Following the reported hack of an NHS supplier, earlier this month, it was not likely that the NHS in London was going to pay the ransom demanded by the Qilin cyber criminal gang – so the gang have released the data they stole. London hospitals hackers publish stolen blood test …
A fix that is not a fix
Do not be tempted to click on an offered PowerShell fix, for an apparent error in Microsoft Word, OneDrive or Google Chrome – it could be a social engineering trick to get you to install malware to your computer: Fake Google Chrome errors trick you into running malicious PowerShell scripts …
Because It’s Friday – something smooth and hungry rabbits
We will start with something smooth. I am a regular viewer of Adam Savage’s YouTube channel and was reminded this week of a previous “Because It’s Friday” post that I thought was worth bringing forward in case you missed it first time round. Adam – (Yes Mythbuster’s Adam) – discusses …
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Use MFA
Following Monday’s post about Microsoft stopping basic authentication for personal accounts, in favour of MFA/token based security, here is a reminder why organisations need to enforce MFA: Scathing report on Medibank cyberattack highlights unenforced MFA (bleepingcomputer.com) No excuses, that includes your very busy CEO and Josephine in accounts who has …
Phishing Emails are happening right now! (pt.11)
I am going to bring my “Back-to-Basics Phishing Emails – A Primer” series to a close today – although if other primer projects are any measure we will return with further updates in the future. Phishing Emails – A Clear and Present Danger Just last week the cyber security press …
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