Ransomware can happen to any organisation. Tanbridge House School in West Sussex has paid an unstated fee to keep their information out of the public domain and secret following a ransomware attack. Students and teachers at English high school impacted by ransomware attack (therecord.media) However The Ransom House cyber criminals still …
The Ransomware mini-series is almost complete
The penultimate part of my mini-series looking at Ransomware has been published today on CyberAwake: Before – Ransomware Part 9 – CyberAwake Here are the rest of the parts – published across Smart Thinking, CyberAwake and Octagon Technology. Ransomware Mini-Series (2023) Ransomware: Is it a Threat? (Part 1) A Bag …
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Where do you keep that Incident Response Plan? (Ransomware Mini-series Part 8)
Throughout this ransomware mini-series and other articles I write I refer to important documents you should have, a Cyber Security Master Document, an Incident Response Plan, a Business continuity Plan etc.. Once you have created these documents you need to keep them somewhere and that is something you need to …
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More protection for Microsoft Excel
Following the blocking of VBA macros by default in Microsoft Office apps – read about the ups and downs of that story here – Microsoft has announced that all untrusted XLL add-ins will be blocked by default. Microsoft Excel now blocking untrusted XLL add-ins by default (bleepingcomputer.com) Blocking any avenue …
Why you need to keep things patched
We have written several articles recently about how critical patches and updates are to your cyber security. Here is another reason why: Proof-of-Concept released for critical Microsoft Word RCE bug (bleepingcomputer.com) Once the threat actors are aware of a vulnerability – whether it is patched or not – they will …
