Davey Winder
With four decades of experience, Davey is one of the UK's most respected cybersecurity writers and a contributing editor to PC Pro magazine. He is also a senior contributor at Forbes. You can find him at TechFinitive covering all things cybersecurity.
State-sponsored attackers backdoor Cisco firewalls to hack into government networks
Cisco has revealed that hackers used zero-day vulnerabilities to gain access to government networks - but we don't yet know who exactly was behind the attacks
UK police bust worldwide million-dollar crime-as-a-service hub LabHost
Davey Winder provides details of the LabHost bust by British police in partnership with Microsoft and others - and explains LabHost's modus operandi
Is INC ransomware group’s Leicester attack motivated by damage rather than money?Â
Now that Leicester City Council has finally confirmed that it was hit by a ransomware attack, with INC claiming responsibility, we explore the motives of the group and the attack's consequences.
Double-whammy of Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities mean all users must take immediate action
Microsoft has shared a double-whammy of Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities, one of which is new and the other a not-so-golden oldie.
UK government’s “scarcely believable” cybersecurity survey makes grim reading for all sizes of business
British businesses need to wake up, shouts Davey Winder. Due to a lack of board engagement, they are leaving themselves wide open to cyberattacks.
UK Government using an “ostrich strategy” against ransomware, says National Security Committee
The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has accused the UK Government of having an "ostrich strategy" on ransomware
That’ll do nicely: Hackers help themselves to American Express credit card data
The chief privacy officer at American Express has warned AMEX cardholders that key information - including the account number, name and expiration date - may have been compromised
Researchers reveal cloud identity has a nasty Silver SAML lining for SolarWinds users
Security researchers warn that a new compromise methodology could hit SolarWinds users - especially if they followed mitigation advice following 2020's Golden SAML attacks.
The X-Force Files: report says security fundamentals, not AI attacks, dominate the threat landscape
IBM's X-Force report reveals organisations' weak points, how AI is helping to enhance phishing attacks and what can be done to fight back
LockBit down but far from out
Don't believe the reports, says Davey Winder. While LockBit may have suffered some nasty blows, it will likely survive - even if it does so under a different name