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 …
Naughty or Nice?
Octagon Technology has launched it’s “Wheel of Christmas” today – prizes all the way up to Christmas Eve. But with Christmas on the way, you now need to think about presents. So you have a geek in your life – or you need inspiration for when you are asked “what …
So you think you’re lucky…
Having mangled the Dirty Harry quote, let me tell you about the “Wheel of Christmas” running over on Octagon Technology. Every day running up to Christmas Eve there are chances to win great prizes – including a free ticket to a Business Cyber Security Webinar to be held in February …
Google’s Threat Horizon Report
Google’s security team have released a report outlining the active threats they have detected against their services. It includes a number of recommendations to help their users improve their security. Here is the blog: Coin mining, ransomware, APTs target cloud: GCAT report | Google Cloud Blog Here is the full …
CCTV Camera vulnerabilities – are your IoT devices letting hackers into your house or office?
When did you last check your IoT devices? SANS Internet Storm Diary is reporting a cyber security issue with “Hikvision’s popular Internet of things (IoT) security camera”. Hikvision Security Cameras Potentially Exposed to Remote Code Execution (sans.edu) If you have any of these internet connected cameras, check them now. Even …