Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
A few months ago, I wrote a Back-to-Basics mini-series on phishing emails, how they impact organisations and what you can do to reduce the risks. Back-to-Basics – A Phishing Email Primer | Smart Thinking Solutions Phish Attacks – the deluge never stops Every week I read articles on the latest …
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The threat actors do not stand still when it comes to cyber-attacks, they are constantly evolving new attack vectors as we start to understand and combat the current ones. Keeping up with these changes, especially when it comes to phishing emails – which is one of the most common ways …
Like an aging film star the computer virus has a number of birthdays – here is one of them: Computer viruses are celebrating their 40th birthday (well, 54th, really) – SANS Internet Storm Center This article also includes the fact that the computer virus is dead! Although you still need …
Continue reading “Because It’s Friday – Mixing Valentine’s Day and Viruses!”
Phishing email cyber-attacks have to be the most common cyber-attack directed at any organisation. Most are trying to get the victim to reveal their credentials, often for Microsoft 365. Every week I spend time with clients discussing or investigating phishing emails and helping them put systems in place to help …
One of the topics covered at the cyber security conference I was at last week was how AI tools such as ChatGPT are helping threat actors refine the social engineering messages that enable the success of an email phishing attack. Our Cyber Security Awareness Training still includes looking out for …
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