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There will be a lot of this – More Russia Ukraine conflict cyber attacks – UK government warns businesses, organisations and individuals to be alert

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The Guardian and the BBC are reporting a sharp increase in cyber warfare activity – with a particular type of “computer wiper” malware among the attacks unleashed at Ukraine. Russia unleashed data-wiper malware on Ukraine, say cyber experts | Ukraine | The Guardian Ukraine crisis: ‘Wiper’ discovered in latest cyber-attacks …

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Another attack by a Russian hacking group – here is some important advice about malware

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New Sandworm malware Cyclops Blink replaces VPNFilter – NCSC.GOV.UK Russia’s most cutthroat hackers infect network devices with new botnet malware | Ars Technica US and UK expose new Russian malware targeting network devices – The Record by Recorded Future Protect yourself from malware – some general advice Malware in general …

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82% of Companies pay ransomware demands to get their data back – only 4% got it back – now sign up for our Cyber Security Master Class

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The UK Government discourages organisations, hit by ransomware, from paying cyber criminals to get their information back. But we all knew it was happening. I was at a talk last week by Bruce Schneier, where he spoke about US companies keeping quiet about cyber-attacks if they could, even though in …

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