I have written a lot about updates and patches recently – let’s get back to another old favourite – ransomware. No surprise it is still a growth market for threat actors. Read about it in Unit 42’s bi-annual report: Ransomware Review: First Half of 2024 (paloaltonetworks.com) Your takeaway Simple – …
Putting the effort in – 3000 fake accounts
Hackers known as “Stargazer Goblin” running a network called Stargazers Ghost Network have been distributing malware, in particular info-stealing malware via over 3,000 fake accounts on GitHub. Over 3,000 GitHub accounts used by malware distribution service (bleepingcomputer.com) Using these accounts, compromised WordPress websites and relying on GitHub’s reputation as trusted …
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Not CrowdStrike – Kombat Hamsters
Not all the news this week is going to be about a global company messing up their updates! Threat actors are always looking for the quickest and easiest way to reach the greatest number of victims – that is how their “business model” works! So exploiting a game with 250 …
Something from the archives
Whilst I was researching for my VPN article yesterday, I came across something I wrote back at the end of 2022 about hybrid worker cyber security. Cyber Security and Hybrid Working I am in the middle of an IT and Cyber Security Audit for a client and just last week, …
Back-to-Basics – The Collection III
Having come back from a week’s holiday, I have been busy catching up, so this week the Wednesday Bit about reminding you about my collection of Back-to-Basics cyber security primers. Why am I doing this? Because we can all benefit from some cyber security training, whatever our level of expertise. The articles …
