It is ransomware: Rackspace confirms outage was caused by ransomware attack (bleepingcomputer.com) Rackspace has now confirmed that the outage of Exchange email services for its clients is being caused by a ransomware infection inside their systems – but they refer to this as “isolated disruption”. Which I think is a …
Do not just give away your information
I have published an article over on our online training site, CyberAwake, that looks at how businesses can leak what appears to be insignificant information, that a hacker can collect and assemble into a picture that can comprise your cyber security: The Basics of Cyber Security – A quick look …
CISA adds a Google vulnerability to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and Cuba Ransomware
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a Google vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog | CISA CISA also published a detailed advisory last week examining all aspects of the Cuba Ransomware as part of its #StopRansomware …
Russia Ukraine cyber actions this winter
I updated the pinned post at the top of the blog yesterday with warnings from Microsoft and Google about the potential for the Russia Ukraine cyber conflict to escalate over this winter. Here is an article by Alexander Martin from The Record looking at the risks and threats in more …
Where the hackers sell your personal information and who buys it
The hackers have the motivation to steal your personal data and credentials as it is very easy for them to monetise these types of attacks. The threat actors have their own supply chains buried within webs of security and obfuscation. The hackers will steal the personal information, using a suite …
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