Well the fine in the case of the massive outsourcing firm, Capita, who did not adequately protect the information of over 6.5 million victims – £14M. Capita fined £14m for cyber-attack which affected millions – BBC News Here is a recap of the Capita hack from mid-2023: The Capita Data …
Ransomware the Next Steps (pt.2)Â
In the first part of this article on how ransomware has changed, we looked at the actual attacks, today we are going to look at ransomware payments. Ransomware. Pay up? In the early days of ransomware, paying for the decryption key was an option. Although back then most people who …
Ransomware the Next Steps (pt.1)Â
Ransomware is probably the most well known of the modern cyber security threats, regularly making the mainstream press when high profile organisations and/or large numbers of users are compromised by the actions of cyber-criminals (BBC News, 2025). When ransomware began… I can remember the first time we had to deal …
WordPress is always a Target
I have not written about WordPress recently, but it is one of the most – if not the most – popular website package on the web so any issues with it or its plug-ins is news. Both professional web designers and less professional web designers use it. One of the …
Picking your targets
A series of fake Google ads leading to fake typosquatting domains, pretending to be for popular IT support tools and apps have been reported by BleepingComputer. Fake Zenmap. WinMRT sites target IT staff with Bumblebee malware Many of these tools require administrator access to networks and devices to function, so …
