BitLocker is an often-overlooked cyber security tool provided by Microsoft. Why you should understand BitLocker Oh dear, you have lost your laptop, perhaps it was stolen or maybe you simply threw it away. I hope there was nothing important or sensitive on it! At best you would have coursework or …
Because It’s Friday – Star Trek
I said last week that we would not be coming back to space this week, well obviously that is not true, but this is a Star Trek story! From the original series to Picard, we’ve ranked every starship Enterprise [Updated] | Ars Technica My personal favourite is #3. Star Trek …
Google Chrome needs patching
Google Chrome is a very popular web browser – so it is a prime target for threat actors looking for vulnerabilities they can exploit. Google patches another actively exploited Chrome zero-day (bleepingcomputer.com) Make sure you and your team have patched Google Chrome. Not sure how to check if your team …
Incident Response Training
I have a couple of articles this week looking at an unannounced cyber security incident response exercise I ran earlier this week. It’s Tuesday and I think I have a computer virus… Incident Response Communications – Have You Got It Covered? I chose the day I did as some of …
It’s Tuesday and I think I have a computer virus…
…or is it ransomware? Today is the Tuesday after the Easter Bank Holiday weekend and we should have had our weekly staff meeting – I thought we should have incident response training. Because of work commitments, the CEO being in Spain and two of our team on leave and driving …
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