Hijacking of online accounts is a serious cyber security concern. The unauthorised access by threat actors to everything from Amazon accounts to Zoho accounts all have data breach consequences either for the individual or organisation. (That is why we tell all our clients to make multi-factor authentication (MFA) compulsory for …
InfoSec in Indian now always seems to be in hurry
Following the Indian government directives about reporting of cyber-security incidents and the requirement to keep VPN user logs, both of which had ridiculously short deadlines for compliance – here is another: Indian stock markets given ten day deadline to file reports • The Register India in the news – when …
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Ransomware attack have increased again
I must be sounding a bit like a broken record (see references at the bottom), as I regularly write about the fact that ransomware attacks are ever increasing! Here is another report showing just that: A favorite of cybercriminals and nation states, ransomware incidents increase again | TechRepublic Just know …
Twenty more known vulnerabilities added to the CISA database
Following yesterday’s post, more vulnerabilities have been added to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Yesterday: Twenty-one additions to the known exploited database! – Smart Thinking Solutions Today: CISA Adds 20 Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog | CISA Microsoft, Apple and Cisco figure highly among …
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Zoom – just get it updated
What was a little known communication and collaboration product before the COVID-19 pandemic, has now become common place both in business and the home. Everything from music concerts, birthday parties, quizzes, government briefings and business meeting – some confidential and some not – have been held on Zoom all over …
