The Greater Manchester Cyber Foundry includes expertise and knowledge from Academics, Professors and Lecturers from four universities. The technical team are heavily involved in the delivery of our programme and you will find some of their writings, findings, articles and insights here.
Counterfeit Products. Protecting your business from imitation hardware As the costs of research and development rise, innovative hardware devices that reflect these increased expenses are being targeted by counterfeit criminals. …
Advanced Persistent Threats – What are they and do they really exist? The use of the term Advanced Persistent Threat has been on the rise lately, as more evidence is …
Social Engineering; Hacking the Human We live in a digital age where technology is continually improving. Whilst cybersecurity is constantly evolving to combat cybercriminals, human psychology remains relatively unchanged. Social …
Logging: What is it and why is it important? Log files are highly valuable data sets which are frequently used by software developers and engineers to understand what has gone …
Formjacking: What is it and how does it work? Formjacking is a relatively new technique which cybercriminals are using to exploit and steal potentially sensitive information from commercial websites. Formjacking …
8 Cyber innovation predictions for 2020 2019 was an eventful year and the end of an eventful decade for cyber innovations. We predict that the next decade will bring even …
Blockchain: Cutting Through the Hype With all the talk surrounding Blockchain and Bitcoin it is often hard to spot the hype from the reality. With every new technology there is …
The GMCF (Greater Manchester Cyber Foundry) explained… The Greater Manchester Cyber Foundry (GMCF) offers the opportunity for small to medium enterprises to explore the development of new digital products and …