It has emerged, during a session of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS), that a government minister instructed Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council to keep secret the extent of a ransomware attack in January 2020. This pressure for secrecy caused problems for the council when it come …
Android malware steals bank credentials and compromises the infected devices
New variants of the Android malware, SpyNote, are being used by threat actors to stealthily access and modify infected smartphones. SpyNote malware spies on Android users, steals banking credentials – The Record from Recorded Future News If your people are using Android as part of your Bring Your Own Device …
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Top cyber security threats for next year
I have been hanging onto this article for a few weeks now – and in a normal week this would be part of the weekend read project, but it is Christmas week and so you get the weekend on Thursday – you also got “Because It’s Friday” on Thursday! All …
Ransomware is never far from the news
Threat actors have been taking advantage of an exploited set of Microsoft credentials to embed ransomware attacks into signed drivers: Microsoft-signed malicious Windows drivers used in ransomware attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) And LockBit got through the cyber security defences of California’s Department of Finance: LockBit claims attack on California’s Department of Finance …
Sometimes a cyber incident is not a cyber attack and what you can do to stop it.
The loss of control of your information and it getting into the public domain is not always a cyber attack – many times it is simply a mistake by your team. It has happened to the Australian telecommunications company Telstra: Telstra sorry for publishing up to 130,000 customers’ details online …
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