Peter Flynn

Black, Grey and White Hat Hackers

Different Hackers Wear Different Hats

Six Coloured hats Simply put ‘White Hat Hackers’ are the good guys protecting against the bad guys who are known as ‘Black Hat Hackers’. ‘Grey Hat Hackers’ are somewhere in between not necessarily the bad guys but definitely not trustworthy. ‘Green Hat Hackers’ are in training, Blue Hat Hackers specialise in software. One more group […]

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Cyber Security

What is Cybersecurity and How Does It Affect Your Life?

The real impact For the most part issues with Cybersecurity don’t affect your everyday life. There is the odd time it may mean that you can’t withdraw money from your bank whilst the problem is rectified. Just over a year ago flights were affected by baggage handling software at Heathrow Airport being hacked https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3drpgv33pxo. Most

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Cyber Security

One Billion Cyber Attacks on The UK

That’s right Almost one billion early-stage cyber-attacks have been prevented in the past year in the UK thanks to a recent service deployed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The results were announced by British Security Minister, Dan Jarvis, during the Financial Times’ Cyber Resilience Summit: Europe, held in London on 3rd December. The

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