You should not rely on the technique in this article as your “ransomware recovery plan”: Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys – Krebs on Security If you read the article, you can see that breaking the ransomware encryption is not easy or guaranteed. Neither should you plan on paying up: …
USB data storage devices – useful but risky
A few weeks ago, I was asked to write an article looking at the ups and downs of using USB data storage devices in businesses: If you must use portable USB drives, then you must read this… – CyberAwake One of the down sides was the Japanese man who loss …
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Microsoft Teams is keeping security tokens in plain text… and more UPDATED 23 September 2022
The original post was published on 16 September 2022 This is a real problem, no software or system should keep any security token in plain text, any time during operation. The user base for Microsoft Teams is in excess of 270 million users – we are part of that number …
Do you have a policy to securely dispose of your redundant equipment?
Or do you let your staff or IT Support sell it on eBay? $35M fine for Morgan Stanley after unencrypted, unwiped hard drives are auctioned | Ars Technica We do not resell equipment we are charged with disposing of securely.