Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This article was first posted on 27 October 2022 Update 10 November 2022 The headlines say it all: Medibank: Data stolen from Australia health insurance available online – BBC News Medibank hacker says ransom demand was US$10m as purported abortion health records posted | The Guardian These criminals will have …
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Last week I wrote about some of the issues with multi-factor authentication: On the same day that I published, The Register also ran an article looking at MFA issues. I am continuing my story next week, but Jeff Burt’s article is worth reading as the more you know about this …
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is not perfect and it can be compromised by threat actors. However, we still stand by our advice to all our clients: Always use MFA – using and authenticator app – whenever it is available. I published an article yesterday on CyberAwake about some of the issues …
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Today there is an excellent illustration of how a phishing attack works on SANS Internet Storm. It is complete with the offer of something the victim wants and then simply steals the Microsoft credentials the victim supplies – all because of a well-crafted spam email. Credential Harvesting with Telegram API …
Fast Company an American magazine was hacked and abusive articles added to its news feeds, resulting in this material getting a wider audience through syndication on the Apple News app. The Apple News channel was quickly disabled and Fast Company took its site down pending a fix but the damage was …
