Ian Murphy
Ian has been a journalist, editor and analyst for over 30 years. While technology remains the core focus of Ian's writings he also covers science fiction, children toys, field hockey and progressive rock. As an analyst, Ian is the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Practice Leader for Creative Intellect Consulting Ltd.
A keen hockey goalkeeper, Ian coaches and plays for a number of clubs including Guildford Hockey Club, Alton Hockey Club, Royal Navy, Combined Services, UK Armed Forces and several touring sides. His ambition is to one day represent England. Ian has also been selected to be the goalkeeping coach for Hockey for Heroes, a UK charity supporting the UK Armed Forces.
LATEST NEWS
Vulnerability hits Microsoft MFA
Multifactor Authentication is seen as the solution to weak password-based security. Unfortunately, like any solution, it is just as prone to vulnerabilities as anything...
Oracle punches Rimini Street hard in court
Oracle has issued an almost gleeful announcement after its latest win in its ongoing litigation battle against Rimini Street. In contrast Rimini Street issued...
Partnership to accelerate space exploration through blockchain
Goonhilly Earth Station (Goonhilly), the UK satellite communications and space gateway, has announced it is collaborating with space blockchain technology pioneers, Spacebit. Their intention...
KeyPass is the latest ransomware to hit computers
In the last week security researchers from several companies have reported seeing a new ransomware. It is called KeyPass and, according to Bleeping Computer,...
Talking Cyber Resilience with Felicity March
The risk of a business threatening cyber-attack is ever present today. Ransomware locks up data making it hard for businesses to operate. The impact...
4 million malvertising hits blocked in a single day
Confiant has revealed that on 11 June it blocked the biggest single-day malware redirect ever seen. The attack lasted for more than 7.5 hours...
Do you have sufficient in-house cyber security skills?
Struggling to find staff with cyber security skills? Can't find affordable staff to protect your data? That's not the case for customers of backup...
Duo Security hunts Twitter Bots
There is considerable attention on the problem of fake social media accounts. These accounts are enrolled into botnets that are used to push fake...
Hackers give the Fax a new lease of life
Forgotten about that fax in the corner of the office? Once the ‘must have’ communications device in every office, it has since be usurped...
mPOS devices open to fraud and theft
UPDATED (see bottom of article)
Positive Technologies has published a list of vulnerabilities in mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) technology. The vulnerabilities allow malicious merchants to change...
Ethical hacking jobs outstrip demand
Want a new job? Want one with a big pay packet where a shortage of competition means salaries will stay high for years to...
TradeLens blockchain shipping solution attracts >90 participants
A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) and IBM have announced the creation of TradeLens, a joint development by the two companies. This applies blockchain to...
How to create a signature in Outlook
Outlook has been with us a very long time. Some of the people that I train have been using it for many years. Despite...
Perception Point protects Box, Dropbox, OneDrive and others
Israeli security company, Perception Point, has released anti-malware protection for shared storage drives.
Called Advanced Shared Drive Security, it is targeted at users of OneDrive,...
