Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Thinking about the following article: The backups and operational continuity plans that businesses and organisations have in place are so important – because all your technical defences can be defeated and your hacked. The Russia Ukraine conflict has revealed a new type of hacker – they may be white hat, …
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Backups are your best friend in a cybersecurity incident UpdraftPlus the popular back-up plug-in for WordPress needs an upgrade to plug a security vulnerability. This upgrade was pushed out last Thursday to millions of users, who have automatic updates enabled. UpdraftPlus security release – 1.22.3 / 2.22.3 – please upgrade …
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More than 300 Spar stores, in Preston and across Lancashire, have had to close whilst the IT and Security teams respond to a cyber attack incident. Spar cyber attack hits more than 300 convenience stores – BBC News Lancashire Police and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are investigating. This …
The SANS Internet Storm diary is reporting a new wave of the Agent Tesla, information stealing, Trojan. JavaScript Downloader Delivers Agent Tesla Trojan – SANS Internet Storm Diary More evidence you need to keep your technical defences up to date. Octagon Technology has a range of managed services and advanced …
I make no apology, we are back to ransomware. This was reported by the BBC yesterday: Cyber-attack hits UK internet phone providers – BBC News Earlier in the week, The Guardian quoted, Jeremy Fleming, the head of GCHQ saying that ransomware is highly profitable for the criminals – obviously not …
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