Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Three data breaches in four years – unbelievable! If you have stayed in a Mariott Hotel, then your personal information has probably been stolen. Marriott Hotels suffers third data breach in 4 years • The Register The attack was not “highly sophisticated”, which is what is normally claimed by these …
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I quite like the UK government’s Online Safety Bill. It compels the Big Tech companies to take action over child sex abuse material (CSAM) and promises huge fines if they fail to do so. However, the requirement to monitor communication apps with end-to-end encryption (E2EE), for CSAM causes me a …
Ken McCallum, the MI5 director general and Christopher Wray, the FBI director have delivered a joint statement at the MI5 building in London, warning that China is carrying out economic espionage and hacking operations to steal technology for competitive gain. “We consistently see that it’s the Chinese government that poses …
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In the autumn Apple will be adding “Lockdown mode” functionality to the range of it’s operating systems – iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura. For a drastic reduction in functionality, users, who are at risk from sophisticated cyber attacks, such as those posed by Pegasus and Hermit spyware, will …
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A new strain of malware/ransomware has been discovered by the MalwareHunterTeam – who have Tweeted out details and images. The ransomware is being called RedAlert, or N13V, and target Windows and Linux VMWare ESXi servers. New RedAlert Ransomware targets Windows, Linux VMware ESXi servers (bleepingcomputer.com) Double extortion Similar to other …
