There has been some very high profile international cases of organisations getting infected with ransomware. Especially active is the LockBit gang. LockBit ransomware infection hits Japan’s top cargo port • The Register TSMC says IT supplier extorted by LockBit • The Register We should assume these organisations – a world …
Car hacking “vendors” closed down and other car cyber-security stories
I have covered the hacking of cars several times – having read articles and research about the problem, I keep my wireless key fob in an RFID pouch – now a gang that was selling car hacking tools has been arrested and closed down: European gang that sold car hacking …
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The Insider Threat – it may be at the top of the company…
I wrote about the insider threat to organisations last week: And today there is a story with an insider threat twist. The president of a Japanese Sushi company, Kobi Tanabe, has been arrested and accused of accessing information from his previous employer, through contacts and sub-ordinates who still work there. …
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Log4shell – the vulnerability that is inside many software packages – just ask VMware – is here to stay
The SolarWinds attack, where the threat actors got inside SolarWinds’ systems and added their malicious code to a legitimate software update, so having SolarWinds distribute this malware to many of its high and low profile customers around the world, seems a long time ago now. But at least in this …
Why we do not recommend USB memory sticks as data storage for our clients
It has been a long standing thing at Octagon Technology that we advise our clients not to store important data on memory sticks – as they are easily lost: Japanese man loses USB stick with entire city’s personal details – BBC News By not allowing the use of USB sticks, …
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