Then you should be aware of this – they have suffered a follow up cyber security incident, using information from an incident in August, that breached their security again: Lastpass says hackers accessed customer data in new breach (bleepingcomputer.com) An investigation has revealed no customer encrypted passwords were compromised. I …
USB data storage devices – useful but risky
A few weeks ago, I was asked to write an article looking at the ups and downs of using USB data storage devices in businesses: If you must use portable USB drives, then you must read this… – CyberAwake One of the down sides was the Japanese man who loss …
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Student information published online
The Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat School has suffered a cyber-attack that has resulted in confidential student information getting into the public domain. Pupils’ data spread online in Hereford school cyber attack – BBC News The school has been open about the attack but is awaiting the outcome of the police …
Mis-configuration – a common mistake many organisations make when setting up their cyber security – including Microsoft!
We often find problems with client configurations when we take over jobs, particularly when less-technically-able client try to do-it-themselves. If anyone needs an example as to why getting things set up correctly is difficult, Microsoft made a mistake with a server config and exposed some of their client’s information: Microsoft …
What can you do if you get infected by ransomware?
Fall back and use your ransomware resilient back-up to recover your encrypted information – and hope that your data classification and segregation has protected your most sensitive information from exfiltration and exposure in the public domain. Or you could hope that the Dutch police have recovered the ransomware decryption key …
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