
Connor Jones
Connor Jones has been at the forefront of global cyber security news coverage for the past few years, breaking developments on major stories such as LockBit’s ransomware attack on Royal Mail International, and many others. He has also made sporadic appearances on the ITPro Podcast discussing topics from home desk setups all the way to hacking systems using prosthetic limbs.
Connor has previously written for the likes of Red Bull Esports and UNILAD, before a lengthy stint at ITPro. He has a master’s degree in Magazine Journalism from one of the UK’s leading journalism departments at the University of Sheffield, as well as an undergraduate degree in English Language from Sheffield Hallam University.
When he’s not hitting the phones trying to squeeze stories out of sources and press offices, in his free time Connor studies software development, is a keen cook, and enjoys leading an active life through cycling, hiking, racket sports, and weightlifting.
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Security BSides commits to greater conference diversity after speaker backlash
News A surprise booking of a divisive social engineer prompted a number of cyber security experts to pull out of BSides Cleveland
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Cloudflare fixes outage that knocked major web services offline
News Online services such as Nord VPN, Shopify, and Steam were all inaccessible by users in most regions
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Cisco claims it's solved 'broken' hybrid work model
Analysis Networking giant flexes muscles at Las Vegas with slate of product launches as it insists recent troubles are in the rearview mirror - our Cisco Live 2022 view from the airport
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Microsoft reportedly blocks Russian Windows 10 and Windows 11 downloads
News Local media report issues from inside Russia but the company has yet to confirm if it was a deliberate move or merely an error
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WAN Insights is Cisco’s first foray into predictive network intelligence
News The company has worked on the technology for years but WAN Insights is the first product that has been made available to businesses
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Cisco unveils new ‘intelligent’ approach to networking with brace of product launches
News Cloud Management for Cisco Catalyst and Cisco Nexus both aim to bring deeper insights and ease the burden of IT teams
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Deepfake attacks expected to be next major threat to businesses
News Cisco’s cyber security experts agreed that social norms may also become “super weird” as a result
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Businesses need to be more aggressive with their cyber security, Cisco warns
News Government warnings of Ukraine-Russia cyber war spillover must be heeded in order to stay safe
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Palermo ransomware attack: Vice Society claims responsibility as city details recovery strategy
News The Italian municipality is attempting to defy attackers by restoring its systems from backups
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Cisco must prevent its blip from becoming a full-blown crisis
Opinion Supply chain woes have hampered the networking giant’s recent fortunes, but Cisco Live 2022 gives it the opportunity to prove doubters wrong
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Microsoft overhauls staff contracts, abandons 'non-compete clauses' to comply with state laws
News The tech giant will also no longer invoke non-disclosure agreements and will publish salary ranges on all job listings
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Kali Linux creators announce free cyber security sessions delivered live on Twitch
News The brand-new initiative is aimed at reaching more aspiring certified pen-testers through twice-weekly livestreamed lessons
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Apple faces a catch-22 decision with iPhones and USB-C
Analysis The EU's decision to mandate USB-C across all electronics means Apple must either eat its words or anger its loyal customers once again
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Double extortion ransomware pushes average payments close to $1 million
News As the average payment approaches the landmark figure, experts reflect on times when the going rate was just $500
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Cyber criminals are spending longer inside business' networks after the initial breach
News Cyber attackers' dwell time is up 36% thanks to initial access brokers and repeat exploitation of Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities, according to Sophos
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Apple overhauls SwiftUI navigation and brings a score of new features to developers at WWDC 2022
News Xcode also receives performance improvements and additional functionality, while Xcode Cloud is finally launched too
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Exploitation of Atlassian Confluence zero-day surges fifteen-fold in 24 hours
News The zero-day code execution vulnerability was discovered last week and cyber attackers are already capitalising on the proof-of-concept code
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Fairphone 4 Review: A modular phone for a wasteful world
Reviews The latest Fairphone is still the statement fashion piece to show your eco-friendliness, but better performance can be found elsewhere for a cheaper price
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State-sponsored hackers delay new Microsoft Exchange Server by four years
News Hafnium's devastating zero-day exploit chain in 2021 forced Microsoft to improve the security of current versions instead of releasing the new one on schedule
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GitHub Enterprise Server 3.5 is equipped with a horde of new security protections
News Admins are also given more controls to ensure the smooth running of servers, be it on-prem or in the cloud
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Chinese hackers exploit Microsoft zero-day as list of vulnerable Office products grows
News Microsoft has published a support guide and temporary workarounds for IT admins to mitigate the threat
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Russian Killnet cyber attacks begin on Italian-linked businesses
News Italy's cyber security authority issued a warning to all public and private sector organisations with links to the country to prepare for an increased number of cyber attacks from the pro-Russian hackers
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Fresh Microsoft Office zero-day executes code on fully patched applications
News Malicious documents saved in Rich Text Format are especially concerning since they can execute code without even being opened
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What is Azure Database for PostgreSQL?
In-depth We look at Microsoft's cloud implementation of the open source database
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