Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I saw the news last week that Lincoln College had closed because of cyber attacks – I was obviously attracted to the story as we live near to Lincoln, here in the UK, but it was not that Lincoln College. Because of my teaching commitments the story of the US …
This post was originally published on 9 May 2022 Original post Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, passwords and usernames seemed like a good idea for security… However in today’s connected and hacked world, where people still think it is OK to use “liverpool” or a …
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Martin, the Operations manager at Octagon has written about a social engineering, phishing scam that was sent to him by a text message. Omicron Scam – Octagon Technology Have a look – you could get the same message! I also write for the Octagon blog (of course). Earlier in the …
This post was first published on 9 May 2022 Here is yet another example of malware and it’s delivery system from SANS TA578 using thread-hijacked emails to push ISO files for Bumblebee malware – SANS Internet Storm Centre The rise of Bumblebee malware was first reported earlier this month: More …
Thus is a good thing. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) not only thinks about national and business cyber security but they are actively involved in improving the cyber security of every citizen: NCSC significantly expands services to protect UK from… – NCSC.GOV.UK Here is the link to the NCSC’s …
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