Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
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 …
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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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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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 …
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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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
