A new strain of ransomware, HavanaCrypt, is being distributed by threat actors as Google software updates, exploiting Microsoft functionality: HavanaCrypt ransomware sails in as a fake Google update • The Register
The story of Pegasus spyware continues UPDATED 12 July 2022
This post was first published on 15 June 2022 Update 12 July 2022 President Bidens’ administration’s decision to blacklist the NSO Group is proving to be a problem for L3Harris, a US defence contractor that wants to buy the Pegasus spyware part of the business: L3Harris in move to buy …
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Oh No! Microsoft appears to have rolled back it’s macro protection… UPDATED 12 July 2022
This post was originally published on 8 July 2022 Update 12 July 2022 Microsoft says that this rollback of “stopping macros from the web being blocked, out of the box” is only temporary and it points out that admins can still implement this restriction through Group policies: Macros from the …
What is the UK’s official response to Chinese cyber aggression?
Well according to report by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee it is “incoherent and muted”: Encoding values: Putting tech at the heart of UK foreign policy – Foreign Affairs Committee (parliament.uk) Then there was this from last week: UK response to Chinas tech push ‘incoherent and muted’ • …
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NCSC and the ICO say – Don’t pay the malware ransom
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have written to The Law Society and The Bar Council outlining why it is better for everyone’s (including those infected with the ransomware) not to engage with the threat actors by paying the ransoms demanded. Solicitors urged to …
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