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Posted on 6 March 20256 March 2025

Not every hack requires a computer…

snail mail hack

We can all get focused cyber security and technology, our computers, networks, phones and devices etc.. My Cyber Security Awareness Training also discusses the cyber security issue that come by way of text messages and phone calls. But just when we thought we had all the bases covered, hackers discover …

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Posted on 25 February 202526 February 2025

Attcks on M365 Credentials

identity lifecycle

It still works, set up a lot of devices to just try their luck to break into as many M365 accounts as possible – it will work sometimes. In this case over 100,000 devices have been hijacked to create a botnet that also side steps MFA security using an outdated …

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Posted on 18 February 202520 February 2025

Some good news about Ransomware

Globally the payments made in response to a ransomware attack have dropped significantly in the last year. Global ransomware payments plunge by a third amid crackdown | Cybercrime | The Guardian This is attributed to authorities and law enforcement agencies having successes with their investigations and prosecutions and a refusal …

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Posted on 10 February 202513 February 2025

The day before Patch Tuesday…

Apple has released an emergency security patch for iPads and iPhones: Apple fixes zero-day exploited in ‘extremely sophisticated’ attacks The types of attack described would probably not impact the ordinary user – but a cyber security patch is a cyber security patch, who knows who else may come along the …

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Posted on 6 February 20255 February 2025

Google issues Android updates to fix zero-day exploits

Every vendor must do it – issue cyber security patches. For app vendors, if you use the app, you get the updates. For operating systems like Windows and the various flavours of Apple OS it is straight forward as the vendors have direct control of the OS and push regular …

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