Today I have published the first part of a two-part article on device security over on CyberAwake. This is something many organisations skip over, if they have implemented a password policy and MFA! Device Security (Pt. 1) – CyberAwake Often the reluctance to take action is because they are concerned …
Secure those Online Services
We were early adopters when Microsoft launched Office 365, the online services that would become Microsoft 365. Up to then we had been purchasing Microsoft Office licenses each time a new version of Office was released, which was a substantial cost to a small IT company, but we needed to …
It All Starts with a Phishing Email
Following my article yesterday about phishing emails, here on Smart Thinking, I have contunued the phishing email advice over on CyberAwake today. This time we are looking at the big targets: It All Starts with a Phishing Email – CyberAwake Do you need cyber security awareness training? WE understand that …
Do you want fries with that hack
Setting up phony websites with just a letter different from the legitimate sites is nothing new – I can remember a marketing company (now defunct) trying to persuade me to buy dozens of variations of our IT support company domain, to capture those potential customers who have “fat fingers” – …
“View Document”
Sometimes a cyber-attack is something as easy as adding a button saying “view document” when whale phishing senior people in an organisation. Ongoing Microsoft Azure account hijacking campaign targets executives (bleepingcomputer.com) Your takeaway When was the last time you audited the credentials and associated authorisations of those credentials? If you …
You may not have $25m in your bank account but here is the state of play of deep fake hacking
That is a long title, but for this well financed, hi-tech cyber-attack it is appropriate. A worked at a multi-national company in Hong Kong was persuaded to transfer $200 million Hong Kong dollars to a variety of accounts, having been reassured by a group video call with the company’s CFO …
The risk of USB memory sticks
Even with cloud computing we all still use USB data storage devices – I know I do – but do you have a policy in place to protect your organisation from cyber-attacks originating from USB drives? Have a read of this article I wrote for CyberAwake that looks at that …
