Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
A second post today for Cyber Security Awareness Month – as this incident is happening now. There is no official confirmation yet – but it appears that Sunderland University is suffering a major cybersecurity incident – possibly ransomware. Sunderland University cyber attack causes extensive IT problems – BBC News It …
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I had to write about patches today – yesterday was Microsoft Patch Tuesday and we got a range patches for their software. Some of these were for critical vulnerabilities with one of them actually being exploited in the wild. Microsoft October 2021 Patch Tuesday (sans.edu) Other software vendors also seem …
Lindy Cameron (photo above from NCSC website), the head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has made a strong speech emphasising the devastating threat ransomware poses to businesses and organisations. Lindy Cameron at Cyber 2021, Chatham House – NCSC.GOV.UK UK cyber head says Russia responsible for ‘devastating’ ransomware …
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Continuing my friendly look at jargon this month… Know the jargon – #BeCyberSmart – Smart Thinking Solutions …here are six words you must be thinking about – we do. The best way to define a system as secure is that attackers are prevented from using unauthorised access to or use …
A story of cybersecurity and privacy from 1903 The image above: British Post Office engineers inspect Marconi’s wireless telegraphy equipment, during a demonstration on Flat Holm island (Source: Cardiff Council Flat Holm Project via Wikimedia Commons) Guglielmo Marconi developed the wireless telegraph machine and in May 1897 he transmitted the …
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