The reason a “single sentence solution” is no defence is that the cyber criminals have exploited the natural human tendency to trust.
There is no “one sentence solution” for defending yourself or your organisation against cyber attacks via email
More bad news for Nvidia – and advice for them (and you) on risk and mitigation – updated
This post was originally published on 5 March 2022 In the among the data recently stolen from Nvidia, a certificate has been found that can be used to sign malware aimed at Windows machines. What this means is the software will be exploiting the built in “trust” that Microsoft and …
Because It’s Friday – A Boston Matrix
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth–share_matrix This week, during the Cyber Security Master Class we have been discussing risk – the Boston Matrix is an excellent way to visualise that risk. Then Randall Munroe’s cartoon yesterday was about a Boston Matrix… https://xkcd.com/2588/
There will be a lot of this – More Russia Ukraine conflict cyber attacks – UK government warns businesses, organisations and individuals to be alert
The Guardian and the BBC are reporting a sharp increase in cyber warfare activity – with a particular type of “computer wiper” malware among the attacks unleashed at Ukraine. Russia unleashed data-wiper malware on Ukraine, say cyber experts | Ukraine | The Guardian Ukraine crisis: ‘Wiper’ discovered in latest cyber-attacks …
82% of Companies pay ransomware demands to get their data back – only 4% got it back – now sign up for our Cyber Security Master Class
The UK Government discourages organisations, hit by ransomware, from paying cyber criminals to get their information back. But we all knew it was happening. I was at a talk last week by Bruce Schneier, where he spoke about US companies keeping quiet about cyber-attacks if they could, even though in …
