Nvidia is investigating a malware issue on it’s internal systems that may or may not be ransomware. Nvidia probes cyberattack on internal systems • The Register Nvidia consumer GPUs are installed with software to prevent their use in crypto-currency operations – theoretically preserving those GPUs for the use of gamers …
Ransomware gang gives a public “business” interview
Following the article in The Guardian that compared ransomware cyber criminals to legitimate businesses: Here is a ransomware gang giving an interview outlining it’s future “business” plans and goals – including discussing its “brand” as a way of making interactions with businesses and insurance companies easier! An ALPHV (BlackCat) representative …
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The impact of ransomware on businesses – threat actors acting like legitimate businesses
This is an interesting article on the financial impact of ransomware on businesses by Rob Davies and Dan Milmo of The Guardian. I think the way they illustrate that these criminal gangs have shaped their operations to outwardly function as legitimate businesses, including having well spoken help desks to aid …
Impact of a cyber attack
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has had to write off about £2m of fees because of the hack they suffered in 2020 in which they lost a substantial amount of data. But the true cost of the cyber security incident remains unknown. Full cost of 2020 cyber attack on …
Will Norton Anti-virus slow my computer down?
I can remember being asked this many times over the years by clients and at last I have a definitive answer, if you enable one of Norton’s latest innovations. Notice I said enable not install. If you enable their crypto-currency miner, it will use some of your computer resources to …
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Malware Spam in the wild
The SANS Internet Storm Centre is reporting another spam email attack doing the rounds with a new payload. TA551 (Shathak) pushes IcedID (Bokbot) (sans.edu) The important things to take away from this are: In real world situations ransomware has been delivered to companies using these methods Keep your spam filters …
Check your essential protection from ransomware – #BeCyberSmart
Ransomware is a constant cybersecurity threat to everyone – and the threat is increasing. A back-up with offline retention is an essential step in your ransomware and crypto-malware defences.
