The Conti gang is demanding a $20m (£16m) ransom, after the hackers compromised up to 27 government organisations including state run utilities. Rodrigo Chaves, The president of Costa Rica, says his country is “at war” with the Conti Gang, which is thought to be run from Russia. President Rodrigo Chaves …
Just how much and often is your data shared? UPDATED 19 May 2022
This post was originally published on 17 May 2022 Update 19 May 2022 The numbers just keep getting bigger! This article in The Register, has the Irish Council on Civil Liberties, stating that our data is shared up to 987 times a day, when the Real Time Bidding (RTB) industry …
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The insider risk
We have a training session that just covers the issue of what happens when a trusted member of your team goes rogue, either by accident or, worse, deliberately. This is the insider threat – an organisation cannot operate without trust and if that trust is abused what can you do. …
Happy Birthday WannaCry – but don’t expect a card from the NHS
All through my Masters course, the NHS WannaCry incident was an excellent reference to include in any paper I was writing. I use the incident in our online training course, CyberAwake, various articles I have written (and will write), in courses I run and just yesterday in the Cyber Security …
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Satellite cyber-attacks, WhisperGate, AcidRain and the spread of the Russia Ukraine cyber conflict
Statements have been made this week by the European Union, the United States and other allies relating the WhisperGate cyber attacks that were directed at Ukraine but spilled over into the greater Europe damaging thousands of modems. This damage had the knock on effect of crippling wind turbines and subsequent …