This online fraud was carried out by a 17 year old boy – not an international hacking group. He made over £2m from impersonating a popular shopping site. Lincolnshire boy has £2m of cryptocurrency seized by police – BBC News
Ransomware is “highly profitable” – #BeCyberSmart
I make no apology, we are back to ransomware. This was reported by the BBC yesterday: Cyber-attack hits UK internet phone providers – BBC News Earlier in the week, The Guardian quoted, Jeremy Fleming, the head of GCHQ saying that ransomware is highly profitable for the criminals – obviously not …
Continue reading “Ransomware is “highly profitable” – #BeCyberSmart”
Another balancing act – #BeCyberSmart
This infographic sets out the similarities and differences between privacy and security, and illustrates some of the issues around making data available whilst maintaining all the protections. Again another balancing act you need to understand.
Bypass your cybersecurity scanners
We all depend heavily on anti-virus scanners, they are a primary tool on our local machines and servers to combat the simplest of cyber attacks – sending us malware via email. Consequently any techniques developed by bad actors to get malicious packages through those scanner is a major concern. There …
Tesco defends against an attack
Tesco reports that services are back to normal after some disruption over the weekend. However as with any cybersecurity incident, action continues to be taken to check if any other systems are compromised – but I have changed my Tesco password, Tesco website and app back up after hack attempt …
