Guernsey’s Data Protection Commissioner Brent Homan has published a report showing that the leaking of personal data on the island has risen. More than 1,000 people affected by data breaches – BBC The Office of the Data Protection Authority (ODPA) says over 1500 people have been impacted. The reported stated …
WH Smith – data breach
Data breaches of big companies regularly make the news – here is the latest: UK retailer WH Smith hit by another data thief • The Register Threat actors accessed past and present employee data and other company information, but customer information was secure from the attack as it is kept …
Ransomware is never far from the news
Threat actors have been taking advantage of an exploited set of Microsoft credentials to embed ransomware attacks into signed drivers: Microsoft-signed malicious Windows drivers used in ransomware attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) And LockBit got through the cyber security defences of California’s Department of Finance: LockBit claims attack on California’s Department of Finance …
Ransomware in wild
Ransomware does not go away and still poses one of the greatest risks to ant organisation large and small. Here is the latest ransomware attack being reported in the tech press: Trigona ransomware spotted in increasing attacks worldwide (bleepingcomputer.com) You at least need to know you have a ransomware resilient …
Just in case you thought you could relax about ransomware
Ransomware both the encryption attack and the exfiltrate/extortion attack are still probably your most serious cyber security risk. Here is some basic advice all of which you have implemented: Here is the latest double whammy ransomware attack being reported on in the tech news: Donut extortion group also targets victims …
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