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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Here is something from Scott Adams, to make you smile at the end of the week. It brings together coffee and artificial intelligence: Ai Based On Wally – Dilbert Comic Strip on 2022-11-02 | Dilbert by Scott Adams The cartoon got me thinking – kill the AI – which reminded …
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I have quoted this from Nathalie Jimenez’s article on the BBC: Cyber-crimes are expected to cost the world $10.5tn (£9.3tn) by 2025, according to cyber-security research firm Cyber Ventures… On the current trajectory, small businesses will absorb most of the hit. They are three times more likely to be attacked …
If it is not space – see last week and the week before – my pet subject for “Because It’s Friday” is flying cars. The image above is a Google search for “flying cars” so there have been quite a few of them over the years. Have a look at …
It is being reported that when Lis Truss was Foreign Secretary her phone was hacked: Liz Truss phone hack claim prompts calls for investigation – BBC News This hack was discovered when she was campaigning to be PM (she is now the record holder for the shortest Premiership in UK …
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The Infowars, shock jock, Alex Jones, broadcast and then repeated, hateful unsubstantiated lies, about the tragic events at Sandy Hook – now he will have to pay… a lot! The $1 Billion Alex Jones Effect | WIRED UK Sandy Hook review: anatomy of an American tragedy – and the obscenity …
For a start they are criminals, trying to extort you. I have heard business owners comment on ransomware gangs as though they are businesses you need to interact with. Now I know threat actors are shaping themselves to be business like with, help desks, means of paying the ransoms, public …
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