I recently wrote a mini-series of articles looking at various aspects of ransomware and what you need to do about it. Ransomware – A Primer – Smart Thinking Solutions That series mainly concentrated on encryption ransomware but the cyber gangs are also turning to extortion ransomware – so I wrote …
TikTok privacy issues – it looks like ordinary users do not really care about the outcry
In an article on the BBC Technology News site, it seems that the ordinary user of TikTok is not that concerned with the international outcry and banning of the official use of TikTok. They just want to share and watch videos – which is what the platform was originally designed …
What is the Insider Threat?
I could get a dictionary definition here – but instead I will simply say it is a trusted employee betraying that trust and revealing your information to an unauthorised party. Most of us would immediately think people in high positions of trust selling high value information to your competitors and …
International Co-operation to Disrupt Ransomware
Ransomware will not go away – threat actors make too much money and steal too much valuable information using it. Now 36 nations and the EU member states have created a five department coalition of expertise to disrupt and combat ransomware. The International Counter Ransomware Task Force’s (ICRTF) operations cover: …
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YOU WILL NOT PAY THAT RANSOMWARE DEMAND!
Australia has been in the cyber security headlines recently with a couple of high-profile hacks that has seriously impacted millions of citizens: Now it is being reported that the Australian government is considering bringing in legislation to prevent organisations legally paying ransomware demands, in an attempt to disrupt the threat …
