Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The scammers – sorry, cyber criminals – who masquerade as the delivery firm Evri, have been up to their old social engineering tricks again! A couple of weeks back, whilst waiting for a delivery by Evri, I received a scam text message and I wrote about that experience here: Delivery …
My personal delivery scam. I was working at my desk the other day, thinking about stopping for lunch, when I got the following text message: Now I was waiting for a delivery, I had ordered a camping kettle from AliExpress, but the last time I looked it was not scheduled …
Globally the payments made in response to a ransomware attack have dropped significantly in the last year. Global ransomware payments plunge by a third amid crackdown | Cybercrime | The Guardian This is attributed to authorities and law enforcement agencies having successes with their investigations and prosecutions and a refusal …
The FBI has issued a Public Service Announcement offering advice on how to spot and react to AI scamming attacks – particularly when they are targeting financial fraud. FBI | Criminals Use Generative Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Financial Fraud Well worth a read – I am going to be including …
I wrote a lot about the UK Government’s Online Safety bill, especially the parts relating to encryption – basically I am against introducing any weakness into encryption. I know the argument for it states that the police will catch criminals easier – terrorists and offenders against children are always mentioned …
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