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Posted on 7 December 202318 June 2024

QR Code Attacks

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One of our IT clients suffered a minor QR Code attack, when they discovered that their QR code they had displayed in their window had been covered, outside the glass, by another code on a sticker. This code pointed to a Facebook page for a local music gig – so …

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Posted on 20 November 202321 November 2023

The anatomy of a phishing email

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Phishing email cyber-attacks have to be the most common cyber-attack directed at any organisation. Most are trying to get the victim to reveal their credentials, often for Microsoft 365. Every week I spend time with clients discussing or investigating phishing emails and helping them put systems in place to help …

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Posted on 1 November 20231 November 2023

Have you ever heard of a ZPAQ file?

I hadn’t, but the threat actors are now using ZPAQ files to distribute malware. A ZPAQ file is an archive file, like .ZIP and .RAR, it is open source and is used on a command line – so not something the average office-based user would need to know about or …

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Posted on 31 October 20231 November 2023

Do you have an incident response plan?

Cyber Attack on the British Library. At the moment a spokes person for the British Library is reporting this as a “cyber incident” that took place over the weekend. The authorities, including the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are investigating. There are no details at the moment as to whether …

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Posted on 31 August 202330 August 2023

Real Incident Response

What is your incident response plan if a hurricane is going to cross where you live and/or work? Johannes Ullrich who writes for SANS has written about his preparations. I am not going to say much about them – they are a description of a technical response to a serious …

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