Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Last week I wrote about a technically advanced, highly sophisticated cyber-attack in Hong Kong, that netted the attackers $25m – it all started with some simple social engineering pretexting. You may not have $25m in your bank account but here is the state of play of deep fake hacking What …
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Here is an interesting article from the National Cyber Security Centre about whether you should trust public QR codes. Now we have had experience with this. One of our clients found that someone had stuck a new QR code over the one they displayed in their window. When I investigated, …
That is a long title, but for this well financed, hi-tech cyber-attack it is appropriate. A worked at a multi-national company in Hong Kong was persuaded to transfer $200 million Hong Kong dollars to a variety of accounts, having been reassured by a group video call with the company’s CFO …
Even with cloud computing we all still use USB data storage devices – I know I do – but do you have a policy in place to protect your organisation from cyber-attacks originating from USB drives? Have a read of this article I wrote for CyberAwake that looks at that …
Research by Coveware has shown a significant drop in ransomware payments by victims. New Ransomware Reporting Requirements Kick in as Victims Increasingly Avoid Paying (coveware.com) The reasons for the drop are varied but one of the highlighted reasons is that more organisations have ransomware strategies in place and are prepared …
