Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This story was first posted on 25 March 2022 This story This attack used classic social engineering tactics – the hackers posed as recruiters for a dream job or set up a bogus websites aimed at financial and crypto-currency industries – to exploit a remote code vulnerability in Google Chrome. …
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We are always insisting that our clients always use multi-factor authentication (MFA) for absolutely every service they use. It is a prerequisite of any client we manage Microsoft 365 for that MFA is activated and enforced for everyone of their users. However, of course, there are ways that hackers exploit …
Following the breach by Lapsus$, Okta has issued more statements on what has happened. Okta acknowledges ‘mistake’ in handling of Lapsus$ attack • The Register Are you one of the 15,000 organisations using Okta? – Smart Thinking Solutions Has Microsoft been compromised? Check your Microsoft independent backups. UPDATED – Smart …
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Weekly Threat Report 25th March 2022 – NCSC.GOV.UK
According to the FBI about $7bn: Cybercriminals rmade almost $7bn in 2021: FBI • The Register FBI: $6.9 billion lost through internet crimes in 2021 – The Record by Recorded Future
