Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here are some of the leading ransomware stories this week: Greek natural gas operator suffers ransomware-related data breach – Bleeping Computers LockBit ransomware group implicated in crippling attack on French hospital – The Record by Recorded Future New ‘Donut Leaks’ extortion gang linked to recent ransomware attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) RansomEXX claims …
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We cannot emphasise how important multi-factor authentication is to your cyber security – however, of course, the threat actors do have ways around it: Cookie stealing: the new perimeter bypass – Sophos News The threat is malware getting into your system and stealing session cookies that are associated with the …
When I use a VPN, I do it because I want my communications across the internet to be private. Apple iOS VPN is not private enough: Two years on, Apple iOS VPNs still leak IP addresses • The Register I always use a VPN when I suspect the internet connection …
Research company Proofpoint, has shown that the threat actor, tracked as TA558, has increased it’s phishing campaigns targeted at hotel and travel companies, to coincide with the rapid increase in foreign travel as the pandemic decreases. Hackers target hotel and travel companies with fake reservations (bleepingcomputer.com) Threat actors are always …
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Passwords are still an important part of everyone’s cybersecurity, whilst we wait for the passwordless society to come round. Here is a weekend read from Bleeping Computers looking at password strength: Cyber Awake | Train Your Team To Protect Against Cyber Attacks(opens in a new tab) The Benefits of Making …
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Even someone like me and Dan Goodwin, who wrote the linked article – people who work in cybersecurity all the time. I’m a security reporter and got fooled by a blatant phish | Ars Technica It is worth reading to see what you are dealing with, when it comes to …
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First see what I have to say about “sophisticated attacks” then we will get into this leak of personal information by an organisation that should have a reasonable spend on cyber-security! Twilio – a communications and phone company based in San Francisco – is reluctant to give away much information on …
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