As 2024 draws to a close and we all start making plans for the holiday season, I thought it would be a good idea to publish an updated list of all my Back to Basics cyber security primers as this week’s Wednesday Bit. These are easy read short series designed …
Why you need to protect your organisation’s M365 credentials
We have had to deal with several incidents of Business Email Compromise (BEC), where for one reason or another someone has had their Microsoft credentials compromised and a threat actor has got inside their email. It is a serious problem because threat actors make a lot of money from it. …
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Problems with QR Codes
Diana has written this week’s “Wednesday Bit” on QR Codes. Last week I became aware of a significant problem with QR codes, which are used by many organisations and individuals to direct people to their websites or sales pages. Such codes have been in use now for many years. (BizTechReports, …
Fake Authenticator
Multi-factor Authentication – MFA – if you are unsure how this cyber security tool contributes to your security, then have a read of this: If you do know how important MFA is, then you will realise that a fake MFA app would cyber security chaos. Of course, the threat actors …
Back-to-Basics – The Collection III
Having come back from a week’s holiday, I have been busy catching up, so this week the Wednesday Bit about reminding you about my collection of Back-to-Basics cyber security primers. Why am I doing this? Because we can all benefit from some cyber security training, whatever our level of expertise. The articles …