So we discuss here what could happen if a threat actor gets inside your organisation’s IT systems, but what happens if they get inside the countries democratic processes and change the course of an election? With a General Election likely in 2024 (assuming politicians do not want to campaign over …
Ransomware – If the government is not taking it seriously you should…
I will start with this report from The Record about the ransomware risk in the UK: UK government risking ‘catastrophic ransomware attack at any moment,’ parliamentary report warns (therecord.media) If you have now read that, then you should be taking responsibility for your organisation’s readiness for a ransomware or other …
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CISA Security Patch Notices
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) site is one of the “go to places” for me and my team to keep up with vulnerabilities in our client’s software. Although aimed at the US Government and US users it is still really useful. Here is a round-up of …
Secure AI
The US government Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been working with the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and other partners to produce some guidelines for developing secure AI technologies. Guidelines for secure AI system development – NCSC.GOV.UK Even if you are not in AI the document has …
Russian offensive malware spreads outside Ukraine
We have not heard much recently about the cyber war between Ukraine and Russia but here is a story that illustrates what I have been saying about malware creep and collateral damage from deployed malware weapons. By the very nature of online commerce and communications these cyber-weapons will spread outside …
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