This week the Wednesday Bit is about is highlighting some of the mini-series and back to basics cyber security primers I have written. Why? Because yesterday when I was speaking with a long-term client about password hygiene in their organisation, they were unaware I had a Password Primer they could …
Let’s start the week with patches and updates
I am always using the above image as it reinforces the message that for good cyber security you need to keep up with the patches and updates for both software and hardware. Our team use a variety of sources to keep up with this job of which the US government’s …
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Ransomware payments
I have written about ransomware payments dropping – here – but this report from Chainalysis shows that ransomware payments reached a new record in 2023: Ransomware Hit $1 Billion in 2023 (chainalysis.com) It looks like victims just saying “no”, the dismantling of various ransomware gangs and their infrastructure, among other …
Victims are just saying “No”
Research by Coveware has shown a significant drop in ransomware payments by victims. New Ransomware Reporting Requirements Kick in as Victims Increasingly Avoid Paying (coveware.com) The reasons for the drop are varied but one of the highlighted reasons is that more organisations have ransomware strategies in place and are prepared …
The AI cyber-crime arms race
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a report discussing the cyber security threat and the benefits for cyber security defence artificial intelligence (AI) poses over the next two years: Global ransomware threat expected to rise with AI, NCSC warns – NCSC.GOV.UK The near-term impact of AI on the …