We have a guest writer for the next part of the Email Phishing Primer. Ben one of the support team at Octagon Technology has written about this cyber security threat from his point of view as someone who must advise clients on this issue on a day-to-day basis. Part eight …
Phishing Attacks – It is in the numbers. (pt 6)
I think we have established two key points in previous articles in this Back-to-Basics, Email Phishing Primer: 1 – Threat actors’ primary motivation for sending out phishing emails is financial. 2 – One of the best tactics any organisation can use to defend against phishing attacks is cyber security awareness …
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Credentials are King
Threat actors are always looking for good sources of valid (stolen) email and password combinations – and there are many hundreds of millions available to them. 361 million stolen accounts leaked on Telegram added to HIBP (bleepingcomputer.com) Once they have these credentials, the threat actors will be trying them out …
Because It’s Friday – Geek Dad Presents
Our “Because It’s Friday” feature for this week is home grown. I have released my list of Father’s Day Presents for Geek Dads over on Octagon Technology this week. Whatever flavour of Dad you have – if they are a geek, like gadgets, cult TV, technology or just need you …
Microsoft Patch Tuesday – May 2024
Yesterday was the second Tuesday of the month that means our support team have been reviewing our client monitoring reports and the SOC to check that the Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates have been completed. Our team will keep an eye on the reports for the next day or two to check there …
