2021

Hafnium is out there

Many people thought that the SolarWinds hack couldn't be topped when it hit the news. But truth be told, just when you think things can’t get any worse, there is always another disaster waiting around the corner with the Hafnium attack flashing up red alerts across social media ...

Information security for IoT 101

Haven’t we got more important things to talk about than information security for IoT? Perhaps, but only because IoT has so far largely flown under the radar of many attackers. At least, apart from hacked IP cameras, pacemakers and baby monitors. IoT devices are generally small, ...

ICS under fire: Water treatment plant hacked

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are like a little brother who is slow on the uptake compared to grown-up IT. Although ICS can do almost anything that IT can do, uses the same protocols and is similar...

The end of Emotet

We've all pretty much gotten used to the fact that malware isn’t likely to go away any time soon. Malware only usually makes the headlines these days if it causes substantial damage or is particularly severe. During the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve mostly heard about malware ...

The SolarWinds Hack – Pearl Harbor without planes

As if 2020 wasn’t unpleasant enough, the SolarWinds hack added fuel to the fire right at the end of the year. A – presumably – state-sponsored hacker group managed to break into the product repositories of the software manufacturer SolarWinds...

IT security in 2021: Things can always get worse

Usually this is the spot where we make our forecasts for 2021 based on the latest press releases from IT security providers. But you might have to wait a little longer for that, at least until the second half of this post. Right now, the SolarWinds hack has stolen the show. ...