Here are a couple of updates on the Transport for London (TfL) cyber security incident. If you remember TfL said there was “no evidence” that customer data had been compromised. Transport for London Cyber Incident | Smart Thinking Solutions Update One The authorities have arrested a suspect: London transport cyber …
Transport for London Cyber Incident
Like many others, when I am traveling on public transport in London – and many other cities – I simply wave my phone over a sensor to pay for my fair. We are putting a lot of trust in those systems being secure. When they are not, then there could …
Port of Tyne
The Port of Tyne has confirmed it has been a victim of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber-attack. Port of Tyne website hit by cyber attack – BBC News Your takeaway This type of attack is mainly targeted to disrupt the operation of an organisation’s online services – denying access to …
Why Cyber Security Awareness Training is Importatnt?
Whatever technical defences you (and I) rely on, there is a probability that the threat actors will find ways to bypass them: Microsoft 365 anti-phishing feature can be bypassed with CSS (bleepingcomputer.com) If the phishing email gets as far as your team member’s inbox, they had better be able to …
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Ransomware and The Paris Olympic Games
Following the sabotage on the French rail network on the eve of the Olympic Games in Paris, The Grand Palais Réunion des musées nationaux (Rmn) – the organisation that manages a number of the museums and cultural sites involved in the Olympics – reported that it suffered a ransomware cyber-attack. …
