I have lost track of the number of services that I am being offered include “AI” to make them better, more helpful, intuitive, etc., etc., etc.. Even my Microsoft 365 for Business comes with AI interfering, sorry helping at every turn. But what happens when the threat actors get their …
In Support of Encryption
The idea for this article on encryption came to me whilst reading Joe Haldeman’s The Hemingway Hoax (see the disclaimer at the end of this article) – written in 1990 it was slightly ahead of the computer revolution. In the book, three people are involved in a fraud to produce …
Russian offensive malware spreads outside Ukraine
We have not heard much recently about the cyber war between Ukraine and Russia but here is a story that illustrates what I have been saying about malware creep and collateral damage from deployed malware weapons. By the very nature of online commerce and communications these cyber-weapons will spread outside …
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How much can a ransomware attack cost a big company?
In the case of Blackbaud $49.5million. This is the settlement agreed by the international software company for ransomware data breach, which exposed a raft of its clients sensitive and personal data. This included unencrypted banking information and login credentials. Blackbaud agrees to $49.5 million settlement for ransomware data breach (bleepingcomputer.com) …
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Do you want to access your passwords?
When LastPass reset their MFA security they locked their clients out as well as the threat actors. LastPass users furious after being locked out due to MFA resets (bleepingcomputer.com) Your takeaway LastPass is a good way to keep your passwords secure – but you are giving LastPass or other password …
