Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
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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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 …
A follow-on from last week’s article by Ben about Windows BitLocker encryption – BitLocker for Cyber Security. BitLocker for full disk encryption As Ben described, Windows BitLocker is a feature that encrypts your entire drive to protect your data from unauthorized access or theft. It is available on certain versions …
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BitLocker is an often-overlooked cyber security tool provided by Microsoft. Why you should understand BitLocker Oh dear, you have lost your laptop, perhaps it was stolen or maybe you simply threw it away. I hope there was nothing important or sensitive on it! At best you would have coursework or …
To increase the attack surface of this extortion ransomware attack threat actors did not go after a single organisation, they targeted and breached an IT company that was holding information for more than 140 organisations, much of it very sensitive: Cyber attack: Data from charities stolen in ransomware attack – …
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