We all look out for those malicious .pdf, Word and Excel attachments, when we are looking through our email. Research has now shown that the attached html file can be a huge threat. HTML attachments found to be the most malicious type of file | TechRepublic It is a difficult …
Marriot Hotels suffer another data breach
Three data breaches in four years – unbelievable! If you have stayed in a Mariott Hotel, then your personal information has probably been stolen. Marriott Hotels suffers third data breach in 4 years • The Register The attack was not “highly sophisticated”, which is what is normally claimed by these …
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Malware targets cryptocurrency wallets and browsers
The PennyWise malware is masquerading as crypto-coin mining software and being advertised in a variety of YouTube videos – showing that any communications method can be exploited for phishing attacks. PennyWise malware on YouTube targets cryptocurrency wallets and browsers | TechRepublic To help build confidence in the product, the threat …
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New advice issued by the National Cyber Security Centre for the “long haul” with the Russia Ukraine conflict
I have been explaining throughout the period of the Russia Ukraine conflict, that even though the cyber-threat spread has been limited, so far, it may not remain so and it may take time for the threat to UK organisation and individual systems to develop. Today the National Cyber Security Centre …
The Follina threat has not gone away just because Microsoft has issued a patch – Octagon has the solution
The threat actors are still attempting to exploit the Follina flaw in Microsoft Word – looking for those of you out there who have not bothered to run the updates: XFiles info-stealing malware adds support for Follina delivery (bleepingcomputer.com) Have you checked all the machines in your organisation have run …
