Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The CEO of National Cyber Security Centre, Lindy Cameron, has an article in the Daily Telegraph giving advice about cyber security in the light of the escalating situation between Ukraine and Russia. NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron urges UK organisations to take action – NCSC.GOV.UK As Ukraine tensions rise, UK organisations …
With global politicians trying to cool the situation between Russia and Ukraine a huge denial of service attack across multiple website is not good news. Flood of malicious junk traffic makes Ukrainian websites unreachable | Ars Technica DDoS attacks hit Ukrainian government websites – The Record by Recorded Future However …
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Following on from the posts over the last couple of weeks about the “business like” nature of the cyber criminals, here is an article following the money. 74% of ransomware revenue goes to Russia-linked hackers – BBC News Globalised Threat of Ransomware – it is time to think about joining …
Following the article in The Guardian that compared ransomware cyber criminals to legitimate businesses: Here is a ransomware gang giving an interview outlining it’s future “business” plans and goals – including discussing its “brand” as a way of making interactions with businesses and insurance companies easier! An ALPHV (BlackCat) representative …
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This is an interesting article on the financial impact of ransomware on businesses by Rob Davies and Dan Milmo of The Guardian. I think the way they illustrate that these criminal gangs have shaped their operations to outwardly function as legitimate businesses, including having well spoken help desks to aid …
