Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I have not been talking about ransomware as much recently – but it has not gone away – ask Estée Lauder: Estée Lauder beauty giant breached by two ransomware gangs (bleepingcomputer.com) Follow the Money Hackers do t for money. Research from the cryptocurrency tracing firm Chainalysis shows that victims have …
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The trusted anti-virus and cyber security company Sophos is being impersonated by a threat actor, who have taken the name SophosEncrypt. Cybersecurity firm Sophos impersonated by new SophosEncrypt ransomware (bleepingcomputer.com) Their aim to get their ransomware onto your computers. Two takeaways from this: If the offer looks too good to …
The flaw in the MOVEit file transfer software has caused a series of major cyber security breaches around the world – now there are patches for further issues: Progress Software Releases Service Pack for MOVEit Transfer Vulnerabilities | CISA You may not use MOVEit, but your takeaway from this is …
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest in the country – and it’s cyber security has been breached by the BlackCat ransomware gang. Some of the data has already been leaked as a “proof of breach” to the Trust and to the members of staff whose data, held …
There has been some very high profile international cases of organisations getting infected with ransomware. Especially active is the LockBit gang. LockBit ransomware infection hits Japan’s top cargo port • The Register TSMC says IT supplier extorted by LockBit • The Register We should assume these organisations – a world …
