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Posted on 5 February 20255 February 2025

Groundhog Day and Cyber Security

Groundhog Day is like teach password hygiene

When Diana is the editor of the monthly Octagon Technology newsletter she likes to have a theme for the month, last month it was “Get Organised” this month her theme is the “Special Days in February” and to start things off I got Groundhog Day and the task of relating …

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Posted on 30 January 202530 January 2025

Only for grown-ups – Privacy Issues

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I have an article published on CyberAwake today looking at social media and app privacy. Social Media and Privacy – CyberAwake Remember that good privacy can lead to good cyber security. If you keep something a secret then it makes it that much harder for a threat actor to attack. …

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Posted on 29 January 202530 January 2025

Get Organised – Business Continuity and Recovery

after an incident a business continuity plan is a must

As the first month of 2025 draws to a close I am going to add one more article to Diana’s “Get Organised” project, this time looking briefly at business continuity. This is a companion piece to: Get Organised – Incident Response | Octagon Technology It is probably best if you …

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Posted on 28 January 202531 January 2025

Apple releases a zero-day cyber security update

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Apple has issued cyber security updates across its product range to address a zero-day security flaw in Apple’s Core Media framework that is being actively exploited. Apple security releases – Apple Support What systems are impacted by the zero-day flaw? Here are the operating systems that are receiving this update …

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Posted on 23 January 202523 January 2025

Ransomware never goes away

Social Engineering

For a successful ransomware attack the threat actors have to get their malware onto a user’s computer inside the secure network. Posing as your IT support is one way to get in: Ransomware gangs pose as IT support in Microsoft Teams phishing attacks – BleepingComputer Social Engineering In this attack …

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