To truly appreciate a Randall Munroe, xkcd cartoon you must let your mouse hover over the image. https://xkcd.com/2552/ Don’t forget there are great prizes if you win on Octagon’s Wheel of Fortune. However if you do not play then I guarantee you will not win!
Cyber attack forces convenience stores to close – 3 questions to ask yourself to better your protection
More than 300 Spar stores, in Preston and across Lancashire, have had to close whilst the IT and Security teams respond to a cyber attack incident. Spar cyber attack hits more than 300 convenience stores – BBC News Lancashire Police and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are investigating. This …
Do you need support over Christmas and the New Year?
Octagon Technology has released it’s incident response and support arrangements for Christmas and New Year. We are open for business (and new business) over the holiday period, although the team have more relaxed duty arrangements so they can take advantage of the holidays. There is always a duty engineer and …
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Because it’s Friday – Star Wars
For me Christmas starts with sharing a Lego Star Wars advent calendar with my sons, (now 25 and 30 years old!), something we have done since they were young. xkcd also had a Star Wars post this week. Have a look at it here – but be prepared it gets …
Malware Spam in the wild
The SANS Internet Storm Centre is reporting another spam email attack doing the rounds with a new payload. TA551 (Shathak) pushes IcedID (Bokbot) (sans.edu) The important things to take away from this are: In real world situations ransomware has been delivered to companies using these methods Keep your spam filters …
