Author: Clive Catton

Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security)

Clive is the CISO at Octagon Technology Ltd with special responsibility for data privacy and cybersecurity. The world of business technology is constantly changing and to meet this challenge he recently graduated from Edinburgh Napier University with an MSc in Advanced Computer Security and Digital Forensics - this course is certified by the Nation Cyber Security Centre. His dissertation was on data privacy and classification in small businesses using Microsoft 365 for Business.

The degree is not the end of the studying – to keep current Clive spends some of his time at work simply reading and studying the latest technology trends and threats so our clients can benefit from this knowledge. This knowledge also shapes and supports the products and services Octagon delivers to clients.

To make full use of Clive’s Master’s degree in cybersecurity, Clive and Diana have a joint venture with an international research company to get access for our clients to up to date information, schemas, analytics, templates, actionable tools and guidance. Whatever the size of your organisation if you are not approaching IT, cybersecurity and information privacy in a way that supports and benefits you, they can help, from the boardroom to the shop floor.

Clive and Diana are also working on a project to provide flexible online cyber security training for businesses at CyberAwake - Train Your Team To Protect You Against Cyber Attacks. Clive is the cybersecurity consultant for the project.

Clive has a long running personal blog at Clive's Blog. Here he publishes articles about photography, walking, camping, technology, stuff he just likes and since January 1, 2012, he posts "a photo a day" on the blog.
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Predator

The Pegasus commercial spyware gets a lot of press, but there are other companies out there selling malware and spyware to law enforcement agencies and governments. Cytrox is one and their product is called Predator. Predator spyware uses in Chrome, Android zero-day exploits • The Register Here is a report …

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Have you been to an MGM Resort? If so then may be it is your personal information doing the rounds on Telegram?

The headline says it all. About 142 million customer records were stolen from MGM Resorts, the data included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. Rich pickings for any threat actor. MGM’s data breach was over two years ago and the data has been on sale since …

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SpiceJet grounded by ransomware. If you get infected with ransomware your business will STOP!

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Pretty straight forward – if a bad actor gets some of their malware past your defences and you suffer a ransomware attack – your business will STOP! Ransomware attack grounds flights at India’s SpiceJet • The Register Multiple flights across India grounded after SpiceJet airline hit with ransomware – The …

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More vulnerabilities to be aware of… Including Microsoft, Adobe, Linux and Google Chrome

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The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is having a busy week of updating it’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog: CISA Adds 34 Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog | CISA Microsoft and Adobe figure strongly on the list today but there are other products there – go and check. There is …

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