The multiple suppliers of commercial spyware (nearly) all claim to only sell their products to national governments or authorised law enforcement agencies – yet the use of these products by other agencies seems widespread. Then there is who the national government is! The Canadian based research group Citizen Lab have …
Two stories about GitHub
GitHub is a code development environment and code repository used around the world by many software developers and well known applications. Consequently it is also a prime target for threat actors who if they can get inside the development of packages can infect many unsuspecting users. The collaboration tool Slack …
Cyber Security – Losing track of the paperwork
Clients are nearly always surprised, when I start to talk about paper when discussing their cyber security projects. But losing track of the paperwork can have an equally bad impact on your organisation as getting infected by ransomware or losing an unencrypted USB stick. Here is an article I wrote …
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No more Windows 7 security updates from tomorrow
Extended security updates for Windows 7 ends tomorrow 10 January 2023. You should not be using this operating systems anywhere. This includes any industrial or control machinery you have. When I spoke with my team, the last Windows 7 PC they remembered replacing was a C&C control PC during lock …
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Android malware steals bank credentials and compromises the infected devices
New variants of the Android malware, SpyNote, are being used by threat actors to stealthily access and modify infected smartphones. SpyNote malware spies on Android users, steals banking credentials – The Record from Recorded Future News If your people are using Android as part of your Bring Your Own Device …
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