Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This is not the first time Lenovo laptops have been found to have firmware issues – we do not specify Lenovo to our clients! New UEFI firmware flaws impact over 70 Lenovo laptop models (bleepingcomputer.com) Do you have a Lenovo laptop? If so then this post is for you. – …
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The threat actors are still attempting to exploit the Follina flaw in Microsoft Word – looking for those of you out there who have not bothered to run the updates: XFiles info-stealing malware adds support for Follina delivery (bleepingcomputer.com) Have you checked all the machines in your organisation have run …
It has been a long standing thing at Octagon Technology that we advise our clients not to store important data on memory sticks – as they are easily lost: Japanese man loses USB stick with entire city’s personal details – BBC News By not allowing the use of USB sticks, …
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Before any malware can carry out the malicious tasks it was designed to do – it has to get into and infect a host system. This can be done in a variety of ways. It can be something as simple as plugging in an infected USB stick into your computer …
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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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