Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Ransomware infections top list of the most common results of phishing attacks | TechRepublic I have to quote Brandon Vigliarolo, from Tech Republic: “Eighty-four percent of organizations were phishing victims last year, 59% of whom were hit with ransomware. Why, then, do less than a quarter of boards think ransomware …
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Here is some follow-up to the Android Trusted Execution Environment security issue with Samsung smartphones. 100 million Samsung phones affected by encryption weakness | TechRepublic The advice here is whatever device you have, keep those patches and updates up-to-date. Samsung smartphones with leaky security – Smart Thinking Solutions Samsung Encryption …
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Cyber weapons are being used in the Russia Ukraine conflict and there is the potential for that malware to spread to the UK – either by the nature of the internet connecting us all or deliberately. HermeticWiper is a new version of destructive malware. It is not ransomware, there is …
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The United States’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in conjunction with the threat hunting team from the security company Symantec have discovered rootkit malware that can quietly open backdoors into systems. This malware, called “Daxin”, has been linked with Chinese operations connected with the hacking group Middle Kingdom and …
Brad Smith – President & Vice Chair at Microsoft has made a statement on the war in Ukraine. It is wide ranging but it does highlight steps Microsoft is taking to defend against against cyber attacks. Digital technology and the war in Ukraine – Microsoft On the Issues Big Tech …
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