Many of us use WordPress for our web sites – if you do not know what your web designer is using for you website, then you have a cyber security issue, and you or your cyber security consultant should get in contact with your web designer ASAP. Here is one …
Tourist rebound after COVID-19 is an obvious target for phishing attacks
Research company Proofpoint, has shown that the threat actor, tracked as TA558, has increased it’s phishing campaigns targeted at hotel and travel companies, to coincide with the rapid increase in foreign travel as the pandemic decreases. Hackers target hotel and travel companies with fake reservations (bleepingcomputer.com) Threat actors are always …
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Data wiping malware spreading beyond the Ukraine Russia conflict region
Data wiping malware has been deployed continuously during the the Ukraine Russia conflict – research is now showing that it is reaching targets in other regions: Use of wipers expanding beyond Ukraine to 24 countries – The Record by Recorded Future Malware seen in the wild includes WhisperKill, WhisperGate, HermeticWiper, …
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Android malware has already circumvented new OS security features
Threat actors invest time and effort into beating security measures, especially when the targets are so profitable. Android users have proven to be lucrative targets: Malware devs already bypassed Android 13’s new security feature (bleepingcomputer.com) Make sure you have policies and procedures in place if your team are BYODing Android …
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Phishing attacks are meant to deceive everyone…
Even someone like me and Dan Goodwin, who wrote the linked article – people who work in cybersecurity all the time. I’m a security reporter and got fooled by a blatant phish | Ars Technica It is worth reading to see what you are dealing with, when it comes to …
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