Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here is a follow-up to the story of the poor cyber security at Gloucester City Council: Concerns over ‘ever-rising’ cost of Gloucester City Council cyber attack – BBC News The council leaders are now struggling with the cost of recovering the situation for the citizens that elected them. Jeremy Hilton, …
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Following this story: Nvidia malware – on their internal systems and included in unauthorised “unlocking” software – Smart Thinking Solutions The cyber criminals have issued their ransomware demands: Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most unusual demands ever | Ars Technica The demand – unlock your graphics cards …
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Malicious phishing emails are the easiest way a bad actor can get inside your security perimeter. “Eighty-four percent of organizations were phishing victims last year, 59% of whom were hit with ransomware.” Brandon Vigliarolo, from Tech Republic They will also exploit any situation: Phishing campaign targets European officials assisting in …
The UK Government discourages organisations, hit by ransomware, from paying cyber criminals to get their information back. But we all knew it was happening. I was at a talk last week by Bruce Schneier, where he spoke about US companies keeping quiet about cyber-attacks if they could, even though in …
Researchers in South Korea have published a paper exposing software vulnerabilities in the Hive ransomware that could mean victims recovering at least some of their data without paying for the encryption keys. Academics publish method for recovering data encrypted by the Hive ransomware – The Record by Recorded Future Here …
