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 …
And there is an issue with Google Authenticator Back-up!
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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Google Authenticator App gets an update and some advice on MFA
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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Outsourcing company for the MoD suffers a “cyber incident”
Capita is the largest outsourcing company in the UK and counts among it’s contracts the Ministry of Defence’s nuclear submarine training simulators, has reported it has suffered a “cyber incident”. Capita, company providing UK’s nuclear submarine training, confirms ‘cyber incident’ (therecord.media) The nature of the incident has not been disclosed …
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ChatGPT and Privacy
I have been asked about ChatGPT in the last couple of talks I have given, with people asking about the cyber security implications and how they can make money out of it! Here are a couple of ChatGPT articles from the weekend – the first I thought was an April’s …
