Research by Coveware has shown a significant drop in ransomware payments by victims. New Ransomware Reporting Requirements Kick in as Victims Increasingly Avoid Paying (coveware.com) The reasons for the drop are varied but one of the highlighted reasons is that more organisations have ransomware strategies in place and are prepared …
Updates and Patches
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is one of our go-to information sources for cyber security information. Whilst I have been away my team have been keeping up with the news there, but I have not! Here is a round-up of their latest alerts: VMware Releases Security …
The AI cyber-crime arms race
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a report discussing the cyber security threat and the benefits for cyber security defence artificial intelligence (AI) poses over the next two years: Global ransomware threat expected to rise with AI, NCSC warns – NCSC.GOV.UK The near-term impact of AI on the …
More about your VPN
This is a follow-on article to last week’s article Let’s Talk About Your VPN. You should read that article first, to save me having to explain what a VPN is and why I am talking about them now. VPN Issues I spent last week talking up the cyber security advantages …
Facebook Credentials
Facebook is a vital tool on most organisation’s marketing plan – so the Facebook credentials are as important as the ones for the bank and Microsoft 365. Threat actors targeting personal accounts with their phishing campaigns could also catch your business account details. Watch out for “I can’t believe he …