Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This post was originally published on 10 March 2022. The Ukraine Russia conflict has been hot for a while now and there have been many column inches (or centimetres) written on how this conflict is also being fought on the internet – I have written many of them myself. Many …
Continue reading “There could be a cyber storm coming – now is the time to prepare – UPDATED”
Here is an article by Brian Stone, from TechRepublic, looking at the possibility and in the implications of such an action, following a statement by the United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Russia may try to dodge sanctions using ransomware payments, warns US Treasury | TechRepublic
Just in case you have forgotten that ransomware poses, probably the biggest threat to your organisation (UK Gov, 2021) – here is some tracking of ransomware activity by Adam Janofsky at The Record: Ransomware tracker: the latest figures [March 2022] – The Record by Recorded Future References UK Gov (2021) …
Continue reading “Following a break for Christmas ransomware is on the rise”
Denial of Service attacks or Distributed Denial of Service attacks are cyber security attacks where a website is flooded with malicious traffic making it unusable. Research by Radware, found these attacks had greatly increased in 2021 – where it was also discovered that ransomware gangs have been using these attacks …
The Ragnar Locker cyber criminals is reported by the FBI to have hit over 50 critical infrastructure organizations across the US. Sectors hit include finance, Government agencies, manufacturing production and ICT and tech companies. Ragnar Locker ransomware hits critical infrastructure • The Register
