I know it is not Wednesday – but here is the “Wednesday Bit” early because today is Pancake Day. Flipping Your Cyber Security: Lessons from Pancakes So, what can pancakes teach us about flipping your cyber security? Just like making the perfect pancake, keeping your business secure requires the right …
Because It’s Friday – “Written in mud”
It is fascinating what can be deduced from the fossils record: Fossil footprints reveal what may be the oldest known handcarts – new research I loved the references to shopping trolleys. Oh no! Cyber Security! Once in a while I do find something for “Because It’s Friday” that is related …
Social Engineering nets $1.5B
Having written yesterday about why technical cyber security defences are essential but are flawed because of the human element can be exploited directly by social engineering, here is a costly real world example of social engineering working: North Korean Hackers Steal $1.5B in Cryptocurrency – Schneier on Security There is …
When technical cyber security fails you…
It is not unreasonable to say that ransomware is at epidemic levels, report after report says that malware, ransomware and cyber extortion is on the rise (Beaman, Barkworth, Akande, Hakak and Khan. 2021 and Oz, Aris, Levi and Uluagac. 2021), and that cyber security is important. We all take precautions …
Attacks on M365 Credentials
It still works, set up a lot of devices to just try their luck to break into as many M365 accounts as possible – it will work sometimes. In this case over 100,000 devices have been hijacked to create a botnet that also side steps MFA security using an outdated …
