The trusted anti-virus and cyber security company Sophos is being impersonated by a threat actor, who have taken the name SophosEncrypt. Cybersecurity firm Sophos impersonated by new SophosEncrypt ransomware (bleepingcomputer.com) Their aim to get their ransomware onto your computers. Two takeaways from this: If the offer looks too good to …
If these impact you get them patched
Oracle, Citrix and Adobe have all release cyber security updates across a range of products. These are listed on the US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – this is a site to keep an eye for security updates – or we can do it for you. Oracle Releases …
Insider Threat – How would you feel if someone betrayed your trust?
What is the Insider Threat? The insider threat is one of the most difficult cyber security issues to deal with as it involves someone you trust betraying that trust behind your back. They betray that trust and exploit the access they have to privileged information or processes. Unfortunately the insider …
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Here is a twist on the insider threat – UPDATE
This post was originally published on 23 May 2023. He got three years and seven months in prison: IT worker jailed for impersonating ransomware gang to extort employer (bleepingcomputer.com) Original Post I wrote a series of articles for CyberAwake on the risks and threats to your cyber security of a …
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Microsoft exploited vulnerability
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a Microsoft Office/Windows HTML vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog | CISA And from Microsoft: Storm-0978 attacks reveal financial and espionage motives | Microsoft Security Blog
