The Equation Editor vulnerability in Microsoft Office was fixed back in 2017 but SANS recently found a new phishing email using it in the wild. It really highlights why updates and patches are so important – especially when you are using older software. Have a look at the ingenuity used …
Do you ever wonder where those hackers are?
Well here is part of the answer. SANS has an interesting article tracking down the bots: Who Are Those Bots? – SANS Internet Storm Centre
Deliveries – a reminder these are always a hacker attack vector
With the huge increase in online shopping and deliveries over the past couple of years, these have become one of the favourite attack vectors for cyber criminals. Usually it is some type of impersonation/social engineering attack via email, with the intention to steal sensitive information from you. Just be very …
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Here’s why you need more than anti-virus, you need training as well
Here is a cyber security threat, that could get into your business and not be detected by your anti-virus. It is not a zero day vulnerability, it just does not get detected! CinaRAT Delivered Through HTML ID Attributes – SANS Internet Storm Centre This is where training comes in to …
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Web3 so new the paint has not yet dried but exploited already
It is widely accepted that the cyber security business is an arms race, with the good guys (us) nearly always playing catch up! We get something new and shiny that offers better security and before we know it it needs patching and fixing because the bad guys have found an …
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