I have a friend from the MSc course, who is a teacher here in the UK, and he is often caught by the schools very high security stance, when he is trying to teach cyber security to his students. Many of the legitimate sites and resources he wants access to …
Ransomware this week
There have been several high profile ransomware attacks this week – and small ones that do not make the news. Ransomware attack knocked a Kentucky city-operated ISP offline before holiday – The Record by Recorded Future Lorenz ransomware breaches corporate network via phone systems (bleepingcomputer.com) Ransomware gang threatens 1m-plus medical …
I am sure your passwords are still safe with LastPass…
This post was first made on 30 August 2022. Updated 16 September 2022 LastPass says hackers had internal access for four days (bleepingcomputer.com) Original Post …but I choose to keep my passwords in an encrypted OneNote notebook. My most vital secrets are then under my control. LastPass source code, blueprints …
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Microsoft 365 automatic updates
As part of a good cyber security plan, I always recommend using automatic updates with remote monitoring and management software in place to check things are really happening. (Our Operations Manager has just read this and wants me to add that some servers are exceptions to this rule and they …
Then there was a third problem with WordPress… BackupBuddy
WordPress plugin called BackupBuddy I wrote an article today for our training site CyberAwake, questioning exactly how much governance organisations are extending to their websites. The article started off because of two WordPress issues this week and during my background reading for the article I came across this from last …
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