Nothing to do with Sacha Baron Cohen. A remote access trojan, (RAT), is a holy grail of an infection for a hacker to get onto your system, as this powerful cyber crime tool allows full access and control of an infected system. Once a hacker has this much control they …
Some Apple devices could still be vulnerable
Apple has recently released a number of patches across a wide range of devices but research shows it is not patching the vulnerabilities everywhere. These operating systems have been missed out macOS Big Sur or macOS Catalina. Apple patched critical macOS flaws in Monterey only • The Register A big …
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A couple of interesting privacy stories
Respecting privacy is a good start to an effective security policy – it is why thinking about clarifying and classifying your data is one of the first things I cover in my Cyber Security Master Class. Here are a couple of privacy articles I thought were interesting: Europe Is Building …
Malware in the wild – in an Excel file sent out by email. Could you spot it?
Here is a classic phishing email attack – millions of potential emails could contain this, could you spot it? It also includes the dreaded “Enable Macro” request. Windows MetaStealer Malware – Sans Internet Storm Centre Windows MetaStealer Malware – SANS Internet Storm Center
A real world attack on decentralized finance (DeFI) – $15m stolen
The attack was on the code Inverse Finance was using for its smart contracts. More than $15 million stolen after hackers exploit DeFi platform Inverse Finance – The Record by Recorded Future Now we have “ice phishing” on the shiny new web3 – Smart Thinking Solutions