Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
With the cyber-attacks on UK retail stores making the headlines over the last couple of weeks, I thought I would rerun this article (from CyberAwake, August 2022) on the pros and cons of paying the ransomware gangs. NCSC and the ICO say – Don’t pay the malware ransom. A couple …
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I do not often post on Saturdays but this could not wait until after the Bank Holiday. All last week my articles were about the cyber attacks impacting UK retail stores. It started with M&S, then the Co-op and finished with Harrods. You can read those articles below. I was …
This one to be specific: WooCommerce admins targeted by fake security patches that hijack sites It is a phishing campaign, attacking the popular WordPress plugin WooCommerce, exploiting admins and their credentials with malicious security patches the admins think they must have – again a classic bit of threat actor social …
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When a major retailer suffers a cyber security incident it is going to make headline news… again and again. Here is today’s installment: M&S cyber attack chaos leaves more questions than answers – BBC News We can all learn something about improving our cyber security reponses whilst we watch M&S …
Last week I said there would be more to come on this story – and there was… M&S stops online orders and issues refunds after cyber attack – BBC News Mixed Messaging It appears to me that the main complaint from customers is not that services are unavailable or that …
