Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Over on the Octagon Technology Latest News there are a wealth of “how to…”, IT business, IT issues and advice articles – I also post a Weekly Cyber Security Round-up each week listing all the articles from Smart Thinking. All of the team contribute articles so the styles vary as …
It’s Emotet – this is obviously where the cyber-criminals are making their money. Emotet reestablishes itself at the top of the malware world • The Register Emotet is operated by an operation called Cryptolaemus, and they have been developing the code to bring the malware back after it had been …
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Some persistent and critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in Lenovo laptops – so check if yours is on the list. When “secure” isn’t secure at all: High‑impact UEFI vulnerabilities discovered in Lenovo consumer laptops | WeLiveSecurity Lenovo Notebook BIOS Vulnerabilities – Lenovo Support US If you need help fixing this …
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It is a package included in a phishing email attack – it is in the wild, now. Brad on the SANS Internet Storm Diary has described the chain of events for an infection, which includes screenshots of what the email and package looks like. “aa” distribution Qakbot (Qbot) infection with …
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Following research by Check Point it seems half the time they want to steal your LinkedIn credentials. So the takeaway from this is – if an unexpected email directs you to a LinkedIn log-in or requests your LinkedIn credentials then the chances are you have been had. QUIT before giving …
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