The Clop ransomware gang has started the process of extorting organisations that they compromised through exploiting the zero-day flaw in MOVEit the corporate file sharing software. Among the thirteen companies listed on Clop’s data leak website is Shell and the University of Georgia. Clop ransomware gang starts extorting MOVEit data-theft …
Just in case you thought ransomware had gone away
Ransomware is one of the biggest cyber security risks smaller organisations face (UK Government. 2022). It will not stop as criminals make a lot of money from it: LockBit victims in the US alone paid $90m+ since 2020 • The Register Your takeaway from this is you, your IT or …
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MOVEit flaw – Excellent cyber advice from the BBC
This is a follow-up article to the one I posted about the compromise of MOVEit software: MOVEit secure file transfer compromised. I could paraphrase the following article – it covers many of the points I have written about here on Smart Thinking before – but my advice is take a …
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Qbot evolves and some very basic cyber security advice!
Qbot is a long establish bit of malware that has been evolving to exploit the changing threat landscape. It started life over a decade ago as a banking trojan and the latest version the latest version employs a sophiscated command and control infrastructure to deliver a range of malware to …
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We do not use RDP…
…and neither should you. RDP is Microsoft’s remote desktop protocol and enables a user at one computer to take over a remote computer – you are all familiar with the concept, and I am sure you used it. However the technology is old and full of security holes and no …
