Lawrence Abrams has a good article on Bleeping Computer reminding us all that ransomware is still a major cyber security threat for everyone. The Week in Ransomware – August 18th 2023 – LockBit on Thin Ice The article goes into explain that the “successful” ransomware gang LockBit are having difficulties …
Microsoft Office under attack… again…
So most organisations use Microsoft Office in some way. Even if it they do not use it, someone will email them a Word or Excel document. You cannot avoid it – even on a Mac or Linux computer. That makes it a juicy target for threat actors – there are …
Time to think about more than just anti-virus
In a break from our series about cyber security risk, I wrote an article this week looking at why an organisation needs more than just anti-virus, if they want the best security they can afford… Anti-virus – This is why you need more and better… …starting at just £10 per …
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Defence-in-Depth – The Next Step
Yesterday I wrote the opening chapter of this defence-in-depth article – I looked at how anti-virus protection can be side-stepped by threat actors and that staff cyber awareness training is needed to provide another layer to your defences. That was a human addition to your defence-in-depth and today we are …
More on Risk
Diana has continued our series looking at how to assess organisational risk when it applies to cyber security. This series is running on our sister site CyberAwake. Today’s article looks at some practical ways to understand your risks: Assess The Cyber Security Risk – CyberAwake …and the earlier risk articles… …