…ask the UK Government, HMRC and the UK taxpayer who will ultimately pay the bill. Here is Faarea Masud’s report on the HMRC cyber-attack: Scammers stole £47m from HMRC in phishing attack – BBC News Your Takeaway Here is what I have to say on phishing attacks and how to …
Picking your targets
A series of fake Google ads leading to fake typosquatting domains, pretending to be for popular IT support tools and apps have been reported by BleepingComputer. Fake Zenmap. WinMRT sites target IT staff with Bumblebee malware Many of these tools require administrator access to networks and devices to function, so …
The Out-Of-Office Email and How It Compromises Your Organisation’s Cyber Security
I am in the process of writing our new course at the moment – more details in our newsletter – so for the Wednesday Bit this week I have an article about the out-of-office email, first published on CyberAwake. I chose this article as I have been discussing with several …
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Good News
Having reported on the ransomware attacks on UK retail over the past couple of weeks – let’s start the week off with a good news ransomware story. International law enforcement co-operation – as part of the ongoing Operation Endgame – has led to about 300 servers and 650 domains being …
Encryption and the Insider Threat
Before I start this week’s Wednesday Bit, let me send you over to read this first – you need to understand the value I put on encryption: Encryption or Not Encryption The real-world case for encryption The other week I got introduced to a new client under difficult circumstances – …