I have just published the second part of a series of articles looking at the governance that business owners and boards should exercise over software, websites and their reputation:
WordPress websites are easy hanging fruit for hackers – is yours?
Stress – the classic social engineering tactic
Threat actors have to find ways of breaking down our cyber security training – that is where social engineering comes in. They want to find some way to get you to do what they want – this usually means exploiting your trust, but a bt of stress in there to …
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My latest article on CyberAwake
I want you to start to think about the software you and your people use, on your PCs, on the web, on your tablets and smartphones and on your website: Just Check Cyber Security Due Diligence – CyberAwake
If you need more evidence that you need to do something about email phishing and social engineering – here it is…
McAfee Fake Antivirus Phishing Campaign is Back! – SANS Internet Storm Center …and… New zero-day vulnerability in Windows being exploited Phishing emails in the wild – how can this infect you? The story of a phishing email I have written a lot lately about phishing campaigns, all of which have …
Newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Windows is being exploited now
Zero-day attacks will always be a serious issue for anyone involved in cyber security. A zero-day cyber attack is one that happens in the gap between the hackers discovering a vulnerability in a system and putting an exploit out in the wild and the software vendors, discovering the same software …
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Phishing emails in the wild – how can this infect you?
Threat actors are always looking for ways to evade your anti-virus software and other technical defences you use. There is an active Qbot malware email phishing campaign being run across the world that is compromising the Windows Control panel of infected machine – which can evade some software defences. This …
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More Twitter issues – and why text messages are a poor authentication option
Now the SMS text authentication is only working for some people: Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down | WIRED Do you want to know why SMS text message authentication is a very poor third behind app based multi-factor authentication and just about anything else? Read on: Twitter ‘closes offices’ …
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