This post was originally made on 2 March 2022. It will be updated as the Russian Ukraine Conflict develops and will highlight the cyber security issues facing organisations and individuals at this time. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is advising all UK organisations to review and improve their cyber …
A brutal lesson in why longer complex passwords are better
To learn this lesson you do not have to pay anything – the New South Wales tax payers, thanks to experts hired by their politicians and government will pay for you. As part of the cybersecurity Master’s course, we had to set up an experiment to test brute forcing of …
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Cyber threat from Ukraine Russia conflict is growing as the invasion progresses
Data wiper malware was one the first cyber-weapons deployed in the Ukraine Russia conflict and data researchers are now tracking six major strains of malware as a direct result of the Ukraine Russia conflict. Data-wiper malware strains surge amid Ukraine invasion • The Register There have been accounts of the …
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Joint advisory on the top exploits
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre with it’s partners in the Five Eyes, has issued an advisory for the top exploited software vulnerabilities in 2021 – meaning they could continue being the top exploits in 2022. 2021 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities | CISA Microsoft Exchange server, VMware, SonicWall and Log4j …
Globalised Threat of Ransomware – it is time to think about joining our Cyber Security Master Class
“1,070 percent increase in ransomware attacks year-over-year between July 2020 and June 2021″ (Microsoft, 2022) A joint report by Britain, the US and Australia highlights the sophisticated international threat from organised cyber attacks. Universities and schools were among the top targets in UK according to the NCSC. Joint advisory highlights …
