This report by Adam Janofsky at The Record shows some dipping in the number of reported ransomware attacks over the past few weeks. However there has been a measured increase in the activity of the ransomware gang LockBit. Ransomware tracker: the latest figures [June 2022] – The Record by Recorded …
Lack of knowledge will hamper anyone’s cyber security efforts
This equally applies to individuals, large and small organisations and government departments. The threat actors best friend, is when we all compartmentalise our cyber security issues, dealing with them quietly and behind closed doors – this includes trying to pay the cyber criminals off! This gives them the opportunity to …
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Ransomware attacks – just in case you have forgotten that any organisation can be compromised – three tips to help you face up to the threat
Bored with ransomware stories? Read this one, it has a very nice Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy reference. There have been a flurry of ransomware attacks in the news recently – but these are only the ones that make the headlines. Louisiana authorities investigating ransomware attack on city of Alexandria …
Ransomware hits Somerset County and now it is 1977!
Somerset County, in New Jersey has been hit with a ransomware attack that disrupted most of their services – forcing them to switch to temporary Gmail accounts to carry on business. That is not a bad response to an attack that hits your communications – we have a similar plan …
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Stolen University credentials for sale
The FBI have issued an advisory about university and college credentials being offered for sale across a range of cyber crime platforms. Compromised US Academic Credentials Identified Across Various Public and Dark Web Forums (ic3.gov) This follows a steady increase over the past months of Universities and College being the …
