A series of phishing attacks are being run using infected .zip files distributed via Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams phishing attack pushes DarkGate malware (bleepingcomputer.com) The zip file says it is a vacation schedule – but it is not really. A quick look at the article will show you how convincing …
Another Council with Ransomware
St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council has reported a ransomware attack and is working with authorities to investigate and deal with the issues. Details are not available yet of any data theft of citizen’s information or extortion but it has had an impact on the council services St Helens Council still …
Really it is not a scam…
…but isn’t that what a scammer would say? Here is an interesting situation to start off the cyber news week. How do you convince people your official website and service is not a scam? The Government is constantly having to do this for their Household Response Service. UK gov keeps …
Time to think about more than just anti-virus
In a break from our series about cyber security risk, I wrote an article this week looking at why an organisation needs more than just anti-virus, if they want the best security they can afford… Anti-virus – This is why you need more and better… …starting at just £10 per …
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Defence-in-Depth – The Next Step
Yesterday I wrote the opening chapter of this defence-in-depth article – I looked at how anti-virus protection can be side-stepped by threat actors and that staff cyber awareness training is needed to provide another layer to your defences. That was a human addition to your defence-in-depth and today we are …
