Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This is not a repeat of the previous post – now the Microsoft Snipping Tool has been shown to have similar issues to Google Pixel’s image cropping tool – what you cut away is not lost and so secret, it can be recovered later. Windows 11 Snipping Tool privacy bug …
We all see redacting n the TV shows and movies we watch – documents with big black lines through the secret information that must not be revealed – and I use similar techniques for screenshots I use here to conceal secret information. I am sure you do the same. I …
… more about extortion ransomware and what you can do about defending your information from it: From Encryption Ransomware To Extortion Ransomware Part I – CyberAwake This first part looks at defending critical accounts from compromise.
Ransomware is known for encrypting your data then demanding money for the key to recover your information (probably). Then ransomware moved on to not only encrypting but stealing your information and then extorting another ransom from you to not release or sell your information. Now there is ransomware that skips …
If you collect a lot of information that would be of particular interest to threat actors, such as personally identifiable information (PII), bank account details etc, make sure you take care of that information. Or the government could set up an age verification site – and all the threat actors …
