Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Somerset County, in New Jersey has been hit with a ransomware attack that disrupted most of their services – forcing them to switch to temporary Gmail accounts to carry on business. That is not a bad response to an attack that hits your communications – we have a similar plan …
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Pretty straight forward – if a bad actor gets some of their malware past your defences and you suffer a ransomware attack – your business will STOP! Ransomware attack grounds flights at India’s SpiceJet • The Register Multiple flights across India grounded after SpiceJet airline hit with ransomware – The …
Tomorrow Toyota will shut down all 14 of its plants in Japan after a possible cyber-attack. Toyota has previously suffered cyber breaches and data losses. Toyota to close Japanese factories after suspected cyber-attack – BBC News Toyota shuts down all Japanese production after supplier is hacked | Ars Technica
As part of the incident response plans we create with clients, incident reports are an important part of the process, particularly in the the follow-up and debrief stage – although we do not usually ask for second by second precision. Have a look at this: xkcd: Incident Report At the …
Octagon Technology has released it’s incident response and support arrangements for Christmas and New Year. We are open for business (and new business) over the holiday period, although the team have more relaxed duty arrangements so they can take advantage of the holidays. There is always a duty engineer and …
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Tesco reports that services are back to normal after some disruption over the weekend. However as with any cybersecurity incident, action continues to be taken to check if any other systems are compromised – but I have changed my Tesco password, Tesco website and app back up after hack attempt …
A second post today for Cyber Security Awareness Month – as this incident is happening now. There is no official confirmation yet – but it appears that Sunderland University is suffering a major cybersecurity incident – possibly ransomware. Sunderland University cyber attack causes extensive IT problems – BBC News It …
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