Twitter breach caused by Social Engineering
The cause of the recent Twitter breach was social engineering. A type of attack where people are tricked by hackers…
How Phishing Works
You may not realise it, but you are a phishing target at work and at home. You're the most effective…
South Africa’s Postbank Master Key Stolen
The stolen master key was used to "access accounts and make more than 25,000 fraudulent transactions, stealing more than $3.2…
No one is immune to phishing attack
Phishing is real and no one is immune to phishing. One in 61 emails in your inbox now contains a…
User Authentication: 2FA vs MFA
Authentication is the process of establishing that an entity is who they claim to be at a point in time.…
Twitter CEO’s account hacked via SIM-card swap attack
A SIM swap attack involves convincing your mobile phone provider to switch your phone number over to a SIM card…
Capital One Hacked
More than 100 million individuals in the United States and approximately 6 million in Canada were affected in the breach.…
Social media: An imaginary world that exists in the cyber space
Social media is an imaginary world that exists in the “cyber space” where everything seems perfect; a quixotic platform where…
The ABCDs of Staying Safe Online
Service providers won't force you to secure your account because you are the one that will be affected if your…
Secret Keys – the Data Security Nightmare
Secret keys are useless if its confidentiality could not be assured. Ensuring the confidentiality of a secret key is the…
