Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Australia has been in the cyber security headlines recently with a couple of high-profile hacks that has seriously impacted millions of citizens: Now it is being reported that the Australian government is considering bringing in legislation to prevent organisations legally paying ransomware demands, in an attempt to disrupt the threat …
This article was first posted on 27 October 2022 Update 10 November 2022 The headlines say it all: Medibank: Data stolen from Australia health insurance available online – BBC News Medibank hacker says ransom demand was US$10m as purported abortion health records posted | The Guardian These criminals will have …
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The Royal Mail had to close its Click and Drop website this week, as a security slip up allowed some customers access to information, they should not have been able to see. Royal Mail customer data leak shutters online Click and Drop • The Register Engineers solved the issue within …
I have posted the latest part of my occasional series about the Insider Threat cyber security risk, on our online training site, CyberAwake:
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 …
