I am in the middle of another IT and Cyber Security audit for an organisation and as part of that report I have been asked to look at their SharePoint configuration. IT was set up in rush during the first lockdown and the board and CEO are not sure about …
Insider Threat – How would you feel if someone betrayed your trust?
What is the Insider Threat? The insider threat is one of the most difficult cyber security issues to deal with as it involves someone you trust betraying that trust behind your back. They betray that trust and exploit the access they have to privileged information or processes. Unfortunately the insider …
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What can you do if you get infected by ransomware?
Fall back and use your ransomware resilient back-up to recover your encrypted information – and hope that your data classification and segregation has protected your most sensitive information from exfiltration and exposure in the public domain. Or you could hope that the Dutch police have recovered the ransomware decryption key …
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The ups and downs of ransomware software development
Threat actors are always changing their malware and tactics to evade the technical solutions the anti-virus and other security solution vendors distribute. So it is no surprise that malware gets patches and updates as well: Colonial Pipeline hackers add startling new capabilities to ransomware operation – The Record by Recorded …
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Ransomware this week
There have been several high profile ransomware attacks this week – and small ones that do not make the news. Ransomware attack knocked a Kentucky city-operated ISP offline before holiday – The Record by Recorded Future Lorenz ransomware breaches corporate network via phone systems (bleepingcomputer.com) Ransomware gang threatens 1m-plus medical …