Here is an interesting article that came out over the Christmas holidays. It hopefully will not have a direct impact on you. It does however illustrate why every organisation needs to step-up it’s cyber security game as the threat landscape is rapidly and constantly changing, push by the Russia Ukraine …
Russia Ukraine cyber actions this winter
I updated the pinned post at the top of the blog yesterday with warnings from Microsoft and Google about the potential for the Russia Ukraine cyber conflict to escalate over this winter. Here is an article by Alexander Martin from The Record looking at the risks and threats in more …
Cyber Insurance
I am often asked to give my opinion about cyber insurance, including looking over insurance schedules for clients. Most times it takes a call to the broker to determine exactly what is, and what is not covered – many policies are now excluding fallout ransomware attacks due to the Russian/Ukraine …
The supply chain is complicated – which is why it is vulnerable to exploitation
Bruse Schneier has an interesting article out today, describing how a Russian company that produces code that is included in thousands of smartphone apps, both iOS and Android, masquerades as an US company. Russian Software Company Pretending to Be American – Schneier on Security There is no suggestion of wrong …
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New encryption ransomware – with no decryption option
There are reports of a new encryption ransomware strain called Somnia being used against Ukrainian targets by Russian hacktivists. Ukraine says Russian hacktivists use new Somnia ransomware (bleepingcomputer.com) Somnia does not request the victims to pay a ransom in exchange for a working decryptor, as its operators are more interested …
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