Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I have not been talking about ransomware as much recently – but it has not gone away – ask Estée Lauder: Estée Lauder beauty giant breached by two ransomware gangs (bleepingcomputer.com) Follow the Money Hackers do t for money. Research from the cryptocurrency tracing firm Chainalysis shows that victims have …
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I’ll start this story with an example of a phishing attack run by one of the Russian sponsored hacking groups currently involved in the Russian Ukraine conflict. You are not likely to be one of their carefully selected targets but it illustrates how other threat actors operate. The group is …
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Microsoft has reported to the US government that it has monitored Chinese threat actors gaining access to the email of various organisations including US government departments. Microsoft: China accused of hacking US government emails – BBC News Microsoft alleges China behind attack on Exchange Online • The Register China denied …
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Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest in the country – and it’s cyber security has been breached by the BlackCat ransomware gang. Some of the data has already been leaked as a “proof of breach” to the Trust and to the members of staff whose data, held …
There was a time when Mac users would happily tell Windows users that there were no viruses for Mac! At the time those Mac users were few and far between if you were not in the print and design world. Now of course there are many potential victims using macOS …
