Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Brad Duncan has a very good article, with an example of the phishing email and infected package on SANS Internet Storm Centre today. Qakbot infection with Cobalt Strike and VNC activity – SANS Internet Storm Centre Being familiar with these types of phishing email is your organisation’s best defence. At …
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There are reports of the BazarLoader malware being spread via website contact pages: Cedric Pernet’s article on TechRepublic starts with an excellent quote/reminder: Everyone in the IT industry should be aware by now that email is the most used vector for cybercriminals to try to infect employees with malware. Cedric …
The reason a “single sentence solution” is no defence is that the cyber criminals have exploited the natural human tendency to trust.
With the rapidly changing political situation around the world organisations have a responsibility to make sure their cyber security house is in order. Ukraine-Russia invasion: Russia launches attack on Ukraine from several fronts – BBC News This applies to all the systems and software you use – check now. WordPress …
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The UK Government discourages organisations, hit by ransomware, from paying cyber criminals to get their information back. But we all knew it was happening. I was at a talk last week by Bruce Schneier, where he spoke about US companies keeping quiet about cyber-attacks if they could, even though in …
