Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Ransomware infections top list of the most common results of phishing attacks | TechRepublic I have to quote Brandon Vigliarolo, from Tech Republic: “Eighty-four percent of organizations were phishing victims last year, 59% of whom were hit with ransomware. Why, then, do less than a quarter of boards think ransomware …
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Xme over on SANS Internet Storm Centre has an interesting article highlighting the recently registered domains that could have a connection with the Russia Ukraine conflict. It also shows some of the content on these domains. Ukraine & Russia Situation From a Domain Names Perspective – SANS Internet Storm Centre …
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With the huge increase in online shopping and deliveries over the past couple of years, these have become one of the favourite attack vectors for cyber criminals. Usually it is some type of impersonation/social engineering attack via email, with the intention to steal sensitive information from you. Just be very …
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Here is another example of a phishing attack, from SANS Internet Diary – although I am not sure the average user will know what to do with an ISO file? The attack is interesting as it uses Base 64 to obscure it from detection. Malicious ISO Embedded in an HTML …
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This a complex, but easily implemented by the hackers, hoax, being run by cyber criminals right now. It is based around COVID-19 home testing kits and the subsequent results. Cybercriminals are exploiting COVID-19 tests in phishing attacks – TechRepublic Phishing Emails The vector for the attack is primarily through email …
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