Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The holiday season is drawing to a close, but this scam that Bruce Schneier writes about will work at any time of the year. Baggage Tag Scam – Schneier on Security Your Takeaway This type of cyber-attack involving something that you should keep private, but you let get into the …
We call them scams – which brings to mind Robert Redford and Paul Newman in The Sting – but in reality, these are cyber-crimes with big pay days for the criminals and financial hardship for the victims. It can be difficult to spot the next trend in this type of …
The quote comes from an article by Johannes Ullrich on SANS Internet Storm that gives some excellent advice for anyone or any organisation about online cybercrime around natural and manmade disasters that are in the news. Hurricane Helene Aftermath – Cyber Security Awareness Month – SANS Internet Storm Center In …
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I had to quote, Simon Sharwood, from The Register, as the headline for this article. He has written an excellent article on how organised threat actors keep records of who they have successfully attacked in the past, so they can go back and try again. Scammers double-dip by offering help …
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Following my article earlier this week to warn you to be on the look out for scams – theft attempts – based around the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Bleeping Computer is reporting that the cybercriminals are actively exploiting the situation looking to steal money and data: Cybercriminals …
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