No Because It’s Friday reveals in the title this week – just something found funny: xkcd: Towed Message Smart Thinking will be taking a break for Easter – except if a major cyber security story breaks and especially if that story impacts you. Have a great Easter break – I …
Fast encryption ransomware
Researchers have discovered a new strain of ransomware malware, they have named Rorschach, which has a very fast encryption engine. New Rorschach ransomware is the fastest encryptor seen so far (bleepingcomputer.com) This makes having a well trained team, who know exactly what to do if they even suspect they may …
Patches are not always available for critical flaws
I write a lot about patches being one of the most important steps in any cyber security plan – a quick search for “patches” on this site will show you how important they are. However you also need more in your cyber security plan than simply software patching as vendors …
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Now think about the children… TikTok
TikTok has been in the news lately as governments and organisations around the world ban the app from official devices over security concerns and TikTok sharing information with the Chinese Government. Is TikTok a security risk? – Smart Thinking Solutions The cyber security risks of TikTok are complex, but organisations …
I just love this cyber security story…
This is all just academic research (at the moment) but here is a story about exploiting the range of voice assistants, Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa and Cortana, using voice commands, issued from one device, that are inaudible to the human owners, but can activate another device. To do what? Here …
