Earlier this week I posted about the importance of patches (again) when it comes to cyber security: However understanding your network components and endpoints and monitoring them is also very important as occasionally there is persistent malware that protects itself from security patches designed to eliminate it. Here is an …
Because It’s Friday – What is the Taste of the Centre of the Galaxy?
So do you know? Spoiler it is not daisies. This post came about because this odd question came up on Richard Osman’s House of Games – and I just had to check it out. The answer is raspberries – it is to do with the hunt, by astronomers for amino …
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IceFire ransomware encrypts both Windows and Linux systems
Now your Linux servers will be encrypted with a new variant of the IceFire ransomware.. You do not have Linux, then the malware will switch to its Windows version. IceFire ransomware now encrypts both Linux and Windows systems (bleepingcomputer.com) Ransomware will always be adapting – you need to as well. …
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The Ransomware mini-series is almost complete
The penultimate part of my mini-series looking at Ransomware has been published today on CyberAwake: Before – Ransomware Part 9 – CyberAwake Here are the rest of the parts – published across Smart Thinking, CyberAwake and Octagon Technology. Ransomware Mini-Series (2023) Ransomware: Is it a Threat? (Part 1) A Bag …
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Where do you keep that Incident Response Plan? (Ransomware Mini-series Part 8)
Throughout this ransomware mini-series and other articles I write I refer to important documents you should have, a Cyber Security Master Document, an Incident Response Plan, a Business continuity Plan etc.. Once you have created these documents you need to keep them somewhere and that is something you need to …
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