Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Having written yesterday about why technical cyber security defences are essential but are flawed because of the human element can be exploited directly by social engineering, here is a costly real world example of social engineering working: North Korean Hackers Steal $1.5B in Cryptocurrency – Schneier on Security There is …
It is not unreasonable to say that ransomware is at epidemic levels, report after report says that malware, ransomware and cyber extortion is on the rise (Beaman, Barkworth, Akande, Hakak and Khan. 2021 and Oz, Aris, Levi and Uluagac. 2021), and that cyber security is important. We all take precautions …
After all the “excitement” of CrowdStrike last week, let’s start this week with some good old fashioned bad news cyber security research. Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers | Ars Technica Let’s get a definition of Secure Boot from Copilot AI: “Secure Boot …
…then we should take notice. New Open SSH Vulnerability – Schneier on Security It is technical, if you do not understand if this impacts you then ask someone. regreSSHion: Remote Unauthenticated Code Execution Vulnerability in OpenSSH server | Qualys Security Blog
Having read Ben’s article on Phishing Email, this morning, before posting it to Smart Thinking as part of my Back-to-Basics Email Phishing Primer, I was reminded of a Bruce Schneier article and associated research paper I read last week – looking at how anyone can end up following a misleading …
