If You’re Not Experiencing Some Failure, You’re Not Taking Enough Risk
I just came across a really interesting concept, which I’ll call “Living by Umesh”, or, being “Umeshian”–in honor of the source. A blogger by the…
Author: Cybernoz
Hackers Allegedly Leaked 1.59 Million Rows of Indian Insurance Users Sensitive Data
Hackers allegedly claim that a software company based in India was compromised on December 19, 2024, by a hacker identified as @303. The breach exposed…
12 Essential Tips for Messaging App Security and Privacy
In an era where instant messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, iMessage, Viber, and WeChat dominate personal and professional communication, digital privacy and security have…
Cessnock City Council creates CIO role
Cessnock City Council has created a chief information officer role to lead the council’s information technology strategy. In the job posting, the NSW Hunter Valley…
South African telecom provider Cell C disclosed a data breach
South African telecom provider Cell C disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2025 Cell C, one of the biggest telecom…
Ruby: Parsing an IP List to Send to IpInfoDB
The code below does the following: Read a list of IPs Send each line (IP) to the ipinfodb web service Parse the XML result Display…
Tirreno: Open-source fraud prevention platform
Tirreno is an open-source fraud prevention platform designed as a universal analytics tool to monitor online platforms, web applications, SaaS products, digital communities, mobile apps,…
Prospa de-risks loan book by mapping borrower relationships
Prospa, an online lender for small business, has used hackathons and graph database technology to map out complex relationships between directors and entities applying for…
PageRank for People Rather Than URLs
This is an interesting post about how the concept of PageRank for URLs is becoming dated at best, and obsolete at worst. The idea is…
Cyber Attack Targets Military Aid Relief Aircraft in Historic GPS Spoofing Incident
In recent years, we’ve witnessed a range of cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure and both public and private sector entities. These cyber breaches have often disrupted…
The quiet data breach hiding in AI workflows
As AI becomes embedded in daily business workflows, the risk of data exposure increases. Prompt leaks are not rare exceptions. They are a natural outcome…
Focus is the key for successful endpoint protection
Compromised passwords, unpatched vulnerabilities and unauthorised applications can all lead to an endpoint being exploited by threat actors. Peter Soulsby, the Head of Cybersecurity at…