November 2020

AWS, which boasts the largest global infrastructure of any cloud provider, had a prolonged service interruption in its US-EAST-1 Region on Wednesday 25th November, taking several hours to resolve. As a result, significant internet disruption was experienced. Unsurprisingly, when a company like AWS has a problem, the internet has a problem. The outage disrupted many […]

Our homes are becoming increasingly full of gadgets, from autonomous hoovers, to smart speakers, light bulbs, alarm clocks and doorbells. Our thirst for automation in the search of convenience has never been stronger. For all the positive benefits that come from these “Internet of Things (IOT)” devices, there is a darker side. The more we

The core IT system which is the backbone of the UK Post Office branches unexplainably went offline earlier this month, on November 5th. The system known as Horizon is the central retail and accounting system for the Post Office. Embarrassingly, Post Office branches across the UK became unable to do business. Post Office workers and

Succinct and to the point, was the statement that Chris Krebs responded to Donald Trump on Twitter, post Trump firing the Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure for the Department of Homeland Security in the US. In typical Trump style, the firing was announced over Twitter, coming after the statement from the director that there was

The Japanese developer, Capcom, who is most well known for making top rated video games including Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Dead Rising and Monster Hunter, has announced it has been compromised by a ransomware attack. Initial reports from the company highlighted an attack earlier in the month, beginning on November 2nd. However in a statement

Isentia, with its headquarters based in Sydney, has reported a significant ransomware attack on its main intelligence and insights service, Mediaportal. Mediaportal is a SAAS service used by both private and public sector customers. Mediaportal is Isentia’s flagship communications platform that provides users with a cloud-based news management system as it happens. The company has informed investors the