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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Many of us use WordPress for our web sites – if you do not know what your web designer is using for you website, then you have a cyber security issue, and you or your cyber security consultant should get in contact with your web designer ASAP. Here is one …
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. …
