Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Once Microsoft finally closed the door on the Office macro the threat actors had to move on: Microsoft Office Macros – The Good, The Bad and the Ugly – CyberAwake OneNote was their first target: Now OneNote is an attack vector | Smart Thinking Solutions QakNote – OneNote malware now …
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Capita is the largest outsourcing company in the UK and counts among it’s contracts the UK Government, the Ministry of Defence, local authorities and businesses. When Capita’s security was breached it was going to lead to an ever increasing list of victims as the investigation proceeded. Capita hack: 90 organisations …
Why does the Capita data breach have something to teach every organisation about cyber security? When a company has many clients for whom they do so many things, it stands to reason that threat actors will take an interest. One breach and the criminals get access to a wide range …
I wrote about the new functionality of the Google Authenticator app yesterday – but said I was going to hold off advising clients to use this functionality until I had had a look at it. I just want to look at the functionality of this new service as it will …
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I am big on MFA – whenever it is available you should use it. Although multi-factor authentication can have it’s issues, it is still an effective barrier between you and credential compromise. I do not, however, care about which authenticator app you use, as long as it comes from a …
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