I will repeat my warning again this video contains some adult content and humour so do not watch it if you are easily offended. For the rest of us, this video by John Oliver on his Last Week Tonight show is a great explanation about ransomware – if you have …
The Digital Dark Age
The term “digital dark age” was popularised by Terry Kuny in 1997, to describe the digital phenomenon that electronic media and information is easily lost or destroyed. Books from centuries ago are still accessible – but could you read that 250MB Zipdisk today? We are living in a ‘digital dark …
Defence in Depth
One of the things that came out of the conference I attended on Tuesday in London, was defence in depth, combatting the ways in which the threat actors have expanded their attack vectors and tactics to evade various modern technical and human defences. The message we should all take from …
How much can a ransomware attack cost a big company?
In the case of Blackbaud $49.5million. This is the settlement agreed by the international software company for ransomware data breach, which exposed a raft of its clients sensitive and personal data. This included unencrypted banking information and login credentials. Blackbaud agrees to $49.5 million settlement for ransomware data breach (bleepingcomputer.com) …
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Let’s start the week with Ransomware
We finished last week with a ransomware story. let’s start this week with another: BlackCat ransomware hits Azure Storage with Sphynx encryptor (bleepingcomputer.com) This ransomware story has a twist, the prolific BlackCat ransomware gang are ow using stolen Microsoft credentials in custom software to execute their attacks. Your takeaway You …
Just in case you thought ransomware had gone away
Ransomware is one of the biggest cyber security risks smaller organisations face (UK Government. 2022). It will not stop as criminals make a lot of money from it: LockBit victims in the US alone paid $90m+ since 2020 • The Register Your takeaway from this is you, your IT or …
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BitLocker for Cyber Security
BitLocker is an often-overlooked cyber security tool provided by Microsoft. Why you should understand BitLocker Oh dear, you have lost your laptop, perhaps it was stolen or maybe you simply threw it away. I hope there was nothing important or sensitive on it! At best you would have coursework or …
