Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
If the ransomware gangs keep making large sums of money – easily – from attacking businesses, then they will continue sending out those phishing emails to organisations all round the world. Statistics like these do not help any of us: Most organizations hit by ransomware would pay if hit again …
How cheap it is for threat actors, who are less technically able, to set up a technically complex attack has been a theme on the blog over the last few weeks. More low-level cyber criminals joining in Budget friendly malware increases your risk Here is another article showing that the …
This is a really interesting blog from Microsoft examining cyber crime from the prospective of a law abiding real world economic model: Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself – Microsoft Security Blog Cyber-gangs have been shaping themselves as real businesses for a while, with business …
Here is the latest ransomware tracking information from The Record. Ransomware tracker: the latest figures [May 2022] – The Record by Recorded Future Up or down the trend does not matter, ransomware is out there in numbers that make it a threat to any organisation – make sure you have: …
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When breaking into a computer system cost significant money and resources, only a few capable individuals and groups did it. Now with the availability of cloud services and mass distribution the best resourced cyber gangs are turning to a gig economy model, combined with the IT “as-a-service” model to sell …
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