On September 4, Tewkesbury Borough Council declared a major IT incident and shut down its systems and enacted their incident response plan. It now turns out that this incident was not a cyber-attack but an error in user accounts. However this does not matter. There was and is inconvenience to …
A real world QR code scam
I wrote about QR Code and cyber security over on CyberAwake back in June. Now BleepingComputer is reporting on “Your Boyfriend cheated” posters, which include a QR code and have been put up across the UK. Clickbaity or genius? ‘BF cheated on you’ QR codes pop up across UK (bleepingcomputer.com) …
Who do you trust? A new mini-series.
I have started a new mini-series over on CyberAwake looking at the Insider Threat. The Insider Threat – Not just a question of trust. (pt.1) The first part is setting the scene, before we start looking for defences.
BYOD Bring-Your-Own-Device – A Primer (pt.1)
This is a short series looking at the basics, the benefits and the risks of Bring-Your-Own-Device or BYOD. Today we are going to look at the most useful benefits. Defining BYOD Let’s start with a definition of what BYOD – Bring-Your-Own-Device is. To qualify, a device must be owned by …
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A week later…
Last week was Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday. I am reminding you for two reasons. Some people will be having holidays now, because the schools have gone back – we are – which means those members of your team may not be fully patched yet. Check. Better still have a system …
