Weekly Threat Report 28th January 2022 – NCSC.GOV.UK
National Cyber Security Centre Threat Report
I should have run this story on a Friday! Tech sniffer dogs
The discovery of data storage and communications devices can be critical in any cyber security investigation – now the Digital Investigations and Intelligence Unit. (DIIU) of Wiltshire police have Bonny and Dora. Wiltshire Police ‘Digi-dogs’ trained to sniff out technology – BBC News The dogs have been trained to sniff …
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Making a business from bug bounty – controversial?
Zerodium has announced it will buy bugs from researchers in popular email clients – for white-hat purposes although their actions are controversial. Zerodium looks to buy zero-days in Outlook and Thunderbird email clients – The Record by Recorded Future
Apple Personal Safety guide
Apple has issued a straight forward document advising people how they can stay safe when using their products. Personal Safety User Guide – Apple Support (UK) There are stalking concerns around it’s AirTag and Find My products. Apple unveils AirTag safety guide amid stalker fears – BBC News
Training is everything when it comes to phishing emails
Here is another example of a phishing attack, from SANS Internet Diary – although I am not sure the average user will know what to do with an ISO file? The attack is interesting as it uses Base 64 to obscure it from detection. Malicious ISO Embedded in an HTML …
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