Brutally Honest Security

This week on Brutally Honest Security, host Eric Taylor flags a timely and critical risk: the surge in holiday-season scams.As festive shopping, deliveries, and goodwill ramp up, so do scams targeting unsuspecting shoppers, families, and well-meaning gift-givers.Topics covered:🎯 The most common holiday scams - from fake retail sites and spoofed delivery notices to phishing & smishing, fake charities, and “too-good-to-be-true” deals - help your friends and family to stay safe this

In Episode 4 of Brutally Honest Security, host Eric Taylor takes aim at one of the most revealing cyber-incidents of the year: the Information Commissioner’s Office’s £14 million penalty against Capita plc and subsidiary CPSL following a breach that exposed 6.6 million individuals and almost one terabyte of data.  You’ll hear: • 📉 How an infected file on a single device triggered an attacker from infiltration to lateral movement — and why a 58-hour delay in response turned a manageable

Eric Taylor slices through the week’s noise in Brutally Honest Security — no spin, only sharp, actionable insight.This episode covers the crucial headlines every security pro should know:🔧 Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday: a record-scale release — 172 vulnerabilities patched, including multiple zero-days — and why patch prioritization matters now more than ever. https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/patch-tuesday-analysis-october-2025 🐙 Qilin’s hybrid attack: a new play combining Linux

In this episode of Brutally Honest Security, Eric Taylor tears into the week’s most critical and pulse-raising cybersecurity developments — no fluff, just facts and blunt insight.Episode Headlines & Links:👉 How the newly rebranded Department of War is replacing legacy frameworks with its Cybersecurity Risk Management Construct (CSRMC) - shifting to continuous, automated real-time defense.

When it comes to cybersecurity, sugarcoating is not an option. Brutally Honest Security cuts through the noise with raw, unfiltered insights from Eric Taylor — a seasoned digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) expert known for his “no-holds-barred” style.Each episode dives straight into the heart of information security:🔥 Ransomware updates & evolving trends📧 Business Email Compromise (BEC) and phishing🛠 Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR)🌑 Threat actor activity