Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Whilst reading the tech press this week, I came across this article from The Guardian and I thought it was worth mentioning. What to do if you can’t get into your Facebook or Instagram account | Money | The Guardian Your Takeaway Articles and information like this can form an …
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“Empty shelves, cancelled online orders, the data of millions of customers stolen.” BBC News The BBC is reporting that the Scattered Spider cyber-gang is probably behind the attacks and they have been using an “off the shelf” threat actor package called DragonForce to carry out the attacks. M&S and Co-op …
Here are two informative articles from the BBC looking at two different cyber-attacks. The first is a look at an attack on Redcar and Cleveland Council in February 2020, which for the rest of us got overtaken by world events but for those living and working in the region it …
With the cyber-attacks on UK retail stores making the headlines over the last couple of weeks, I thought I would rerun this article (from CyberAwake, August 2022) on the pros and cons of paying the ransomware gangs. NCSC and the ICO say – Don’t pay the malware ransom. A couple …
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I do not often post on Saturdays but this could not wait until after the Bank Holiday. All last week my articles were about the cyber attacks impacting UK retail stores. It started with M&S, then the Co-op and finished with Harrods. You can read those articles below. I was …
