Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Legitimate software vendors are always upgrading their offerings to give the user more features or a better experience. So we should not be surprised when threat actors who offer ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) or malware-as-a-service (MaaS) update their malicious software with new features, including ones to avoid detection and mitigation. Hive ransomware …
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Make sure your Google Chrome patching is up to date. Google has just released a patch to fix a flaw in Chrome that was being actively exploited by threat actors. The attack is directed at the WebRTC system – which is a component used in web based comms, so avoid …
Well this is really unbelievable! The threat actors behind the AstraLocker ransomware have decided to switch to another cyber-crime, but in the process of closing the servers down, the developers behind the malware have submitted the AstraLocker decryptors to the VirusTotal malware analysis website. AstraLocker ransomware shuts down and releases …
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I have been explaining throughout the period of the Russia Ukraine conflict, that even though the cyber-threat spread has been limited, so far, it may not remain so and it may take time for the threat to UK organisation and individual systems to develop. Today the National Cyber Security Centre …
The British Army has had material posted in it’s YouTube and Twitter accounts by unauthorised persons. For a time they lost control of the Twitter account, where the account name and profile image was changed. Information was posted to the Army’s official channels about cryptocurrencies, using images of Elon Musk, …
