failed to Notify of a change of keeper for a vehicle. This is a phishing email, despite the realistic look – there are a few indicators that...

Yahoo has tonight admitted that more than one billion user accounts may have been affected in a hacking attack dating back to 2013. The breach is believed to be separate and distinct from the theft of data from 500 million accounts that Yahoo reported this September. Yahoo was alerted to the massive breach by law enforcement...