I often write about the cyber security risk of Android apps – this is not an app issue but a iMessage phishing (smishing!) attack. USPS Phishing Scam Targeting iOS Users – SANS Internet Storm Center If the message was opened on a Mac, the anti-phishing protection redirects to the legitimate …
How does the malware get in?
I am often asked this question by clients and particularly prospective clients, who think they do not need our cyber security awareness training or any of the tools in our security stack. The answer to the question is not easy, in a Word or OneNote file, through a link to …
I do not want to think ransomware has gone away…
I have not been talking about ransomware as much recently – but it has not gone away – ask Estée Lauder: Estée Lauder beauty giant breached by two ransomware gangs (bleepingcomputer.com) Follow the Money Hackers do t for money. Research from the cryptocurrency tracing firm Chainalysis shows that victims have …
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Phishing this is how the malware gets in!
I’ll start this story with an example of a phishing attack run by one of the Russian sponsored hacking groups currently involved in the Russian Ukraine conflict. You are not likely to be one of their carefully selected targets but it illustrates how other threat actors operate. The group is …
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NHS Data Breach – Trust or trust?
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest in the country – and it’s cyber security has been breached by the BlackCat ransomware gang. Some of the data has already been leaked as a “proof of breach” to the Trust and to the members of staff whose data, held …
