Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the associated ceremonies and period of national mourning will be no exception: Potential phishing activity update – NCSC.GOV.UK The National Cyber Security Centre has issued a warning that the potential for malicious phishing, social engineering and scam cyber-attacks is very high …
There is no doubt that threat actors are becoming more organised, with skilled organisations, not only carrying out attacks, but suppling highly capable hacking tools to less skilled organisations – fo a cut of the illicit profits: New EvilProxy service lets all hackers use advanced phishing tactics (bleepingcomputer.com) This one …
The is active attack running on the internet at the moment targeting the CEOs and CFOs of some of the biggest companies around. These threat actors are not looking for targets of opportunity, for the work they put in they only want targets that can return millions of Pounds or …
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Research company Proofpoint, has shown that the threat actor, tracked as TA558, has increased it’s phishing campaigns targeted at hotel and travel companies, to coincide with the rapid increase in foreign travel as the pandemic decreases. Hackers target hotel and travel companies with fake reservations (bleepingcomputer.com) Threat actors are always …
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Even someone like me and Dan Goodwin, who wrote the linked article – people who work in cybersecurity all the time. I’m a security reporter and got fooled by a blatant phish | Ars Technica It is worth reading to see what you are dealing with, when it comes to …
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