Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Before any malware can carry out the malicious tasks it was designed to do – it has to get into and infect a host system. This can be done in a variety of ways. It can be something as simple as plugging in an infected USB stick into your computer …
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Here is a good news story: A two month operation – called First Light 2022 – between law enforcement agencies of 76 nations has led to the seizure of millions of pounds of assets and the arrest of thousands. The organised gangs targeted were behind hundreds of telecommunications and social …
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Threat actors, just like any other software developer, are always looking for ways to improve their software. In the case of threat actors this is often done to avoid the mitigation that software vendors have put in place to defend against the malware or patch a vulnerability the threat actors …
This post was originally made on 9 June 2022 Update 15 June 2022 Microsoft has included updates in it’s Patch Tuesday bundle to address this issue: Microsoft Patch Tuesday – Follina zero-day fixed – Smart Thinking Solutions Get the updates done as soon as possible. Let’s hope this is really …
The Emotet botnet started off as banking trojan then evolved into a spamming and malware delivery system, has now moved onto exfiltrating credit card data: Emotet malware gang shifts to stealing credit cards • The Register If you have your credit card details stored in your Google Chrome browser, the …
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