On Monday the 14th December the online world stopped for over 40 minutes – most of Googles services went down. This is a dramatic start to an article but it looks at come of the issues and impact of the event and offers some ideas to mitigate such an occurrence …
Ransomware is the most serious threat your business!
Kamila challenges you to think about your ransomware defences and whether they are up to the job? There are some simple questions to answer and some scenarios and issues to think about. These are there to challenge the solutions you have in place already to check they make the grade. …
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Children’s names revealed in a Council data breach
Bristol City Council has distributed the details of families with disabled children without their permission. This was not really a data breach more a data giveaway as the Council simply sent out an email to people asking for comments on their services and all the email details were readable to …
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Covid-19 – an opportunity for Cyber Attacks
The latest report from the National Cyber Security Centre shows that the number of incidents related to Covid-19 are on the rise. UK cyber-threat agency confronts Covid-19 attacks: BBC News This is a wake up call to us all to be more vigilant – and for businesses working away from …
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Do not overshare information
It started as a simple desire to add the dates and times to my calendar when the San Francisco 49ers were playing their matches. Unlike many (most) people I read the terms and conditions and exactly what the service wanted me to share with them! In this article I eventually …
A Warning for Universities and Colleges – from the NCSC
The National Cyber Security Centre has warned colleges and universities that there is a real risk of their systems being infected by ransomware, as they prepare to begin what promising to be a highly unusual academic year. Cyber threat to disrupt start of university term: BBC News Many organisations including …
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Why you should not reuse a password
People will always need reminding of this most simple of cyber security rules: I use the slide at the top of this post, or some variation of it, in every password, MFA, social engineering or cyber security or boardroom presentation I make. Here is the impact on the Canada Revenue …