Following the data loss and breach at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Norfolk and Suffolk Police forces, the London Metropolitan Police has reported a data breach. Met Police investigating suspected data breach – BBC News An investigation is underway at one of its suppliers into unauthorised …
Another Council with Ransomware
St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council has reported a ransomware attack and is working with authorities to investigate and deal with the issues. Details are not available yet of any data theft of citizen’s information or extortion but it has had an impact on the council services St Helens Council still …
Catching up with the CISA Security Advisories
Whilst I have been away my team have been keeping up with security advisories that have impacted our clients. The vendors are the primary sources for my team but they also use the US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) alerts and the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Let’s catch …
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Google Workspace cyber security improvements
I talk a lot about Microsoft 365 here – let’s face it the business world is a Microsoft world – but other office software vendors exist and we also support a number of clients with those. Including Google Workspace. Google has announced a range of cyber security improvements to Google …
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I have always wanted WiFi controlled lightbulbs…
…but have resisted. Here is why: TP-Link smart bulbs can let hackers steal your WiFi password – BleepingComputer Your takeaway We are particularly careful with what devices we allow inside our secure networks, at the office, at home and at clients. Of course it has happened that clients have installed …
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