Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
In 2017 an academic paper1 about printer security highlighted open ports on many different types of printer. The paper was published on Monday 30 January and the following weekend a hacker using the pseudonym Stackoverflowin searched the internet to find vulnerable printers. The hacker then made his way into over …
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Something simple for a weekend. I have been doing a lot reading lately for updating our email/phishing training and came across this list of scams that are used by cyber criminals. It is not complete! Old Scams Finding New Victims ✓ Advance fee schemes✓ Apartment deposit scams✓ Bitcoin scams✓ Bulk-mailing …
Yesterday I attended a webinar in advanced security settings for Microsoft 365 which was interesting in a nerdy way. As ever with these types of webinars it has raised questions within our organisation to look at how we administer the security solutions for our clients – and we made some …
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Thinking you are sufficiently protected against security threats is not good enough. You need to know! Governance and management are a major part of getting security right. How do you measure up? Without the right policies and processes in place and adhered to, you are not truly secure. We can …
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We all love to make fun of politicians and other people in the public eye, don’t we? Personally, I am very partial to some digging via Spitting Image puppets, or a clever impersonator, but things tipped over for me when shows featured look-a-likes up to nefarious deeds being filmed by a “hidden” camera. It was only one step …
A look back at one of the innovators of computing and with a stretch an original enabler of modern day hackers! (As Clive says we cannot always be serious here!) Ada Lovelace was born Augusta Ada Byron, the daughter of Lord Byron the poet. Her parents’ marriage was short-lived and …
