Anyone in business today and having anything to do with technology is very familiar with the acronym something-aaS – as-a-service. For smaller businesses it means we can access tools, systems and expertise that once were only available to businesses with the budget, infrastructure and pockets to support them. So we …
Cracking Ransomware Encryption
You should not rely on the technique in this article as your “ransomware recovery plan”: Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys – Krebs on Security If you read the article, you can see that breaking the ransomware encryption is not easy or guaranteed. Neither should you plan on paying up: …
Car security again
This is proving to be a fertile ground for cyber security researchers. I wonder, how many dissertations this continual issue is going to generate? One of the under lying issue here is technology being pushed beyond what it was originally designed for and lacking the underlying high security the applications …
Ransomware in wild
Ransomware does not go away and still poses one of the greatest risks to ant organisation large and small. Here is the latest ransomware attack being reported in the tech press: Trigona ransomware spotted in increasing attacks worldwide (bleepingcomputer.com) You at least need to know you have a ransomware resilient …
Google action to protect small businesses
Google is recognising the impact its services have on the success of smaller businesses, and how scammers are taking advantage to exploit those same businesses. The article covers the legal actions Google has taken; the scams that are being run in its name and advice on how to deal with …
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