Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
There are always ransomware stories in the technical press – and even one of two that get into the mainstream press, but of course for all of these headliners, smaller companies and micro-businesses get hit by ransomware but do not make the news. That could be you! BlackCat ransomware claims …
It is not possible to forget ransomware, just this week our engineers have updated a client’s back-up to one that is ransomware compliant – meaning, among other things, that the threat actors cannot access and so encrypt or alter the back-up during their attacks. Up to this point the client …
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Software depositories are a prime target for threat actors, especially those offering modules that other developers include in their software. Here is an attack aimed at a Python repository: Malicious PyPi packages aim DDoS attacks at Counter-Strike servers (bleepingcomputer.com) How secure is open source software? Do you use open source …
Nancy Pelosi, a senior United States politician and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, has now left after a short but controversial visit. China was not pleased about the visit. SANS has a report this morning on monitoring of Chinese reaction online – not blogs, news reactions, etc. …
This post was originally made on 2 March 2022. It will be updated as the Russian Ukraine Conflict develops and will highlight the cyber security issues facing organisations and individuals at this time. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is advising all UK organisations to review and improve their cyber …
The malware/botnet that instigated the recent DDoS attack has now been given a name by Cloudflare – Mantis. Mantis, the tiny shrimp that launched 3,000 DDoS attacks • The Register Octagon has specified Cloudflare to protect some it’s clients high profile websites. Distributed Denial of Service attacks – Smart Thinking …
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The denial-of-service (DoS) attack, is a common attack used by those who want to make a point or make money, by disrupting the availability of websites and web services. In simple terms the threat actor finds a way to flood a system with malicious network traffic to overload network infrastructure …
