Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Well the fine in the case of the massive outsourcing firm, Capita, who did not adequately protect the information of over 6.5 million victims – £14M. Capita fined £14m for cyber-attack which affected millions – BBC News Here is a recap of the Capita hack from mid-2023: The Capita Data …
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 …
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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The US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a key resource for us to keep up with the cyber security patches issued by the major – and sometimes more fringe – vendors. We especially pay attention in the week of Microsoft Patch Tuesday, as other vendors often issue …
Our team use a variety of sources to keep up with this job of which the US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a key one. Here is a round-up of the key cyber security patches they have highlighted – although for the last few weeks most of …
