Last month I completed a mini-series one on the Insider Threat looking at how the problem can arise and what smaller organisations can do about mitigating the risks of a rogue team member or a casual mistake. Your Takeaway Simple mistakes when it comes to your cyber security can greatly …
Because It’s Friday – How much paper do you need to wrap the Earth?
I have held onto this “Because It’s Friday” post until the trauma of wrapping Christmas presents had passed. For the answer to the above question we will let Professor Hannah Fry explain: I have just finished watching a Hannah Fry series on TV – it was excellent. I love the …
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Ransomware never goes away
For a successful ransomware attack the threat actors have to get their malware onto a user’s computer inside the secure network. Posing as your IT support is one way to get in: Ransomware gangs pose as IT support in Microsoft Teams phishing attacks – BleepingComputer Social Engineering In this attack …
“I have a Mac – I’m secure!”
I am sure I am not alone in having heard this one from clients in the past. It was not true then and fortunately now Mac users now they are at as much risk of a cyber attack as a Windows, Linux, Android, etc. user. This malware attack uses a …
Things do wear out…
We have been working over the last few years to move all of our clients from Microsoft Exchange 2016 and 2019 servers onto more modern and hopefully more secure platforms. Once Microsoft stops cyber security support for these servers, the threat actors will attack any that are still online. Microsoft: …
