Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
…winged ninja cyber monkeys… Dr Ian Levy from the National Cyber Security Centre The title is a bit odd, but the article by Ian Levy from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) does an excellent job of explaining why the NCSC is now scanning the internet looking for vulnerabilities in …
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Last week I wrote about some of the issues with multi-factor authentication: On the same day that I published, The Register also ran an article looking at MFA issues. I am continuing my story next week, but Jeff Burt’s article is worth reading as the more you know about this …
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued a range of security advisories: Cisco Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products | CISA Apple Releases Security Update for Xcode | CISA OpenSSL Releases Security Update | CISA
Everyone needs policies and procedures that address the potential risk of business email compromise (BEC). That is when the threat actors through impersonation or compromised credentials get inside an email system and send malicious business instructions to your team pretending to senior people in your organisation or trusted partners. Here …
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is not perfect and it can be compromised by threat actors. However, we still stand by our advice to all our clients: Always use MFA – using and authenticator app – whenever it is available. I published an article yesterday on CyberAwake about some of the issues …
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