This data breach is not due to ransomware or a cyber attack but it appears to be a simple mistake in controlling PII. University of Essex data breach being taken ‘very seriously’ – BBC News Nice to see the lawyers involved. No indication that the ICO is involved yet. Universities …
Happy Star Wars Day
Pity it is not a Friday. Here is something I found on YouTube that I thought would be appropriate for “May the Fourth”, the BBC Film ’77 review of Star Wars by Barry Norman. It is interesting that this was in a time when the film studios thought it was …
If you have an Aruba or Avaya switch – then this post is for you
Critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in these devices. No exploits have been reported in the wild – but patches are available – so get patching. Critical flaws in ‘millions of Aruba, Avaya switches’ • The Register
More malware on the rise – cybergangs are using new malware Bumblebee
Research has shown that cybergangs are moving on (for the time being) from BazarLoader to other malware designated Bumblebee. The researchers have timed this change to the compromise of information and operations relating to the Conti cybercriminal gang – who were key in BazarLoader. This research highlight the inevitable situation …
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Cloudflare has big boots!
Cloudflare is a service that offers a range of services – one of which is to protect client websites and servers from denial of service attacks. We are using it for one of our high profile clients. Cloudflare does this job very well and can deal with the biggest DDoS …
