For smaller organisations updating network devices is often overlooked. CISA is warning of a flaw in Zyxel firewalls that is being actively exploited by hackers even though the vendor issued patches for the vulnerability over a month ago! CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog | CISA Hackers exploit …
Amazon IoT cyber security is not that good
Devices designed for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) have a history of issues when it comes to cyber security – which is why the UK Government has the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI) under consideration. However when buying IoT equipment, for installation in your home or office, you would expect Amazon …
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The Capita hack keep gathering victims
Capita is the largest outsourcing company in the UK and counts among it’s contracts the UK Government, the Ministry of Defence, local authorities and businesses. When Capita’s security was breached it was going to lead to an ever increasing list of victims as the investigation proceeded. Capita hack: 90 organisations …
Explain to me what a phishing email looks like?
This is something I try and explain at every cyber security awareness session I run – what is a phishing email? The answer is constantly changing as the threat actors never stand still in their attempts to get us to infect our own computers. I used to point to bad …
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New info stealing malware
Bandit Stealer malware is promoted by the hacker developers as the most advanced information stealer available to threat actors. It can exfiltrate data from most popular browsers including usernames and cookies and other system information such as IP addresses and details of a victim’s computer. The Telegram messaging app is …
