October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, and it’s more important than ever for businesses to take steps to protect their data. In this blog post, we’ll cover the basics of cyber security and why it’s so important for your business. We’ll also provide some tips on how you can get started with cyber security awareness month.

On the 22nd September 2022, Australian telecommunications company Optus reported that they had experienced a cyber breach affecting nearly 11 million customers, which may make it the worst cyber attack in Australia’s history. Details of this attack are still emerging, however it has taken a couple of twists in the weeks following the attack, and there are some early indicators as to what occurred. In the News.

This is an event & online exclusive video for you to meet our very own hacker here at Pentest People. In this video, we showcase our very own hacker, exclusively shown at one of our Concorde partner events this year.

As we move further into 2022, the world of web application testing is changing. We are seeing new challenges and opportunities as businesses become more reliant on online applications. In this blog post, we will discuss the latest trends in web application testing and how you can prepare your business for the future.

At the beginning of August, CREST partnered with OWASP to release the OWASP Verification Standard (OVS), which is designed to formalise and expand on OWASP’s existing work on application security and their own security standards, including their Top 10 Project. OWASP has existed since December 2001 and has been supporting penetration testers and developers alike ever since with tens of thousands of participants.

Following on from the previous article we posted regarding cyber security trends, we thought we’d revisit the topic and continue with another set to keep an eye on. The world of cyber security is always evolving and there’s always too much for just one article on the subject.

In a recent article looking at cyber security trends, we highlighted the potential for incidents to occur from supply chain attacks, as well as the prevalence of ransomware across the Internet. No organisation is safe from attack, as illustrated by the NHS 111 attack at the beginning of the month.