“Empty shelves, cancelled online orders, the data of millions of customers stolen.” BBC News The BBC is reporting that the Scattered Spider cyber-gang is probably behind the attacks and they have been using an “off the shelf” threat actor package called DragonForce to carry out the attacks. M&S and Co-op …
Cyber-attacks
Here are two informative articles from the BBC looking at two different cyber-attacks. The first is a look at an attack on Redcar and Cleveland Council in February 2020, which for the rest of us got overtaken by world events but for those living and working in the region it …
So you want to know how a phishing campaign works?
This is not clickbait for hackers! Jan Kopriva has written an excellent article taking a phishing campaign apart so you can understand why the hackers like this attack vector to get into your organisation. Another day, another phishing campaign abusing google.com open redirects – SANS Internet Storm Center It is …
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If your plan to defeat ransomware is to pay up then read on…
With the cyber-attacks on UK retail stores making the headlines over the last couple of weeks, I thought I would rerun this article (from CyberAwake, August 2022) on the pros and cons of paying the ransomware gangs. NCSC and the ICO say – Don’t pay the malware ransom. A couple …
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – May2025
Today the second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patch Tuesday. The day the cyber security world thinks about Microsoft patches and vulnerabilities. But remember other vendors also release cyber security and functionality updates and patches on or around the same time – check those as well. Our support team have started …