Author: Hannah Hart

Dating Scams in 2020 Romance scams happen when a fraudster creates a false, manipulative online relationship with a victim Over £68m was lost between August 2019 and August 2020 in the UK due to romance fraud Around 41% of roma…

A honeypot is, essentially, a trap for hackers. By baiting the hacker away from real systems (and wasting their time with dummy files and mimics), the honeypot can glean important information about their origin and methods, as well as …

Clubhouse has made quite the impression in recent months, being as close to a VIP room as many of us can get with COVID lockdowns and quarantine still in effect. But, is the app actually safe? We take a look in this article. [[post-obj…

The party’s purchase of estimated data sets has led to calls for ICO to prohibit unlawful profiling practices The Information Commissioner has confirmed that by collecting data regarding the ethnic backgrounds of 10 million voter…

If you’ve been around on the internet for any amount of time, you’ll be pretty familiar with the process of handing over your email address to sign-up for a new account or app, or to purchase something – but that seemingly innocu…

If you’ve been around on the internet for any amount of time, you’ll be pretty familiar with the process of handing over your email address to sign-up for a new account or app, or to purchase something – but that seemingly …

Chances are if you’re capturing packets and analyzing network traffic, you’re using Wireshark – it’s the world’s leading capture tool, after all. But how exactly does Wireshark it troubleshoot network issues, a…

Ugandan citizens are currently unable to access messenger and social media sites. Uganda’s internet shutdown – initially implemented on January 13 – has been lifted, but social media sites are still inaccessible. As per an order …

Whaling attacks see hackers target senior executives, using social-engineering, in order to trick them into transferring funds or bank details. Whaling is often spoken about in the same breath as phishing – but a whaling scam is typic…

By now, you’ve probably amassed an impressive collection of photos, documents, music and more – and whether they’re personal files or an important part of your job, you’d probably be upset if they went up in a puff of…