Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Zyxel have issued critical updates for some essential cyber security devices. Check your business cybersecurity plan to see if you are impacted and if so – get the updates done. Zyxel patches critical vulnerability that can allow Firewall and VPN hijacks | Ars Technica You do not have a business …
Bank that lacked basic security suffers predictable fate • The Register Where have these people been living – under a stone! Andra Pradesh Mahesh Co-Operative Urban Bank – 45 branches, holding money that people entrusted to them.
The Works forced to shut some shops after cyber-attack – BBC News So far The Works is saying that no customer data has been compromised. There are some notable quotes in this article: “The Works should serve as an example to other companies.” “…staff should carry out training to highlight …
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It is a long title but it explains exactly what this post is about. The instructions for setting up simple but profitable social engineering and phishing email campaigns are easily available across the ordinary internet, not just the dark web. The software required is free, both the malicious stuff and …
Both Apple and Meta were the victims of social engineering scams that caused them to simply giveaway user personal information. I am not going to call this sophisticated – actually it was quite simple – the cyber criminals, studied how an Emergency Data Requests (EDR) operated and then spoofed that …
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