Category: Confidentiality Attacks

The ancient world’s biggest security failure: security lessons from the Valley of the Kings

September 20, 2025

Thanks to Mastercard’s long annual leave (we have 25 days!) I took a two week trip to Egypt earlier this month to visit a place I have always wanted to see: the burial tombs of the ancient pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings. As a security engineer, I could not help looking at these…
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WaterHole attack

Watering hole attacks: how APT and cyber criminals infiltrate secure infrastructures

April 2, 2023

My first encounter with the world of cyber-criminals occurred through a watering hole attack campaign many years ago. I visited a Persian website and discovered that it was downloading malware onto visitors’ browsers. I promptly contacted the site administrator, who informed me that they had no technical knowledge of the issue. It became apparent that…
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