I will repeat my warning again this video contains some adult content and humour so do not watch it if you are easily offended. For the rest of us, this video by John Oliver on his Last Week Tonight show is a great explanation about ransomware – if you have …
Where the hackers sell your personal information and who buys it
The hackers have the motivation to steal your personal data and credentials as it is very easy for them to monetise these types of attacks. The threat actors have their own supply chains buried within webs of security and obfuscation. The hackers will steal the personal information, using a suite …
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Macs are not immune to cyber attacks
I used to sit in meetings where clients, often who were in marketing or a creative activity, who happily tell me “Macs don’t get viruses”. Well that was in the days when the handful of creatives using Macs were not viable targets to the hackers. Roll forward to today where …
The FBI warning of DeFi vulnerabilities being exploited
The FBI has issued a warning to investors who plan to Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Platforms for crypto-currency transactions highlighting the ease with which threat actors are exploiting any vulnerabilities in the platform’s security. Cyber Criminals Increasingly Exploit Vulnerabilities in Decentralized Finance Platforms to Obtain Cryptocurrency, Causing Investors to Lose Money …
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Cloudflare updates us about the massive DDoS attack they held back
The malware/botnet that instigated the recent DDoS attack has now been given a name by Cloudflare – Mantis. Mantis, the tiny shrimp that launched 3,000 DDoS attacks • The Register Octagon has specified Cloudflare to protect some it’s clients high profile websites. Distributed Denial of Service attacks – Smart Thinking …
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Good advice about Instagram scams – UPDATED 7 July 2022
Here is some excellent advice, from Matt Burgess, over on Wired UK, about Instagram scams: How to Avoid the Worst Instagram Scams | WIRED UK One of the best bits of advice to remember is that threat actors and scammers quickly congregate to any big story or human tragedy, such …
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Even the British Army can get hacked
The British Army has had material posted in it’s YouTube and Twitter accounts by unauthorised persons. For a time they lost control of the Twitter account, where the account name and profile image was changed. Information was posted to the Army’s official channels about cryptocurrencies, using images of Elon Musk, …
