Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
In the first part of this article on how ransomware has changed, we looked at the actual attacks, today we are going to look at ransomware payments. Ransomware. Pay up? In the early days of ransomware, paying for the decryption key was an option. Although back then most people who …
A few months back it seems the only thing in the tech press were the cyber attacks on the Co-Op, Marks & Spencer and Harrods, from empty shelves and huge financial losses to phishing emails and abusive emails to the CEO. Here are some of my articles: Co-op – Data …
Continue reading “UK Retail Cyber-attacks – Arrests have been made.”
Following any type of incident that impacts your organisation, how you respond to your stakeholders is important to the recover your reputation. Following the serious cyber security incident the Co-op have suffered, they have offered members a financial appology – I have had an email from the Co-op explaining my …
“Empty shelves, cancelled online orders, the data of millions of customers stolen.” BBC News The BBC is reporting that the Scattered Spider cyber-gang is probably behind the attacks and they have been using an “off the shelf” threat actor package called DragonForce to carry out the attacks. M&S and Co-op …
Here are two informative articles from the BBC looking at two different cyber-attacks. The first is a look at an attack on Redcar and Cleveland Council in February 2020, which for the rest of us got overtaken by world events but for those living and working in the region it …
